Overview

This unique and innovative master's degree is the first of its kind in the region and explores what cities are, and what they can be. It goes beyond the concept of a smart city to also cover important technological, social and sustainability issues to ensure a comprehensive and holistic approach to the cities of today and tomorrow. As a world leader in smart cities and urban development, Dubai is the ideal place to study such a program and see digitalization in effect. This degree explores what cities are, and what they can be. It goes beyond the concept of a smart city to also cover important technological, social, economic and sustainability issues to ensure a comprehensive and holistic approach to cities of today and tomorrow. This degree will help students build and develop efficient, sustainable and community-based cities and cultivate awareness of interdisciplinary history of modern cities, urban economics, city development and planning theory, urban ecology, digital transformation, informatics, policy and decision making, demography, and applied problem-solving and research methods. Providing an all-encompassing view of the development of the city, the program also addresses key subjects such as water, food, waste, transport, education and energy systems, taking into account complex interactions between each of the elements. Smart Cities is an emerging interdisciplinary plan of action that includes the designer, the technologist and the humanist all working together. It prepares graduates for smart cities that can talk, giving live status updates through networks on traffic patterns, pollution, parking, water and energy and other vital information.