* Fee for re-assessment of a dissertation (PGT programme): £360 Submission of thesis after deadline lapsed: £340 Registration/exam only fee: £160
International English Language Testing System (IELTS) Academic module (not General Training)
overall score 6.5
no sub-test less than 6.0
or equivalent scores in another recognised qualification:
Common equivalent English language qualifications
All stated English tests are acceptable for admission for both home/EU and international students for this programme:
ibTOEFL: 90; no sub-test less than:
Reading: 20
Listening: 19
Speaking: 19
Writing: 23
CAE (Cambridge Certificate of Advanced English): 176 overall; no sub-test less than 169
CPE (Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English): 176 overall; no sub-test less than 169
PTE Academic (Pearson Test of English, Academic test): 60; no sub-test less than 59
Trinity College London Integrated Skills in English: ISEII at Distinction with Distinction in all sub-tests
For international students, the Home Office has confirmed that the University can choose to use these tests to make its own assessment of English language ability for visa applications to degree level programmes. The University is also able to accept an IELTS test (Academic module) from any of the 1000 IELTS test centres from around the world and we do not require a specific UKVI IELTS test for degree level programmes. We therefore still accept any of the English tests listed for admission to this programme.
Climate change and rapid urbanisation ensures a high demand for professional planners. The Master’s in City Planning at the University of Glasgow will help you develop your critical understanding of cities and the positive impact that evidence-based and innovative decision-making can have on human settlements. Students who join our programme will be equipped with the knowledge and skills they need to enter the planning profession and become sustainable place makers of the future.
This programme delivers a highly regarded professional education in City Planning. It has been developed in close consultation with the relevant professional and policy communities and is intended to provide an intensive fast-track entry to a professional career in planning. You will have the opportunity to study with a pathway specialism in either housing, international planning, regeneration, transport, urban design or urban conservation.
This programme is intended to prepare you for a career as a chartered planner providing an accredited education that is endorsed by the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI).
Students benefit from world class and research-driven academic instruction alongside opportunities to learn about practice from industry professions working in both the public and private sector.
Specialist pathways will allow you to explore a particular area of city planning in more detail. Choose from housing, international planning, regeneration, transport, urban design and urban conservation.
The programme is delivered via a dynamic combination of lectures, workshops, seminars alongside numerous field visits that use the city as an urban laboratory.
The programme provides you with both a theoretical and practical appreciation of city planning and develops your skills as a critical thinker and innovative practitioner.
An optional field trip to London will provide you with an insight into the complexities of city planning in a World City. Past trips have included visits to The Shard, King's Cross, Battersea Power Station and a number of grassroot projects that focus on community development.
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You will take seven core courses, plus a selection of additional specialist core and optional courses based on your chosen pathway. Core courses in semester 1 will help you develop foundational knowledge of planning and urban theory and the principles of professional planning practice. By the end of Semester 1 you will start to develop core spatial planning skills and continue to do so as you specialise in your chosen pathway during Semester 2 and undertake a research dissertation.
Core courses
All pathways
CONTEMPORARY PLANNING SYSTEMS
DESIGNING PLACES
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DEVELOPMENT PROCESS
GOVERNANCE AND MARKETS
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE, ETHICS AND MANAGEMENT
SPATIAL PLANNING STRATEGIES
URBAN STUDIES RESEARCHING AND THE DISSERTATION
Housing
The housing pathway will provide you with a specialist understanding of the housing sector and the challenges associated with delivering sustainable and affordable homes through the planning system.
SUSTAINABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT
International planning
The international pathway benefits from the global reach of research in the Urban Studies subject area and will challenge you to think about how planning problems impact different places around the world in various ways.
INTERNATIONAL URBAN CHALLENGES OR ASIAN CITIES
Regeneration
The regeneration pathway will help you to better understand the social, economic and environmental vulnerabilities of urban places and develop knowledge about how cities manage decline and shape change. The pathway has a particular focus on how to deliver regenration that is socially just.
Transport
The transport pathway is associated with our Urban Big Data Centre and will challenge you to think about how people navigate the urban environment and the ways in which more sustainable modes of transportation can be encouraged.
TRANSPORT PLANNING LAB
TRANSPORT PLANNING METHODS
TRANSPORT STUDIES
Urban design
The urban design pathway will help you to develop your understanding and appreciation for well-designed places and how particular principles and methods can be used to create more sustainable and functional places.
URBAN DESIGN POLICY AND PRACTICE
URBAN CONSERVATION
Urban conservation
The urban conservation pathway will encourage you to think critically about the historic environment and help you develop skills in assessing and evaluating built heritage and how conservation responds to the wishes of local people.
URBAN CONSERVATION
Optional courses may include
Housing
HOUSING BUSINESSES
HOUSING, INEQUALITY AND SOCIETY (10 CREDIT)
PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATIONS OF GIS (10 CREDITS)
International planning
COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT AND ENGAGEMENT (COLLABORATION W/ PRINCE'S FOUNDATION FOR BUILDING COMMUNITY)
PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATIONS OF GIS (10 CREDITS)
SUSTAINABLE URBAN FUTURES (10)
Regeneration
COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT AND ENGAGEMENT (COLLABORATION W/ PRINCE'S FOUNDATION FOR BUILDING COMMUNITY)
PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATIONS OF GIS (10 CREDITS)
SUSTAINABLE URBAN FUTURES (10)
Urban design
COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT AND ENGAGEMENT (COLLABORATION W/ PRINCE'S FOUNDATION FOR BUILDING COMMUNITY)
PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATIONS OF GIS (10 CREDITS)
Urban conservation
COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT AND ENGAGEMENT (COLLABORATION W/ PRINCE'S FOUNDATION FOR BUILDING COMMUNITY)
URBAN DESIGN POLICY AND PRACTICE
PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATIONS OF GIS (10 CREDITS)
Pre-Sessional English Course
This depends on your starting level. For students aiming for the standard requirement of IELTS 6.5 and starting a degree programme in September we recommend
As a graduate you will be in possession of an MSc degree recognised by the Royal Town Planning Institute and can develop your career as a chartered town planner. Opportunities exist in planning and development agencies and consultancies, property developers, house builders, local authorities, regeneration and development agencies and the civil service.
Insurrance_fee: £300/year
