27 Short courses in Urban Planning in Europe

Fundamentals for Smart Cities
The students of the Fundamentals for Smart Cities summer course from CBS International Business School analyze real-world smart city examples and critically reflect on their impact on inclusive and sustainable urban development.

Graphic Skills for Urban Studies
The Graphic Skills for Urban Studies course from UCL Summer School combines the value of traditional free-hand sketching and technical drawing techniques with digitally enhanced images, exploring diversity in the contemporary information e-rich environment.

Global London - Contemporary Urbanism, Culture and Space
The Global London - Contemporary Urbanism, Culture and Space course from UCL Summer School will introduce you to a range of interdisciplinary themes within urban studies to allow you to engage analytically and critically with the complexities and diversities of urban life and experiences.
Transforming Urban Mobility - Components of Transport Planning for Sustainable Cities
Examine how different types of public transport can be employed to make urban transport more sustainable with Transforming Urban Mobility - Components of Transport Planning for Sustainable Cities at UCL delivered through FutureLearn.
Urban Sanitation
This Urban Sanitation course offered by Cranfield University will introduce you to the challenges and complexity of delivering urban sanitation in LMIC's.
The Circular City - Towards a Sustainable Urban Ecosystem
In this The Circular City - Towards a Sustainable Urban Ecosystem from University of Amsterdam, students are taught how to leverage the potential of cities via a new paradigm for urban planning and design: urban metabolism.
Sustainable Urban Development
This Sustainable Urban Development course at Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) forms a part of the educational programme of the Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Metropolitan Solutions and is developed by Wageningen UR and TU Delft, two of the founding universities of AMS Institute.
Sustainable Urban Development
International Course on Sustainable Urban Development at Erasmus University Rotterdam gives you the opportunity to merge an academic specialisation course with a multidisciplinary project where you apply theory into practice.
Spatial Circularity Strategies for Sustainable Regional Development
This Spatial Circularity Strategies for Sustainable Regional Development course at Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) will provide you with the latest knowledge and insights into proposals and practices in the transition towards a circular economy and help you to produce innovative solutions to the challenges for spatial developments.
An Urbanising World - Cities, Capitalism and the Environment
Urbanisation is one of the most crucial processes of change in the world today. It is also one of the most hotly debated topics across the social sciences. London School of Economics and Political Science offers the An Urbanising World - Cities, Capitalism and the Environment programme.
Urban Studies - Planning and Living in Cities
In this three-week Urban Studies - Planning and Living in Cities from University of Amsterdam students will explore the fundamental issues that are shaping the development and evolution of cities in the 21st century.
Rethink the City - New Approaches to Global and Local Urban Challenges
The Rethink the City - New Approaches to Global and Local Urban Challenges program is offered by the Delft University of Technology (TU Delft).
Managing Building Adaptation - a Sustainable Approach
Do you have a passion for buildings and want to contribute to a sustainable environment? Then this is your chance to make a difference! The biggest sustainability challenge for cities worldwide is adapting existing obsolescent buildings and making them future-proof. The Managing Building Adaptation - a Sustainable Approach programme is offered by the Delft University of Technology (TU Delft).
Co-Developing a Real Smart City - Planning for Future of Living
A comprehensive and unique course, comprising training workshops in three levels, using LEGO® Serious Play. Birmingham City University offers the Co-Developing a Real Smart City - Planning for Future of Living programme.
Contemporary Urban Theory, Advanced Course
The Contemporary Urban Theory, Advanced Course by KTH Royal Institute of Technology deals with urban theory in the sense of different ways of understanding cities – the forces shaping cities, the physical patterns in the urban landscape and the consequences on life and planning.
Creative Terrain
The Creative Terrain course from UCL offers an immersive and hands-on learning experience for those interested in Landscape Architecture programmes at The Bartlett.
Urban Design for the Public Good - Dutch Urbanism
Are you an urban planner, designer, policy maker or involved or interested in the creation of good living environments? This Urban Design for the Public Good - Dutch Urbanism course delivered at Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) will broaden your scope and diversify your take on the field of urban planning and design.
Geodemographics and Neighbourhood Analysis
This Geodemographics and Neighbourhood Analysis short course is offered at the University of Leeds.
Development and Planning in African Cities - Exploring theories, policies and practices from Sierra Leone
As African cities grow, learn how development and planning help urban actors to make cities just and sustainable for all with Development and Planning in African Cities - Exploring theories, policies and practices from Sierra Leone course offered at UCL delivered through FutureLearn.
Street Network Planning and Design
This Street Network Planning and Design course can count towards the MSc Transport Engineering and Planning at the UWE Bristol (University of the West of England).