PROGRAM STRUCTURE
The MBA-UMG Program comprises coursework and other learning segments carrying 120 credits. Each credit requires 10
hours of classroom contact or its field equivalent, and an expected 10 hours outside the classroom for preparatory reading
and assignments. The core courses provide the conceptual and theoretical fundamentals of management, urban analysis and
spatial development, and the analytical frameworks and tools for field learning. These are augmented by Urban Practicum
and Studios, Urban Management Internship, Immersion Courses, seminars and colloquia. Elective courses offer the students
a variety of topics for building their competence in the specialized areas listed above. A Masters thesis on a live urban project
or important theme is a capstone requirement in their areas of specialization.
The courses offered are grouped to provide essential and advanced managerial and organizational skills, functional
management competencies and capabilities for Urban and Regional Analysis, substantive understanding of urban aspects
and issues and build strategic perspectives.
PROGRAM FOCUS
Urban Management encompasses a range of substantive areas and organizational contexts, and in addition to
the functional core of management courses, the MBA-UMG program offers students the opportunity to focus
their learning in one or more of these areas through their choice of elective courses and a thesis project. Areas
of specialization include –
– Water Management, – Waste Management, – Transport and Communication Systems,
– Affordable Housing, – Local Economic Development & Livelihoods, – Smart Urban Systems, – Urban
Environmental Management
Content Group
Areas covered
Core Credits
Foundations
Organizational Communication, Quantitative Techniques, Managerial Computing,
Spatial Computing (GIS), Social Research Methods, Economics, Macro-Economic
Analysis, Managerial Analysis & Design Thinking
18
Management
Functions
Financial Reporting and Accounting, Cost Accounting, Financial Management,
Organization Structure and Functioning, Operations Management, Project
Management, Management Information Systems, Human Resource Management,
Basics of Marketing/ Social Marketing, Strategic Management, Transformational
Leadership
33 (plus
electives)
Urban & Regional
Analysis
Settlement Structure and Production Systems, Regional Economic Impact Analysis,
Spatial Justice, Urban Competitiveness & Resilience, Decentralized Local Governance,
Safe Cities, Urban Informal Sector. Sustainable Urbanization
18 (plus
electives)
Urban Management
& Governance
Spatial Planning & Land Use, Decentralized & Micro Planning, , Urban Governance
and Administration, Legal Environment and Urban Law, Urban Policy, Urban
Development Finance, Urban Systems Practicum, Disaster Management, Land
Management, Water & Waste Management, Transport and Communication Systems,
Affordable Housing, Local Economic Development & Livelihoods, Smart Urban
Systems, Energy,
30 (plus
electives)
Advanced Skills
Qualitative Research Methods, Advanced Method of Data Analysis, ICT and
e-Governance, Smart Systems
Perspectives on
Habitat Planning
& Development
Theoretical Foundations of Sustainable Urban Management, Colloquium on Urban
Management and Governance Practice, Public Practice Ethics
9
Education in the spirit of Magis (Greater Excellence)
31
