MSc Infrastructure Planning Appraisal and Development

An upper second-class honours Bachelor's degree (or higher) from a UK university or an overseas qualification of equivalent standing is required. Applicants with degrees of a lower classification (minimum of 2:2 in all cases) but with considerable senior-level professional experience may also be accepted, and for applicants without a first degree or full professional membership, but with relevant and substantial work experience in the field, a special qualifying essay may be set.

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UCL offers a range of financial awards aimed at assisting both prospective and current students with their studies.

You will gain many industry specific and transferable skills required to build your career in infrastructure appraisal and development. These include:

• Tools and methods for stakeholder analysis, participation and engagement
• Environmental Impact Assessment & Management, Life cycle analysis
• Risk analysis and management
• International business case development via the HMT’s 5-case model Project appraisal and evaluation, optioneering, Cost Benefit Analysis and Multi Criteria Decision Making, Natural Capital approaches
• Policy analysis, scenario planning and strategic planning
• Methods and tools for infrastructure funding and financing
• Laws, legislation and consenting processes for Infrastructure Planning
• Consultancy project planning, client liaison, and report writing

Compulsory modules

• Infrastructures as Agents of Change
• Business Cases for Infrastructure
• Risk, Uncertainty and Complexity in Decision-Making
• Critical Issues in Infrastructure Funding, Financing & Investment
• Infrastructure Policy, Planning and Consent
• Major Infrastructure Planning Practice
• Dissertation in Planning
• Sustainability and Major Infrastructure Investments
• Environmental Assessment and Management