| Program start date | Application deadline |
| 2023-09-26 | - |
Program Overview
Overview
A degree in Urban Planning offers a unique opportunity to help shape the world around us. Our cities and built environments face huge future challenges. Cities around the world are threatened by climate change, rising sea levels, population growth and economic change. We need to change how our cities are planned and developed to tackle these economic, social and environmental challenges.
Our Urban Planning course draws on our diverse expertise, providing you with the skills required to help you shape our future and solve the big issues our society faces.
This course has been specifically developed with leading planning practitioners to equip you with the latest skills and knowledge needed for a future in Urban Planning. A key feature of our course is the focus on developing your digital and data skills needed for planning smart cities, which are highly attractive to graduate employers. These new digital and data skills will provide us with new ways to understand, plan and adapt our cities.The course incorporates practical and hands-on experiences, such as live case studies, in many aspects of urban planning and design, helping you link theory to practice. It examines ways in which our cities and urban environments have historically developed and been designed, whilst challenging you to propose visions of the future in order to make our cities healthier, more vibrant, sustainable and safer. You will focus on the role and potential of the planning profession to manage technological change in cities and exploit the potential of smart cities to enhance our urban environments.
Urban Planning is a multidisciplinary subject. You will benefit from studying in the School of Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering, providing an integrated and holistic approach. As such, you will gain invaluable practical experience of working in interdisciplinary teams with Architecture, Civil and Architectural Engineering, Commercial Management and Quantity Surveying, and Construction Engineering Management students, giving you a unique insight into the role of planners in development projects, thereby simulating your potential future career. In addition, the course draws from the expertise of leading academics from across the School and University, particularly Geography and Environment.
Throughout the Urban Planning course, our students normally undertake several field trips each year. Field trips are an exciting and invaluable learning experience as they provide unique insights and opportunities to explore planning in the real world. All field trips, which are incorporated within modules, are included within your tuition fee.
School of Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
Discover what it's like to study in an integrated School where students across different disciplines that make up the built environment work together on projects that mimic real-life workplace scenarios.
What's the difference between BSc and MPlan?
BSc and MPlan students study the same course for the first three years of the programme and transfer is possible between the two degrees. Students on the Urban Planning BSc (Hons) degree may transfer to the MPlan course at the end of Year 2 subject to satisfactory performance.
Our BSc in Urban Planning will enable you to develop a broad understanding of the main principles of spatial planning and placemaking and forms the foundation for a successful career in planning.
Our MPlan in Urban Planning gives you the opportunity to undertake a combined planning course. In addition to the principles of spatial planning and placemaking, it is designed to enable you in your final year to explore ideas, perspectives and debates in a specialist area of planning. The final year includes a significant integrated planning project and specialist areas of study may include transport planning, infrastructure planning or advanced analysis for smart cities.
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Program Outline
Outline:
Year 1:
- Semester 1 & 2
- Professional Skills
- Principles of Law and Economics for the Built Environment
- Professional Practice in Urban Planning
- Design Skills and Urban Data Analytics
- Contemporary Planning
Year 2:
- Semester 1 & 2
- Construction Finance and Risk
- Urban Economics and Development Appraisal
- Research Methods and Digital Skills
- Urban Planning and the Environment
- Design and Place Making
- Remote Sensing & GIS
Final year:
- Semester 1 & 2
- Advanced Planning Theory
- Future Cities
- Planning Policy and People
- Urban Mobility
- Research Dissertation
- Semester 1
- Teamwork and Leadership
Assessment:
Students are assessed through a combination of individual and group work, such as reports, presentations, examinations, and design-based project work. Approximately 75% of assessment will be by coursework with 25% by examination.
Teaching:
The program is taught by a team of experienced academics and practitioners with expertise in urban planning, architecture, engineering, and social sciences. The teaching methods include lectures, seminars, tutorials, field trips, independent study, and group work. The program also benefits from a strong industry focus, with guest speakers from leading planning consultancies and local authorities.
Careers:
Urban Planning graduates are in high demand with various areas of employment available, including environmental consultancy, local development planning, urban regeneration, urban design, and transport planning. Graduates from similar courses have progressed into roles within local authorities, public bodies, consultancies and advocacy, and non-governmental organisations.
Other:
- The program is accredited by the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI).
- The program offers an optional placement year, which allows students to gain valuable work experience in the planning industry.
- The program is delivered on the Loughborough University campus, which is located in a beautiful and historic parkland setting. The campus is home to a wide range of facilities, including a library, sports center, and student union.
- The program is designed to be flexible and can be tailored to meet the individual needs of students. Students can choose to specialize in a particular area of planning, such as transport or environmental planning.
- The program is taught in English.
- The program is open to students from all over the world.
- The program is a full-time program, and it takes 3 or 4 years to complete, depending on whether the student chooses to take a placement year.
Email:
abce-ug@lboro.ac.uk
Phone:
+44 (0)1509 227744
UK fees Full-time course per annum £9,250 Placement year Approx. 20% of the full-time fee International fees Full-time course per annum £25,500 Placement year Approx. 20% of the full-time fee University fees and charges can be paid in advance and there are several methods of payment, including online payments and payment by instalment. Additional costs All field trips, which form part of modules, are included within your tuition fee. Additional costs may be incurred by students’ personal choices on design-based projects, printing and travel costs for optional trips.