BSc Planning and Real Estate with Professional Placement at University of Manchester

Enhance your employability by gaining experience of planning, development and real estate markets in action through a year-long placement. Explore how we shape and manage the built and natural environment. Study a degree fully accredited by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) and partially accredited by the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI), in a world-famous city where fast-paced urban development and vibrant real-estate markets are on your doorstep.

Faculty: Faculty of Humanities  |  Department: School of Environment, Education and Development  |  Duration: 4 years  |  Study mode: full-time (includes placement year)  |  Intake: September 2027  |  Location: Manchester, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Year 1 provides a broad introduction to the fundamentals of planning and real estate, including core principles and practices that underpin urban development, real estate and urban economics, placemaking and sustainable communities. You will use Manchester as your living laboratory seeing the opportunities and challenges of fast-paced development in an internationally famous, vibrant city. Year 1 compulsory units include Designing Sustainable Futures, Introduction to Planning and Development, GIS & Digital Tools for Decision Making, Introduction to Real Estate, Introduction to Urban and Environmental Economics.

Career pathways

Many go on to work in planning, real estate or multi‑sector consultancies, where they contribute to projects such as: preparing planning applications for large‑scale developments; designing and delivering major infrastructure projects; advising on or developing policies for placemaking; supporting sustainable development and urban design.

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