Redesigning the Post

Erasmus Mundus Joint Master's Redesigning the Post-Industrial City (EMJM RePIC) is a two-year, English-taught programme jointly designed and delivered by UNIC – the European University of Cities in Post-Industrial Transition . Continued population growth, increased pressures on limited natural resources, climate change risks, economic globalisation, and tertiarisation all have dramatically altered urban environments, especially in post-industrial settings. This challenges humanity to rethink existing paradigms and shape more sustainable, resilient, inclusive, socially just, and economically viable urban futures. Building on the complementary strengths of the vibrant UNIC partnership and involving a broad range of associated partners from government, industry, and the public, RePIC provides for visionary, future-oriented perspectives on the city and a life-changing physical and virtual student mobility experience. The RePIC joint degree programme educates students from across the world in an integrated, innovative, and practice-oriented way through engaged research and evidence-based practices including City Labs, structured project collaboration, digital storytelling, and social design studios. RePIC's ambition is to build a unique knowledge and innovation community committed to the co-creation, co-design, and coproduction of transformative approaches to more sustainable and resilient urban futures. RePIC offers impact-oriented training and ensures that its graduates have an in-depth understanding of different concepts of the post-industrial city and its institutional arrangements; profound knowledge of previous and ongoing urban transformations and urban design challenges in a global perspective; and the ability to apply advanced knowledge and skills to benefit society and serve the public good in urban environments all over the world. The course is divided into four semesters within which students are offered several mobility options. RePIC students jointly start the first semester in Bochum. In the second semester, they will decide on one of four tracks. Each track is jointly delivered by two partners. The curated programme pathway encourages students to follow and evolve their own individual interests and include the following: Track options in the second semester Track 1 in Cork, Ireland: Urban Transformations and Resilience (UCC/ULiège) Track 2 in Istanbul, Turkey: Inequality, Diversity, and Social Justice (KU/EUR) Track 3 in Bochum, Germany: Urban Analysis: Smart, Sustainable and Resilient Cities (RUB/UOulu) Track 4 in Zagreb, Croatia: Governance of Post-Industrial Cities ( UZagreb/UDeusto) Depending on the track chosen, students move to another university. In the third semester, students can decide on in-depth studies or practical training in a profession or in research at another host university. In the fourth and final semester, and considering the multidisciplinary nature of the programme, the students can choose among three forms of thesis: a traditional thesis, a research manuscript aiming at publication, or a practical project accompanied by documentation. The thesis will be jointly supervised by two of the partner universities.