Meet our MSUD students

Encouraged by her manager, and fellow MSc in Sustainable Urban Development alumnus, Neha decided to enrol on the MSc to further both her career and budding personal interests.

Edith found that completing the MSc in Sustainable Urban Development ignited a desire for further research and truly demonstrated that ‘the more you come to know, the more you want to know’.

Christopher enrolled on the MSc in Sustainable Urban Development in order to better lead his own business and to make a more substantial contribution to the development of Mongolia.

Having worked in the field for decades, Paul Hackett CBE found that the MSc in Sustainable Urban Development offered an expansive range of topics to further enhance his career ambitions.

Jan was working as a freelancer in Germany before he undertook the MSc in Sustainable Urban Development. He is now working in Oxford University's sustainability team, helping to reduce the university’s carbon emissions.

The MSUD course helped Swati, a designer from Delhi, to 'imbibe new facets of urbanism'

Having discovered that her MSc in Sustainable Urban Development research highlighted scope for further exploration, Aditi is now enrolled on the part-time DPhil programme.

Karim enrolled on the MSc in Sustainable Urban Development in order to learn how to help reconstruct and develop cities in Syria

Marvin Lagonera saw our part-time MSc in Sustainable Urban Development as an opportunity to achieve his career goals: meaningfully contributing to the knowledge and practice of city climate action.

Victoria pursued the MSc in Sustainable Urban Development to help answer strategic design questions related to her work in Muscat, Oman.

With a background in geography and urban planning, Rachel Meunier chose the part-time MSc in Sustainable Urban Development to inform her day-to-day work.

Bill embarked on our part-time MSc in Sustainable Urban Development to find new inspiration and enhance his consulting work on making cities more sustainable, despite the challenges of returning to academia after 40 years.

As a Principal Engineer in a global consultancy firm, Tom embarked on the MSc in Sustainable Uran Development to delve deeper into critical issues of sustainability in urban environments, driven by a fascination with water's role in shaping cities.

Onur has been using knowledge gained on the MSc in Sustainable Urban Development course since graduation

Sandro Sato, a former business development manager pursued our part-time MSc in Sustainable Urban Development to expand his knowledge beyond marketing, exploring mega events and sustainability while balancing a demanding career across multiple countries.

Before enrolling in the MSc in Sustainable Urban Development, Gavin was in Vancouver working on large-scale global projects as an architect.

Since enrolling on the MSc in Sustainable Urban Development Melissa has been accepted on to a PhD programme at Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson School.

Being able to compare, in real time, urban experiences from throughout the Global South and the Global North was a unique and inspiring academic experience for Ed when undertaking the MSc in Sustainable Urban Development.

Motivated by unanswered questions about smart city adoption and the impact of COVID-19, Frank Trevino Jr pursued our part-time MSc in Sustainable Urban Development to drive people-centric, sustainable solutions for urban transformation.

Andy Yates wanted a more holistic understanding of urban sustainability and chose to study on our part-time MSc in Sustainable Urban Development.