Urban Studies (4CITIES)
4CITIES is an immersive, two-year, interdisciplinary Erasmus Mundus Master Course in urban studies, incorporating geography, sociology, history, cultural studies, and governance studies. Organised within UNICA, the Network of Universities from the Capitals of Europe, and co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union, 4CITIES brings together 25–30 students each year from around the world and across the academic spectrum. The language of instruction is English and proof of fluency is required. Graduates receive a Master of Science (MSc) degree in urban studies.
4CITIES is a joint-degree programme conducted cooperatively by six universities, including some of Europe’s oldest and most prestigious, in four European capital cities. Courses at each university are located within specific departments and research units that add to the programme’s diversity and interdisciplinarity.
Application
4CITIES seeks students who are informed, engaged, experienced, and highly motivated, and recognises that aspiring urbanists travel many different roads. Applicants can come from anywhere in the world and are eligible for 4CITIES if they have completed a 180 ECTS academic bachelor degree or its equivalent in geography, sociology, literature, cultural studies, architecture, planning, economics, political science, public management, tourism, history, criminology, leisure studies, media studies, or a similar discipline. Additionally, proof of fluency in English is required and should be sought well in advance of the application window.
Please find all information on the official 4Cities homepage:
Curriculum
- German version (official): Masterstudium Urban Studies (UA 066 664), aktuelle, konsolidierte Version (2019)
- English translation of the curriculum for the Master's Programme in Urban Studies, version 2019 (the translation is not legally binding)
- (geringfügige) Änderung des Curriculums für das Joint-Masterstudium Urban Studies (Version 2019)
- Masterstudium Urban Studies (UA 066 664), Version 2019
- Masterstudium Urban Studies (UA 066 664), Version 2008
Graduation at the University of Vienna
Contact in Vienna
- Ass.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Elisabeth Aufhauser
- Joshua Grigsby, MSc
- Mag. Dr. Yvonne Franz
- StudiesServiceCenter (currently mostly in German - StudienServiceCenter)
- Directorate of studies (currently in German only - Studienprogrammleitung)
- Students’ representatives of Geography (currently in German only - Studienvertretung Geographie)
- Accessible Studies
- Department of Geography and Regional Research
- List of contacts regarding various areas of studies (currently in German only - Auflistung von Kontakten zu verschiedenen Studienbereichen)