Urban Planning courses

About Msc Urban Planning in Sheffield Hallam University

• Gain core knowledge and skills for contemporary planning practice.
• Identify and explore key planning issues at a global, national and local scale.
• Adapt the course to meet your academic interests and career aspirations.
• Gain the core knowledge and skills for planning theory and practice.

Planning is a diverse profession. Explore your own interests and create a personalised professional profile with this fully RTPI and RICS accredited course. We offer an adaptable approach to learning and assessment and a range of specialisms, including environment, urban design and development, housing, historic environment , transport and infrastructure, economic development, and health.

Live projects

We offer a Professional Practice module that allows you to develop a self directed professional project with client of your choice. Your learning takes place within a professional context supported by your academic tutors. This enables you to develop your project management and consultancy skills.

Networking opportunities

With links to professional practice, visiting speakers, a mix of full and part time learners, work based learning and our assessment approach the course provides a number of opportunities for you to develop your networking skills.

Future careers

A planning qualification can open up opportunities in

• strategic planning and policy development
• regeneration
• development implementation and management
• environmental protection
• infrastructure planning
• transport and accessibility planning
• housing planning, development and delivery
• economic development
• health
• health planning
• heritage and historic environment
• waste, energy and minerals planning

Planners are also employed across a range of public and private sector bodies in wider roles in wider policy development and in campaign bodies and pressure groups.

All of our courses require different levels of qualifications for entry and the details provided below are for guidance only.

Postgraduate taught programmes (masters)

The following qualifications will be considered for entry on to postgraduate taught programmes,

• three year Bachelor Degree with a minimum score of between 55 to 60 per cent or above (from a reputable university)
• four year Bachelor Degree with a minimum score of 55 per cent or above (from a reputable university)
• Successful completion of a recognised pre-masters course

English Language entry requirements are listed in the entry requirements section of the online prospectus. The information provided below is intended to help you understand the different English Language qualifications we will accept.

Courses at NQF Level 6 and above (includes BA, BSc, MA, MSc, MPhil, PhD)

We consider the following English language qualifications for courses at degree level (NQF Level 6) or above requiring

an IELTS for UKVI* 6.0 or equivalent entry requirement (*IELTS may be accepted if you do not require a Tier 4 student visa)

IELTS for UKVI*      

• IELTS for UKVI* 6.5
• Listening: minimum level 5.5
• Speaking: minimum level 5.5
• Reading: minimum level 5.5
• Writing: minimum level 5.5

TOEFL 

• Internet based    90
• Listening: minimum level 17
• Speaking: minimum level 20
• Reading: minimum level 18
• Writing: minimum level 17

Pearson    

• PTE 60
• Listening: minimum level 51
• Speaking: minimum level 51
• Reading: minimum level 51
• Writing: minimum level 51

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