qualifications competences learning outcomes exams degrees	Aimed at student of excellence from around the world the curriculum is designed to enable the participants to analyze, understand and influence complex urban processes – while enhancing the personality of each of them at the same time. The following list may give you an idea about what to expect at the end of the course:
competences
competences	All recipients of the double degree course will have learned and know, among other topics: • Up-to-date theories and practices of urban and regional planning and   management • Methods of participatory urban and neighbourhood analysis • Practices or surveying, research methodology and presentation • Techniques for the formulation, analysis and the ex ante and the ex   post evaluation of urban cooperation programs • Conventions of project calculation and finance, typical funding   institutions and donor requirements • Principles of housing policies (provision, distribution and finance) • Practices of urban renewal, upgrading and settlement planning • Examples of best practices as reference cases in the urban planning   and development field • Land market and regularization • Mediation and conflict management techniques among urban   stakeholders • English terminology in urban and housing issues Further competences will vary according to the choice of the second university.
learning outcomes
learning outcomes	According to the course selected in the second year each student will have specialized further in one or several of the above listed topics. By the combination of taught courses, individual or group work, field research or internship, and the exchange of experience among the students themselves, the graduates will have acquired specific competences including i.e.: • to analyze problems in a complex urban setting from a multicultural    and interdisciplinary perspective   • to assess the special, social, ecological and economic potentials in a   given urban setting   • to develop adequate urban development strategies to tackle those   problems    • to identify suitable administrative and financial settings for   implementation of strategies   • to communicate findings and ideas understandingly through the   appropriate medium   • to manage and supervise the implementation of urban development   plans and practices   • to draw on a wide and rich network of experts and scholars – many of   them having met during the master course in the different   study locations for future cooperation when needed. The large spectrum of cultural backgrounds and previously held positions among the students will enhance the capacity to work in an interdisciplinary and multicultural context.
professional prospects	The completion of the MUNDUS URBANO program will open excellent job opportunities in socially responsible and rewarding fields of activities such as:   • Coordination of urban development schemes and projects in a leasing   position   • Team leader of a bilateral and international co-operation project   • Project conception, acquisition and management within a private, non-   governmental or charitable organization   • Work independently or for a company as a long term or short term   consultant   • Occupy a high level function in international organizations,   • Teach at a University Masters course world wide
exams
procedure	All modules are concluded by an exam. The performance of the student is documented by use of the national grade system. The awarded grades are added up in the Master diploma and weighted according to the associated credit points per module. For translation of the national grades among the different consortium members and countries the ECTS grading scale ‘A’ to ‘E’ is used. The grading of the final master degrees corresponds to the legally approved university regulations of the degree awarding university.
master degree
	Technische Universität Darmstadt: Master of Science in International Cooperation and Urban Development
	Università degli Estudi di Roma ‘Tor Vergata’ Master in International Co-operation and Urban Development
	Universitat Internacional de Catalunya Master of International Cooperation in Architecture
	Université Pierre -Mendes-France (Grenoble) Master Sciences du Territoire, specialité Urbanisme, “Habitat et Coopération Internationale“
diploma suplement	The Diploma supplement is used by the double degree consortium. It lists, among other details, all individual modules attended by the student.