Urban Studies, US, is a multi-disciplinary department with exciting and multifaceted urban research and study programmes. The department focuses on a broad spectrum of issues relating to society and urban areas, real estate and housing, planning, organisation and public transport – nationally and internationally.

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Education at Urban Studies

Urban Studies are based on people's needs and conditions and contribute to the development of sustainable and attractive cities. We offer a wide range of courses and study programmes, from the environment, real estate brokerage, real estate business and urban planning to transport management, leadership and organisation and business administration.

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Projektledning I

The Department of Urban Studies provides contract education in leadership and organisation, business administration and real estate science, project management and much more. Please contact us if you have any questions or suggestions on behalf of your company or organisation.

Research environment at Urban Studies

Our research is multi-disciplinary and investigates urban migration, urban ecology, urban economics, mobility and social sustainability, urban regeneration and smart cities. Our researchers work in a collaborative and interdisciplinary way in research centres and with organisations and companies.

Research subjects

Organisation Studies

Organisation Studies is characterised by its multi-disciplinary investigation of organisations and leadership with a focus on...

Real Estate Studies

Real Estate Studies research centres around aspects of real estate and land ownership, focussing on the decision-making...

Sustainability Studies

Sustainability Studies is rooted in the social movements for democracy and the environment of the 1960s and 1970s. It deals wit...

Transport Studies

Transport Studies investigate the importance, relevance and impact of freight and passenger transport on enterprises and...

Urban Studies

The subject Urban Studies is defined as research regarding urban spaces content, form, planning, and transformation.

Researchers, research publications and research projects

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Research environments

Centre for Work Life and Evaluation Studies

Multidisciplinary research at the Centre for Work Life and Evaluation Studies (CTA) includes subjects such as economic history,...

Institute for Urban Research

The Institute for Urban Research (IUR) seeks to consolidate and widen the strong urban research environment, including doctoral...

The Institute for Studies in Malmö's History (IMH)

The Institute for Studies in Malmö's History (IMH) is a centre for urban history research. We research the role of cities in...

Studies in Housing and Welfare

Studies in Housing and Welfare (SBV) is a research group and a cross-disciplinary research environment. It deals with housing i...

Urban Business and Development

The world is facing complex challenges in a context of rapid urbanization, digitalization and globalization. The research group...

Third-cycle education at US

The third-cycle subject area of Urban Studies can be defined as the scientific study of the content, form, planning and transformation of urban areas. The subject is positioned in the exciting interface between social and cultural practices and the material world of landscapes, buildings, infrastructures and everyday objects.

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Collaborate with US

An important task for Urban Studies is to collaborate with industry, municipalities or other parties on different projects. It is possible to collaborate with us in many ways, with relation to our research and our first-cycle courses and study programmes. Degree projects, conferences, contract education, accompanying and commissioned research are examples of activities that all take place in collaboration with society.

Platforms for collaboration

Centrum för fastighetsföretagande, CFFF

Centrum för Fastighetsföretagare’s, CFFF, is a collaboration between Malmö University, Lund University's Faculty of engineering...

K2

K2 is Sweden's national centre for research and education on public transport. This is where academia, the public sector and...

Institute for Sustainable Urban Development

ISU deals with sustainability in its broad sense, which includes ecological, economical, social and cultural issues. The...

Forum for Social Innovation Sweden

Social innovation is part of the solution to major societal challenges such as climate change, segregation, aging populations,...

Contact Urban Studies

Niagara, floor 7 and 8


Nordenskiöldsgatan 1, Malmö
040-665 70 00

Do you want to get in touch with one of our study administrators?

Send an email to: usstudent@mau.se 

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