MPlan Planning at University of Manchester

Make a difference with an integrated Master of Planning, shaping vibrant, liveable, sustainable places for communities to live, work and play. Explore how we shape and manage the built and natural environment. Gain an additional year of master's level study, on top of the three-year BSc Planning and Real Estate degree.

Faculty: Faculty of Humanities  |  Department: School of Environment, Education and Development  |  Duration: 4 years  |  Study mode: full-time (integrated master's)  |  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 introducing 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

Our MPlan graduates are sought by a wide range of employers. A popular graduate route is employment in planning, real estate or multi-sectoral consultancies, where students work to meet client needs on a wide range of areas from: developing planning applications for large-scale developments; designing and delivering large-scale infrastructure projects; providing advice or developing policies on placemaking; sustainable development or urban...

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