Property Development and Planning

Property development and planning is a dynamic, fast-moving industry with many opportunities for an intellectually challenging career. On our BSc (Hons) Property Development and Planning, you'll learn all the specialist skills you'll need.

We developed this course to help you work towards a career in planning consultancy. But the skills you learn could apply in other roles like quantity surveying, asset management, or even jobs outside the property industry. You’ll develop business skills and a useful network of contacts that will last you a lifetime.

With our practical focus, you’ll get experience working on real-world projects throughout the course. Site visits, guest lectures, and networking events will expose you to professionals working in industry. And the optional placement year gives you valuable experience of life at a planning consultancy or in a local authority.

Getting a good start to their career is the goal for most students. We’ll start to prepare you from the first week by developing your professional skills and building your property network.

Our professional practice modules provide you with practical experiences. You have the opportunity to be mentored by a graduate, and there's a rich careers programme to help you secure employment.

Graduates from this course are working with a variety of companies including Savills, JLL, Berkeley Homes, Thakeham Group, Wates, Dalcour Maclaren, DP9 and Bidwells.

The roles our graduates secure are really varied, including project manager, commercial surveyor, land buyer, development surveyor or residential surveyor, and some graduates start their own businesses.

This course is accredited by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) and leads on to any of the RICS pathways. Some students opt for dual accreditation from the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) by studying for a master’s degree in Planning.

Whatever route you want to take, we will help you to make the best start to your career.