Town Planning

With specialisms in economic development, coastal regeneration and climate change, the Town Planning program offered by University of Brighton will provide you with the understanding, skills and experience to practise as a professional town and country planner or surveyor.

Town Planning program offered by University of Brighton mixes theory and practice so that you'll learn to think and act both locally and globally and how to apply your knowledge in the real world.

The program promotes critical thinking, community engagement, partnership building and leadership. It is taught from an outstanding location by the sea, the nearby South Downs National Park and a 180-degree catchment area. Each year, we run an optional but recommended international study visit. In the past, this has been to the Netherlands or France.

Careers

• This course is an accessible and flexible route to the skills needed to work in future spatial planning environment - in the areas of planning policy, research and analysis and strategy formulation in the public, private and voluntary sectors.

• The course equips graduates with the skills to manage change, think spatially, understand planning policy and law, work in partnership with others, and to continually address the fundamental principles of sustainability in all aspects of their future careers.

• Graduates have successfully taken up key roles in local councils, the private sector, greenspace infrastructure, environmental agencies, harbour regeneration projects, for example at Sky, Natural England, the Environment Agency, Parker Dann, Boyer Planning, Mid Sussex District Council, Brighton and Hove City Council, Horsham District Council, Lichfield Planning, Deloittes and city planning in Luxembourg.

• Our course is praised by current and former students, the RTPI Partnership Board and our external examiners for our blend of theory and practice, and use of external professional speakers.

Accredited by the Royal Town Planning Institute and the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.

Courses include:

• Planning Theory

• Policy and Implementation in Town Planning

• Sustainable Urbanism in Coastal Communities

• Comparative Practice in Property and Planning

• Masters Dissertation

• Geographical Information Systems

• Applications in Geographical Information Systems