The Centre for Urban Science and Progress London (CUSP London), is a joint initiative of King’s College London and the University of Warwick. Its aim is to bring together researchers, businesses, local authorities and government agencies to apply urban science to improving citizen’s lives, including their health and wellbeing. The creation of CUSP London follows the highly successful establishment of the Centre for Urban Science and Progress (CUSP) in New York, and it is intended that the two units will work closely together.

In its activities, CUSP London will:

• conduct fundamental and applied world leading research, in collaboration with its partners across its agreed technical scope;
• promote the highest levels of skill and expertise in urban science;
• be multidisciplinary, transcending traditional discipline boundaries;
• maintain an appropriate balance between fundamental research and its exploitation;
• offer masters-level courses both separately and potentially as an integrated part of the PhD programme;
• carry out public engagement;
• enter into agreements with business, government, public and third-sector organisations to facilitate research;
• deliver research to the public through open access papers, open source code, and open data sets;
• deliver research that is aligned with industry and commerce;
• always act ethically and responsibly to benefit the common good.

The Centre currently offers two MSc programmes:

MSc Urban Informatics – hosted at King’s College London

MSc Urban Informatics & Analytics  – hosted at University of Warwick