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Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Urban Planning with Placement Year

Loughborough University

UK,England

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48 Months

Duration

CAD 26,500/year

Tuition Fee

CAD 0 FREE

Application Fee

Oct 2025

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UK, England

Type: University

Location Type: Semi-Urban

Founded: 1966

Total Students: 19,500 +

Int. Students: 2,870 +

Campus Detail

Main Campus Address

Epinal Way, Loughborough LE11 3TU, United Kingdom

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Scholarships
Student Visa
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Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Urban Planning with Placement Year

Program Overview

A degree in Urban Planning offers a unique opportunity to help shape the world around us. Our cities and built environments face huge future challenges. Cities around the world are threatened by climate change, rising sea levels, population growth and economic change. We need to change how our cities are planned and developed to tackle these economic, social and environmental challenges.

Our Urban Planning course draws on our diverse expertise, providing you with the skills required to help you shape our future and solve the big issues our society faces. This course has been specifically developed with leading planning practitioners to equip you with the latest skills and knowledge needed for a future in Urban Planning. A key feature of our course is the focus on developing your digital and data skills needed for planning smart cities, which are highly attractive to graduate employers. These new digital and data skills will provide us with new ways to understand, plan and adapt our cities.

The course incorporates practical and hands-on experiences, such as live case studies, in many aspects of urban planning and design, helping you link theory to practice. It examines ways in which our cities and urban environments have historically developed and been designed, whilst challenging you to propose visions of the future in order to make our cities healthier, more vibrant, sustainable and safer. You will focus on the role and potential of the planning profession to manage technological change in cities and exploit the potential of smart cities to enhance our urban environments.

Urban Planning is a multidisciplinary subject. You will benefit from studying in the School of Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering, providing an integrated and holistic approach. As such, you will gain invaluable practical experience of working in interdisciplinary teams with Architecture, Civil and Architectural Engineering, Commercial Management and Quantity Surveying, and Construction Engineering Management students, giving you a unique insight into the role of planners in development projects, thereby simulating your potential future career. In addition, the course draws from the expertise of leading academics from across the School and University, particularly Geography and Environment.

Detailed Program Facts

Program Level

4-Year Bachelor's Degree

Application Processing Days

14 Days

Program Intensity

Full-Time

Duration of Program

48 Months

Backlogs Allowed

Program Intakes

Intake Month/Year		Intake Status
oct 2025		Open
oct 2024		Closed

Application Fee

Application Fee: CAD 0 FREE

Tuition Fee

CAD 26,500 per year

*Note: The fee is approximate and is subject to change

Living Cost in Loughborough University

CAD 11,000 per year

*Note: The fee is approximate and is subject to change

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

Check program website for more information about funding options.

English Test Requirements

IELTS
- Minimum Overall Score - 6.5 - 6 - With No Band Less Than
TOEFL
- Minimum Overall Score - 92 - 22 - With no score less than
PTE
- Minimum Overall Score - 67.0
DUOLINGO
- Minimum Overall Score - 120.0

Minimum Level of Education Required: To be accepted for this program, students must have Standard XII Higher Secondary Certificate.

Minimum CGPA Required: 75.00 %

Additional Information

Careers

Highly skilled Urban Planning graduates are in high demand with various areas of employment available, including environmental consultancy, local development planning, urban regeneration, urban design and transport planning.
Graduates from similar courses have progressed into roles within local authorities, public bodies, consultancies and advocacy, and non-governmental organisations.
The skills of Urban Planning graduates are also very desirable in professions beyond planning. Employers are particularly attracted to planning students’ skills in analysis, critical thinking and communication.

Placement year

Our Urban Planning course gives you the option to incorporate a placement year of paid work in industry after your second year of study. Most placements are fully salaried, with typical salaries from £17,000 to £22,000.
Integrated within our course from the first year is an emphasis on your own professional development, encouraging you to undertake extra-curricular activities such as Planning Aid. Planning Aid works with local communities and individuals to support them in contributing to planning such as the development of a Neighbourhood Plan. These types of activities will assist you in gaining valuable experience and developing a professional network to assist in securing a placement.
As part of the development of our new Urban Planning course, we have established relationships with the planning community nationally and locally in the East Midlands. Placement opportunities could range from local planning authorities and independent planning consultancies through to national government agencies.

Scholarships

Work Permit

PGWP

There are various options through which a student can get a post study work visa in the UK.
Tier 1 Graduate Entrepreneur Visa for the graduates with a genuine and credible business idea.
Tier 2 (General) is the leading immigration visa to work in the UK.
Tier 4 Doctorate Extension Scheme is for students who have completed their Ph.D. and is valid for 12 months for them to work, look for work or set up a business.
Tier 5 Youth Mobility is for individuals of certain countries like Australia, Canada, Japan, Monaco, Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan, and New Zealand aged between 18 -30 who wish to move to the UK.
Tier 5 GAE is for individuals who want to come to the UK for work experience, training, research or a fellowship.
UK Ancestry is for individuals who are a citizen of a commonwealth and plan to work in the UK and have a grandparent who was born in the UK.