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Study Details: 1 year
Study a course fully accredited by the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) designed to prepare you for a dynamic and rewarding career in urban design and planning in either the public or private sector.
Our MSc explores the critical role of urban design and planning in solving global challenges and includes opportunities to engage in design, planning and development issues faced internationally.
The course will equip you with specialist knowledge and understanding of the relationship between design and planning in contemporary cities. You'll learn from and engage with academic staff across the school who are at the forefront of their fields internationally, alongside leading practitioners.
The MSc helps you develop as both an urban design professional and/or a planning practitioner. You will explore multiple aspects of both specialisms.
You'll develop practical skills and knowledge of both applied urban design and planning through exposure to state-of-the-art technologies, including virtual reality and augmented reality and training in professional software such as Adobe Creative Cloud and CAD.
Minimum 2:1 undergraduate honours degree in any subject.
The MSc will equip you for professional practice in urban design and planning in the UK and internationally. Past graduates have been well placed for jobs globally, particularly in East Asia and India as well as more locally across the UK. Further study for a PhD in our leading centre for doctoral training and research is another common route for our graduates.
MSc Urban Design and Planning graduates are popular with employers in both the private and public sectors, particularly in consultancy as well as in government departments and agencies, and third sector organisations.
Our graduates have developed successful careers across the built environment sector including, in urban design, planning, real estate development, urban policy, central and local government, international development, non-governmental organisation, and research.
Our graduates are employed by a range of organisations including Lichfields, Savills, ARUP, Arcadis, Transport for London, Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Crowley Associates, DLP Planning, and local government and city councils.
All students are supported in developing an urban design portfolio to enhance their employment prospects for design-led roles – demonstrating their competencies in urban analysis, design codes and planning policy, technical skills in software and drawing, and applied design on real-world sites. We offer dedicated portfolio sessions delivered by professional practitioners to support this.
The course will teach you a wide range of transferable skills which are attractive to a broad spectrum of employers beyond the built environment sector including analytical skills, problem-solving, strategic thinking, teamwork, creativity, design competencies and communication.
Core modules:
Planning Place and Design Studio
Perspectives on Spatial Planning and Development
Spatial Planning Systems
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