MSC Urban Planning at 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.