Area
Interdisciplinary
Sub-Discipline
Interdisciplinary
Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
- City: Santiago,
- Commune: Santiago,
- Region: Metropolitan Region
goals
To train specialists with up-to-date knowledge for the study of human settlements from a comprehensive and ethical perspective, capable of critically identifying the environmental factors that influence the development of territories and the communities that inhabit them. This program also enhances research skills and provides the necessary tools to develop and evaluate intervention proposals at different scales, with a special emphasis on planning, urban and regional sustainability, management and governance, heritage and social transformations, management and evaluation tools, urban economics, real estate development, and mobility. Specific objectives: To provide an updated theoretical framework on the processes of land occupation by human settlements and their link to environmental, institutional, economic, social, and cultural phenomena. To promote the critical analysis of environmental policies, plans, projects, and studies and their effects on urban and territorial development, with a special emphasis on the communities that inhabit them. To provide theoretical and practical tools for the design, development, and evaluation of environmental policies, plans, and projects at the local, metropolitan, and regional levels.
Applicant Profile
The MHM (Human Heritage Management) program fosters an interdisciplinary approach, essential for studying human settlements and their transformations across the landscape. Historically, the program has attracted students from diverse regions of Chile, as well as from various countries, particularly Latin America. The program is designed for professionals from various fields, including earth sciences, social sciences, humanities, arts, architecture and design, education, economics, law, engineering, and other related disciplines. Admission requirements: An eight-semester Bachelor's degree or a professional qualification equivalent to a Bachelor's degree from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile.
Graduate profile
Upon completion of the program, graduates will be able to: 1. Understand the relationships between the phenomena and actors that influence urban and territorial development from their environmental, institutional, economic, political, and socio-cultural dimensions. 2. Critically analyze the environmental perspective of urban-territorial problems, incorporating their ethical dimension. 3. Evaluate and make decisions related to planning, management, sustainability, governance, social transformations, and other aspects that affect the development and transformation of human settlements in the territory. 4. Apply updated tools for the analysis, design, development, and evaluation of environmental projects and studies at the local, metropolitan, and regional levels. MHM graduates are qualified to contribute to the public and private sectors, as well as civil society, from an academic and/or professional perspective. The graduate's theoretical and practical skills will allow them to develop policies, programs, plans and projects for management and intervention in human settlements, from different dimensions.
Lines of investigation
The courses and research of the Institute of Urban and Territorial Studies are structured within the following lines: Urban and Territorial Processes, Planning and Governance, Sustainability and Territory.
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