Urban Planning

On the Urban Planning program at Sheffield Hallam University understand how our cities and neighbourhoods are developed and gain the relevant skills to shape their future. Accredited by the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI), this course provides an adaptable approach to learning with a range of specialisms to explore.

Choose from environmental planning, urban design & development, planning for housing, historic environment, transport & infrastructure or economic development.

Key facts

• Explore key planning issues at a global, national and local scale.

• Adapt the course to meet your academic interests and career aspirations.

• Gain core knowledge and skills for contemporary planning practice.

• Learn with academic and professional practitioners.

• Create a professional profile to kickstart your career.

Careers and opportunities

Planners are employed across a range of private consultancies and public sector roles. They contribute to wider policy development, campaign bodies and pressure groups.

A planning qualification can open 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 planning

• heritage and historic environment

• waste, energy and minerals planning

• This course is accredited by the Royal Town Planning Institute and the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.

• Environment & Infrastructure

• Housing Planning And Development

• Planning And Growth

• Planning Theory And Context

• Policies For Space And Place

• Shaping Places

• Sustainable Master Planning

• Comparative International Planning