Program Overview

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Planning, Regeneration and Development - BSc (Hons), MSci (Hons)

Overview

The Planning, Regeneration and Development course is designed to meet the needs of those aspiring to become chartered town planners and/or chartered surveyors who will be built environment leaders of the future.

Award

Bachelor of Science with Honours, Master of Science with Honours

Faculty

Faculty of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment

School

Belfast School of Architecture and the Built Environment

Campus

Belfast campus

UCAS code

KK42

Start date

September 2025

Duration

3 years full-time (BSc), 4 years full-time (Integrated Master's - MSci)

Attendance

The course can be completed as a 3 year full-time (BSc) course or a 4 year full-time (Integrated Master’s - MSci). The first three years of both courses are identical and both courses have an optional placement year.

Teaching, Learning and Assessment

Our passionate academics provide quality, research-led teaching that is informed by employers and civic leaders. We use a range of teaching, learning and assessment methods, including face-to-face teaching sessions, lab classes, study trips, and online discussion boards.

Modules

Year one

• Creating Development
• Sustainable Development in the Built Environment
• Law, Governance and Society
• Planning and Regeneration
• Valuation Principles
• Housing and Neighbourhoods

Year two

• Ethics and Professional Planning Practice
• Planning and Digital Technologies
• Spatial Planning and Practice
• Law of Real Property
• Integrated Regeneration Project
• Urban Design and Place Making

Year three

• Professional Practice - Planning, Regeneration and Development (optional)

Year four

• Healthy Communities
• Resilient Places
• Community Planning and Regeneration
• Environmental Impact Assessment
• Research Methods and Literature Review
• Integrated Development & Finance Project
• Professional Practice - Planning, Regeneration and Development (optional)

Year five

• International City Planning and Development
• Inclusive Engagement
• Leadership for Planning and Regeneration
• Research Design and Regeneration Project I
• Research Design and Regeneration Project II
• Coastal and Marine Planning

Standard entry conditions

• A level: BBC; or BCC requiring A Level Grade B in Geography
• Applied General Qualifications: QCF Pearson BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma / OCR Cambridge Technical Level 3 Extended Diploma (2012 Suite) Award profile of DDD
• Irish Leaving Certificate: 112 UCAS tariff points to include a minimum of five subjects (four of which must be at higher level) to include English and Maths at H6 if studied at Higher level or O4 if studied at Ordinary Level
• Scottish Highers: Grades BBCCC
• Scottish Advanced Highers: Grades CCD
• International Baccalaureate: Overall profile is minimum 25 points (including 12 at higher level). English and Mathematics at minimum grade 4 must be achieved in the overall profile
• Access to Higher Education (HE): Overall profile of 63% to include 63% in each of the level 3 modules for Year 1 entry
• GCSE: For full-time study, you must satisfy the General Entrance Requirements for admission to a first degree course and hold a GCSE pass at Grade C/4 or above in English Language and Mathematics (or equivalent)

English Language Requirements

• Academic IELTS 6.0 with no band score less than 5.5
• Trinity ISE: Pass at level III

Additional Entry Requirements

• HNC: Pass HNC with overall Distinction to include 75 level 4 credits at Distinction for year one entry
• HND Year 1: Pass HND in a Land Administration or Estate Management subject area. GCSE Maths Grade C/4 or an alternative Mathematics qualification acceptable to the University is also required
• HND Year 2: Pass HND with overall Merit to include 45 level 5 credits at Distinction in a Land Administration or Estate Management subject area
• Ulster Foundation Degree: Pass in Foundation Degree in Property, Planning and Housing with an overall mark of 50%, and minimum 50% in all taught level 5 modules

Careers & opportunities

• Graduate employers: Northern Ireland Civil Service, RPS, Local government (councils), NI Housing Executive, Ulster University, Turley, Tuath Housing
• Job roles: Graduate Planning Consultant, Local Government Planning Officer, Planning and Development Surveyor, Planning Officer Technician, Researcher, Town planner, Planning consultant
• Career options: Public sector, Private sector, Community / charities / voluntary sector

Professional Recognition

• Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS): Accredited by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) for the purpose of graduate membership
• Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI): Accredited by the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI)

Fees and funding

• Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland and EU Settlement Status Fees: £4,855.00
• England, Scotland, Wales and the Islands Fees: £9,535.00
• International Fees: £17,010.00

Additional mandatory costs

• An international study visit to a European country takes place in the final year of the course over a period of four days. All students are normally expected to participate in this study visit. Participating students pay for their costs associated with the visit including flights and accommodation, typically in the region of £300-400 depending on when these are booked; additional costs include subsistence and in-country travel.