Master’s Degree in Urban and Regional Planning

The master's degree in Urban and Regional Planning trains professionals able to interpret and govern the transformations of cities and territories. The programme is multidisciplinary and includes theoretical courses and multidisciplinary studios dedicated to urban policy, sustainability, land management and climate management, themes that today require integrated technical, legal, economic and social skills and an ability to work with public and private actors. Planning is the discipline that decides how the land, infrastructure and resources of a territory are used. Today it must face challenges such as land consumption, mobility, the energy transition and adaptation to climate change, and the course provides tools to read phenomena, build scenarios and formulate policies and plans, with attention to citizen participation.

Teaching combines theory and practice. The studios are laboratories in which students tackle real planning cases, while the contributions of organisations and professionals, the workshops, the seminars and the study trips offer opportunities to engage with different experiences. Free credits are provided, with which to customise one's programme, and the page mentions internship opportunities. The course is in Italian and takes place in person in Turin, at the Interuniversity Department of Regional and Urban Studies and Planning. The page does not give the duration, which for a master's degree is normally two years, or the credits and the calendar. The multidisciplinary studios bring together skills in urban planning, economics, law, ecology and the social sciences, and make students work on concrete cases of plans and projects. The contributions of organisations and professionals bring into the classroom the experience of those working in the field, while the study trips make it possible to observe other contexts and to compare different solutions.

The aim is to prepare figures for public administrations, professional firms, companies, agencies and the third sector, in particular in urban planning, land management and environmental policy. The course is aimed at bachelor's graduates with suitable preparation, and access is open, but subject to verification that the requirements are met. It is suited to those who wish to deal with the governance of the city and the territory from a sustainable perspective attentive to climate change. The Polytechnic University of Turin is ranked 241st in the 2025 QS world rankings and 103rd in the European ones. The cost is not available, and the start dates and deadlines are not stated. The free credits make it possible to customise the programme, choosing courses that deepen each person's interests, for example on climate management or urban policy. Career opportunities include public administrations, professional firms, companies, agencies and the third sector, fields in which the ability to coordinate different skills is highly valued.