MSc Urban Development Planning

The normal minimum qualifications are a second-class Bachelor's degree from a UK university or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard. A minimum of six months work experience is also recommended. Applicants who do not meet the minimum academic requirements may, in exceptional cases, be admitted to the programme if they are able to demonstrate considerable senior-level professional experience in planning or a related field and an ability to engage academically with the subject matter.

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Graduates of the Urban Development Planning MSc pursue diverse careers across planning, development and urban transformation. Many work with public, private and third-sector organisations in the UK and internationally, including governmental, intergovernmental and non-governmental bodies. Others go on to doctoral research or academic roles.

Compulsory modules

• Practice in Urban Development Planning
• Development and Planning Dissertation
• The City and its Relations: Context, Institutions and Actors in Urban Development Planning
• Urban Development Policy, Planning and Management: Strategic Action in Theory and Practice
• Industrialisation and Infrastructure
• An Introduction to Public Economics and Public Policy
• Disaster Risk Reduction in Cities
• Communication, Technologies and Social Power
• Post Disaster Recovery: Policies, Practices and Alternatives
• Housing as Urbanism: Housing Policy and the Search for Scale
• Housing Policies: Practical Dimensions and Alternative Options
• Society and Market: Private Agency for Development
• Contemporary Approaches to Development Management
• Managing the City Economy
• The Political Ecology of Environmental Change
• Urban Environmental Planning and Management in Development
• Sustainable Infrastructure and Services in Development
• Food and the City
• Transport Equity and Urban Mobility
• Health, Social Justice and the City 2
• Gender in Policy and Planning
• Economic Policy Evaluation Tools
• Critical Ideas of Development: Conceptions and Realities

Optional modules

• Industrialisation and Infrastructure
• An Introduction to Public Economics and Public Policy
• Disaster Risk Reduction in Cities
• Communication, Technologies and Social Power
• Post Disaster Recovery: Policies, Practices and Alternatives
• Housing as Urbanism: Housing Policy and the Search for Scale
• Housing Policies: Practical Dimensions and Alternative Options
• Society and Market: Private Agency for Development
• Contemporary Approaches to Development Management
• Managing the City Economy
• The Political Ecology of Environmental Change
• Urban Environmental Planning and Management in Development
• Sustainable Infrastructure and Services in Development
• Food and the City
• Transport Equity and Urban Mobility
• Health, Social Justice and the City 2
• Gender in Policy and Planning
• Economic Policy Evaluation Tools
• Critical Ideas of Development: Conceptions and Realities
• London-based group project
• overseas practice engagement