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Course Overview

If you are passionate about current and emerging challenges facing our towns, cities and rural areas, want to help shape our future built and natural environments and want to study planning at the heart of one of the world’s most exciting cities then the MA or the PG Diploma Town and Country Planning* provide the answer. 

At LSBU, ‘We Educate Britain’s Town Planners’ and focus clearly on the British Town Planning system but the course includes international perspectives to provide useful comparisons.

The MA is fully accredited by the RTPI. The PgDip is fully accredited when taken after completion of the BA UEP. With two years relevant work experience (with at least 1 year of this experience gained whilst registered as a licentiate), you can apply to take the RTPI Assessment of Professional Competence exam and become a chartered member of the RTPI

Our academic staff have expertise in a range of planning-related fields and are all research-active with a strong track record in national and international research networks, projects, and publications.

*On completion of the PG Diploma it is possible to top up to a Masters by taking the dissertation module.

Teaching and learning

The teaching team has a track record of academic research, professional practice and consultancy, and has strong links to public, private and voluntary sector employers. Practitioners as guest speakers provide valuable input through lectures, tutorials and project visits

The course supports the employability agenda by enhancing the focus on an applied education. In addition, it provides an opportunity to develop closer links with employers, building professional credibility and academic reputation.

The course has been designed to:

  • Improve the student experience and course relevance by directly relating theory to practice;
  • Engage directly with employers via fieldwork, industry guest lecturers, site visits, project work, and extra-curricula activity;
  • Develop practical skills in the classroom (e.g. use of Sketch UP design programmes, staging of mock public inquiry, design exercises, presentations, and the use of London and fieldwork destinations as outside classrooms); professional behaviours (mock public inquiry, presentations, industry speakers

Entry Requirement 

Applicants should have at least a UK lower-second first degree (2:2) or overseas equivalent, although priority will be given to applicants with an upper-second or first. All disciplines are acceptable in line with RTPI and LSBU objectives of widening participation.

Applicants with a non-cognate degree and several years’ relevant work experience may be offered a place, if they can demonstrate a suitable level of specialist subject knowledge.

International students additionally require an English Language qualification, with an IELTS score of 6.5, or equivalent.

Fees

The fee shown is for entry 2021/22

  • UK fee:  £5680
  • International fee: £9933.33

This information was accurate on : 01/05/2021
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