Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
Study Details: Full time: 1 year
Part-time: 2 years
Do you want to pursue a career in shaping the built environment to promote sustainable development and climate change adaptation? Through policy formulation and the management of development in local areas, spatial planners play a key role in the delivery of sustainable development and climate change action in the built and natural environments. Our fully accredited postgraduate pathway will prepare you to develop or enhance your career as a chartered town planner in a rapidly changing world.
You require the minimum of a second class honours degree (or equivalent) in a relevant discipline (planning, geography, architecture, engineering, sociology or environmental science). Other subject areas considered.
If you have no formal qualifications but do have relevant work experience, you may still be considered and are encouraged to enquire about your suitability.
For fees and funding options, please visit website to find out more.
From scholarships and loans, to grants from charitable trusts, you can fund your postgraduate study at Plymouth in a number of ways.
MSc Planning is a springboard to a diverse range of careers in the planning sector, including the public sector (such as local authorities, national parks, the Environment Agency and Natural England); the private sector (such as planning consultancies) and the third sector (such as the Campaign to Protect Rural England and the National Trust). Our graduates have secured professional positions with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, the Planning Inspectorate, Plymouth City Council, Cornwall Council, Arup, Lichfields, Savills and WSP amongst others.
Core module:
Issues and Values in Planning Practice
Spatial Planning and Sustainable Development
Environmental knowledge: from field to stakeholder
Development Management and Delivery
Urban Design: theories, methodologies and practice
Dissertation (full-time route)
Optional modules:
Planning for the Energy Transition
Planning for Coastal and Rural Futures
Planning for Sustainable Transport
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