Urban Planning

    Urban Planning

    Duration3 year(s)
    Tuition Fee
    GBP 36,310 / year(s)
    Next IntakeSeptember 28, 2026
    Urban Planning

    About

    About this course

    The Urban Planning programme provides you with the knowledge and the skills to understand and help address the challenges faced by urban areas today. You’ll gain a rounded understanding of the factors and forces that are shaping the urban environment, the role that planning can play in developing and renewing urban areas, and reconciling competing and conflicting interests.

    Requirements

    English Program Requirements

    IELTS
    6.5 overall, with no component below 5.5
    TOEFL iBT
    88 overall, with minimum scores of listening 17, writing 17, reading 17 and speaking 19. TOEFL Home Edition not accepted.
    Duolingo English Test
    125 overall, with speaking, reading and writing not less than 105, and listening not below 100
    Pearson PTE Academic
    61 overall, with no component below 59
    LanguageCert Academic
    70 overall, with no skill below 60
    Cambridge IGCSE First Language English 0500
    Grade C overall, with a minimum of grade 2 in speaking and listening. Speaking and listening must be separately endorsed on the certificate.
    Cambridge IGCSE First Language English 0990
    Grade 4 overall, with Merit in speaking and listening
    Cambridge IGCSE Second Language English 0510/0511
    0510: Grade B overall, with a minimum of grade 2 in speaking. Speaking must be separately endorsed on the certificate. 0511: Grade B overall.
    Cambridge IGCSE Second Language English 0993/0991
    0993: Grade 6 overall, with a minimum of grade 2 in speaking. Speaking must be separately endorsed on the certificate. 0991: Grade 6 overall.
    Cambridge ESOL Level 2/3 Advanced
    176 overall, with no paper below 162
    International Baccalaureate English A: Literature or Language & Literature
    Grade 5 at Standard Level or grade 5 at Higher Level
    International Baccalaureate English B
    Grade 7 at Standard Level or grade 6 at Higher Level

    Career

    Careers and employability

    Our Urban Planning programme is varied, interdisciplinary, and has a strong vocational focus, meaning that you enter a wide range of planning related careers in the public, private and voluntary sectors.

    Career paths taken by our recent graduates:

    • Planning and environmental consultants
    • Transport planning and urban regeneration
    • Economic development
    • Environmental management
    • GIS and data science specialists
    • Social housing.

    Our recent graduates have found employment with the following:

    • Consultancy: Atkins, Arup, Indigo, Savills
    • Local Authority: Islington Borough Council, Lancashire County Council
    • Public bodies: Transport for London (TFL), Natural England, Environment Agency, National Parks Authorities
    • Non-governmental organisations: Liverpool Vision, Council for the Protection of Rural England, RSPB
    • Advocacy: Housing associations, social enterprise, economic development.

    Fee Information

    Tuition Fee
    36,310 / year(s)
    Urban Planning
    University of Liverpool
    University of Liverpool
    United Kingdom

    United Kingdom, Liverpool

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