Program Overview

European Planning (MPlan)

Overview

This MPlan is a unique degree, offering a complete four-year pathway in professional planning education, with a specialisation in European Planning. Innovative features include an emphasis on understanding European-wide planning issues and overseas study at a European university, which will include opportunities for work placement. This provides unique insights into the diversity of planning cultures and challenges across the continent, allowing graduates to grasp a wide range of employment opportunities in the UK, Europe and beyond.

Course Content

The first two years are shared with the BSc Environmental Planning and students will be eligible to transfer from one degree to the other at the end of the second year. In the third year, MPlan students begin to concentrate on aspects of European planning. The degree includes fieldwork in Stages 1-3 and a week-long field study to Europe during Stage 3 (recent destinations have included Amsterdam, Barcelona and Krakow). The fourth year is spent at a partner university in Europe. We currently have partners in Sweden, The Netherlands, France and Germany, and new partners are always added.

Modules

• Contemporary Issues in Urban and Rural Planning (20 credits)
• Institutional and Policy Context of Planning Practice (20 credits)
• The History of Planned Settlement (20 credits)
• Design Principles in the Built Environment (20 credits)
• Planning Skills and GIS (20 credits)
• Planning Health and Well Being (20 credits)
• Planning Theory and Society (20 credits)
• Theory and Practice of Spatial Planning Policy (20 credits)
• Site Layout and Design 2 (20 credits)
• Theory and Practice of Development Management (20 credits)
• Economy and Space (20 credits)
• Planning and Climate Change (20 credits)
• Planning Work Placement (120 credits)
• Researching European Planning (10 credits)
• Themes in European Planning (20 credits)
• Planning Practice Study Visit (10 credits)
• Legal Studies in Planning (20 credits)
• European Planning Perspectives (20 credits)
• Infrastructure and Transportation Planning (20 credits)
• Conservation of the Built Environment 3 (20 credits)
• Advanced European Planning Studies (i) (40 credits)
• Advanced European Planning Studies (ii) (40 credits)
• Independent Research Project in European Planning (40 credits)
• Work-based Study in European Planning Practice (40 credits)

Entry Requirements

• ABB + GCSE Mathematics grade C/4
• A maximum of one BTEC/OCR Single Award or AQA Extended Certificate will be accepted as part of an applicant's portfolio of qualifications with a Distinction* being equated to a grade A at A-level and a Distinction being equated to a grade B at A-level.
• Successful completion of Access Course with an average of 70%. GCSE Mathematics grade C/4 or equivalent in Access Course.
• International Baccalaureate Diploma: 33 points overall, including 6,5,5 at Higher Level + if not offered at Higher Level/GCSE, then Standard Level grade 4 in Mathematics
• BTEC Level 3 Extended/National Extended Diploma: QCF BTEC Extended Diploma (180 credits at Level 3) with overall grades DDD + GCSE Mathematics grade C/4 RQF BTEC National Extended Diploma (1080 GLH at Level 3) with overall grades DDD + GCSE Mathematics grade C/4
• Graduate: A minimum of a 2:2 Honours Degree + GCSE Mathematics grade C/4

Careers

This degree builds on the University‘s established reputation for high-quality planning education. On past experience of the BSc Planning, Environment and Development and the MPlan’s special features, we anticipate that graduates will find employment in areas such as:

• Planning authorities and municipalities
• Private planning practice/property development
• Design consultants
• Housing authorities and agencies, such as housing associations
• Health trusts
• Policy advisers in planning, urban regeneration and the environment, particularly at the level of the EU
• Conservation and environmental NGOs
• Teaching (particularly geography)
• Public bodies, such as advisory bodies on the environment, heritage, transport and heritage
• Various graduate programmes (including banking and management)
• Further study (PhD) and research positions

Fees and Funding

• Northern Ireland (NI): £4,855
• Republic of Ireland (ROI): £4,855
• England, Scotland or Wales (GB): £9,535
• EU Other: £20,800
• International: £20,800

Additional Course Costs

• Year 3 includes a compulsory international field trip, with overall costs in the past ranging from £250 - £400.
• Students will be based overseas at one of our international partner universities in Year 4 and will be required to return to Queen's twice in the year. Depending on the location of your host university, costs may range from £100 - £400.

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English Language Requirements

• An IELTS score of 6.5 with a minimum of 5.5 in each test component or an equivalent acceptable qualification, details of which are available at:

How to Apply

• Application for admission to full-time undergraduate and sandwich courses at the University should normally be made through the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS). Full information can be obtained from the UCAS website at:
• The advisory closing date for the receipt of applications for entry in 2025 is still to be confirmed by UCAS but is normally in late January (18:00). This is the 'equal consideration' deadline for this course.
• Applications from UK and EU (Republic of Ireland) students after this date are, in practice, considered by Queen’s for entry to this course throughout the remainder of the application cycle (30 June 2025) subject to the availability of places. If you apply for 2025 entry after this deadline, you will automatically be entered into Clearing.
• Applications from International and EU (Other) students are normally considered by Queen's for entry to this course until 30 June 2025. If you apply for 2025 entry after this deadline, you will automatically be entered into Clearing.