Town and Regional Planning

With the Town and Regional Planningprogram fromUniversity of Liverpool, you'lllearn about the social, economic and environmental challenges planners face, whilst becoming familiar with planning tools, methods and how they can be applied to particular planning contexts.

The Town and Regional Planning program from University of Liverpool is fully accredited by the Royal Town Planning Institute and will introduce you to the essential aspects of town and regional planning.

Career prospects

• There are significant career opportunities in the field of planning, urban regeneration and environmental management working for local authorities, the private and voluntary sectors. Within the planning sphere graduates can become involved in a variety of different positions concerned with helping to improve the quality of our towns and cities.
• Most of the graduates join public sector organisations as career planners in development control, policy and information or implementation teams.
• However, an increasing number join private planning consultancies and urban regeneration agencies. Other graduates choose to work for third-sector organisations, such as environmental charities, take higher degrees, or to work as research assistants in academic institutions.

Courses include:

• Spatial Planning Challenges
• Theory, Power And Ethics
• Trends, Outcomes And Impacts
• Making Places
• Implementing And Managing Change
• Spatial Planning And Design Project
• Making Plans
• Dissertation MCD/MA/MSc Planning