If your first language is not English, you will need an IELTS of 6.0 overall, with 5.5 in each component.
Cities are increasingly dynamic, complex and global in their impact. This course will help you build a career where you take an active role in shaping our cities more sustainably as they grow and adapt.
This course represents the first step in becoming an urban designer and city planner, ready to work in an international and interdisciplinary context. We aim to train professionals who have skills in urban planning and design, who understand the forces that shape towns and cities – and the challenges of climate change – and who can make a valuable contribution to sustainable development. In 2019, the course joined the 'Planners for Climate Action' Initiative of UN-HABITAT.
Throughout the course, there will be a focus on using London as a learning environment, working with local community organisations and practices to explore solutions for urban regeneration and development. In the second year, we organise a field trip to discover fast-growing cities of the Global South.
You'll graduate with a desirable skillset, equipped to take advantage of the high demand for professional planners with a good understanding of design issues, both in the UK and internationally.
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Year 1
Subjects of study include:
Contemporary Issues in Designing Cities
Construction and Environmental Design
History of Architectural and Urban Form
Skills for Planning and Architecture: analysis and visual communication
Project: Planning for Integrated Neighbourhoods
Credit Level 4
Year 2
Subjects of study include:
Strategic Spatial Planning
Development Process and Property Markets
Project: Townscape and Conservation
Project: Regeneration and Development (with international field trip)
Credit Level 5
Year 3
Subjects of study include:
Work Experience and Professional Practice
Sustainability and Environment
Research Report
Project: Planning Policy and Design Intervention
Credit Level 6
Job roles
Urban designers and city planners are involved in many types of jobs that seek to address sustainable community changes.
Traditional professional areas include: urban design, land use planning, local economic development, landscape and environmental design, climate resiliency, transport and mobility, community participation, housing and property development, and social planning.
Practitioners in the field are involved in:
climate adaptation
delivering urban development and regeneration projects
developing planning policies
landscape urbanism
master planning
strategic planning
urban conservation
urban design
Increasingly, practitioners are engaged in collaborative works, often with people from other disciplines such as architecture, public health, energy development and so on.
Graduate employers
Urban designers and planners find jobs in the private sector (consultancy companies, self-employment), NGOs and international organisations, as well as the public sector (local councils, government).
You can read more about careers and employment on the Royal Town Planning Institute website and about planning on the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning website.
Insurance – Single: 300 GBP per year
