Master of Arts [M.A] - Master [2 Years]
$29,138 /Yr On-campus full_time

Master of Arts [M.A] Urban Design

  • MA in Urban Design at the University of Toronto is offered as a 2-years program.
  • It is an on-campus program offered on a full-time basis only.
  • The Master of Urban Design (MUD) is a post-professional program that prepares architects and landscape architects for design-based research and professional practice at the urban and regional scales.
  • The MUD program is committed to designing as a primary medium of operation and research in a broad intellectual framework that includes geography, environmental studies, social sciences, media studies, economics, and engineering.
  • It aims for responsible and creative design in the context of contemporary city and region-building, with attention to new paradigms of urbanization, global economic restructuring, and information technology.
  • The program emphasizes a coherent intellectual approach that is committed to analysis and critique and seeks to become the central Canadian forum for advanced research, design innovation, scholarship, criticism, and debate in urban design.

Tution & Application Fees

Year Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4
Tuition Fees $28703 $28703 NA NA
Health Insurance $434 $434 NA NA
Total Fees $29138 $29138 NA NA

Examinations

Exam Type Exam Name Score Out of Score Exam Level
TOEFL Test of English as a Foreign Language 93 120 3
IELTS International English Language Testing System 7.0 9 3

Academic Eligibility:

  • Applicants must hold a bachelor’s degree in architecture (BArch or MArch) or landscape architecture (BLA, MLA) or equivalent from a recognized institution.
  • A GPA of at least 3.0/4.0 is required to be eligible for the program.

Indian Student Eligibility:

  • Students must complete an undergraduate degree with first-class in a relevant field from a highly ranked university in India.
  • Or, students completed a master's degree with first-class in a relevant field from a recognized institution.

Along with the minimum eligibility requirements, international students hailing from non-English speaking countries need to prove English proficiency through IELTS/TOEFL/any equivalent test to get admission to this program.