Established in 2005 at the University of Applied Arts Vienna the Urban Strategies Postgraduate Program offers a three-semester full-time post-professional master studies. The program is designed for both recent graduates and design professionals that hold a degree in architecture or related disciplines. Successful completion of the program will lead to the academic title of Master of Science in Urban Strategies (MSc in Urban Strategies) and comprises 50 semester credit hours, which equals 90 ECTS credits.

Rather than being bound to a determined curriculum, the program emphasizes an experimental, yet methodical approach. Providing an international and interdisciplinary platform the goal of Urban Strategies is to encourage the participants to develop and refine their individual skills and push the envelope of their discipline.

To facilitate a wide-ranging dialogue between teachers and students workshops are held by cutting-edge architects and theorists from well-known international institutions.

Urban Strategies currently offers a fulltime MSc course with two different focuses: URBAN TECHNIQUE combines research of the organization of the urban territory with architectural strategic thinking and operates as a laboratory to re-examine the role of architectural discourse within the urban disciplines.  EXCESSIVE focuses on strategies of architectural design, exploiting a theory of excessive form – not as a rejection of the formal traditions but an as extension of them.

In addition to the master course Urban Strategies offers annual summerschools and travelling workshops as intense design training.