Urban Planning

This BSc Urban Planning course draws on our diverse expertise to provide you with the skills required to help you shape and design the world around us. Discover more. Develop the skills to shape the world around us and tackle economic, social and environmental challenges.

Cities around the world are facing growing pressures from climate change, rising sea levels, population growth and economic change. To deal with these social, environmental and economic challenges, we need to rethink how our cities are planned and developed. By studying Urban Planning, you’ll be well placed to help shape the places we live in for future generations.

Our course has been developed with leading planning practitioners, so you’ll gain up‑to‑date skills and knowledge for a career in this field. A key strength of the course is its focus on digital and data skills, which are increasingly important for planning smart cities and are highly valued by employers. These skills will give you new ways to understand, design and adapt cities.