Urban Planning BA (Hons)
Newcastle University
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Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)

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Main Site (Newcastle)

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Start date

16-SEP-24

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Duration

3 Years

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Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)

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Main Site (Newcastle)

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16-SEP-24

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3 Years

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Town & Country Planning and Landscape Design
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Our accredited Urban Planning degree allows you to explore the forces that shape our cities and neighbourhoods and help lead the debate about their future.Course overviewThis Urban Planning degree focuses on the built environment and how it’s developed. Youll develop a thorough understanding of planning processes, design awareness and housing policy so youre equipped to pursue a career in town planning.The course draws on Newcastle’s rich history, including the rise and decline of industry and ...Read more

Our accredited Urban Planning degree allows you to explore the forces that shape our cities and neighbourhoods and help lead the debate about their future.

Course overview

This Urban Planning degree focuses on the built environment and how it’s developed. You'll develop a thorough understanding of planning processes, design awareness and housing policy so you're equipped to pursue a career in town planning.

The course draws on Newcastle’s rich history, including the rise and decline of industry and its more recent cultural renaissance. You will undertake projects that address real-life planning situations and challenges, taking you out into the city and beyond. Study visits in Stage 2 also offer opportunities for international exploration and comparison.

You'll study topics such as design awareness, environmental sustainability and housing policy, and participate in a range of field trips and projects to see planning in action. You can specialise in subjects such as global poverty, the design of urban spaces, the effect of digital tools on democracy and how we plan for mega projects and the unknown.

Professional accreditation

This degree is partially accredited by the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) as a spatial qualification.

This means it satisfies the standards set by the planning profession.

BA Urban Planning and MPlan students are able to opt-in to free student membership of the RTPI at the start of their degree.

Teaching methods

This programme is vocationally oriented and this is reflected in the methods of tuition we use.

A typical week may involve lectures, seminars, and individual and group project work.

Field trips in the UK and abroad are integral to the programme and form a key part of tuition and assessment.

Our innovative teaching and assessment techniques involve the use of film, posters and presentations, making learning a creative and dynamic process.

Your future

Our graduates do exceptionally well in the job market, both regionally and nationally, with many going on to pursue accredited Town Planner status.

Our graduates have also gone on to become teachers, accountants, solicitors, academics, business managers and officers in the armed forces.

Key stats

CUG Subject Ranking
CUG Subject Ranking
Source: Complete University Guide 2024
10th
CUG Ranking
CUG Ranking
Source: Complete University Guide 2024
30th
Planning (Urban, Rural and Regional)
Drop-out rate
Drop-out rate
The percentage of students who didn't finish the course.
Calculated by 100% - (% of students continuing course + % of students completed course)
100 - 100 = 0% Drop-out rate Source: UNISTATS, 2019
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Employment rate
Employment rate
The percentage of students in full-time work 6 months after finishing their course.
Source: UNISTATS, 2019
90%
Average salary
Average salary
Source: UNISTATS, 2019
Planning (Urban, Rural and Regional) graduate salary at this uni
£24,000
UK Planning (Urban graduate salary
£24,000
What students say
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Naomi
16 Jan 24

Having supportive and approachable lectures is really helpful in such a big uni. One thing that could be improved is the IT, many of the computers in the uni don’t allow you to..Read more

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Anon
22 May 22

Newcastle is a brilliant city to live and study in. However student support and the student union let it..Read more

Modules

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Entry requirements

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A level

A level:

BBB Grades / Points required

Scottish Higher:

BBBBB Grades / Points required

Access to HE Diploma:

D:30,M:15,P:0 Grades / Points required

Cambridge International Pre-U Certificate - Principal:

M2,M2,M3 Grades / Points required

Extended Project:

Not currently available, please contact university for up to date information.

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme:

30 Grades / Points required

Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017):

H2,H2,H2,H3,H3 Grades / Points required

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016):

DMM Grades / Points required

Not currently available, please contact university for up to date information.

Combinations of Highers and Advanced Highers accepted.Scottish qualifications can be taken in more than one sitting.

GCSE Maths grade B or Pass in Level 2 Maths required

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If you offer the Level 3 Extended Project Qualification in a topic relevant to the degree programme, we may vary our offer to recognise this.

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H2H2H2H3H3 at Higher Level.

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Popular A-level subjects

Planning (Urban, Rural and Regional)

Top 5 A-levels taken by students who study this subject at uni.

Geography
87%
Economics
25%
History
23%
Mathematics
19%
Biology
18%
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Tuition fees

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England

9,250 per year

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Students from England

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24,700 per year

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Students from EU

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This is the fee you pay if you live within the European Union. Please note, this fee has been confirmed.

24,700 per year

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Please note: fees do vary so please make sure you contact the institution for up to date information.

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Naomi
16 Jan 24
Urban Planning BA (Hons)
Having supportive and approachable lectures is really helpful in such a big uni. One thing that could be improved is the IT, many of the computers in the uni don’t allow you to...
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Anon
22 May 22
Urban Planning BA (Hons)
Newcastle is a brilliant city to live and study in. However student support and the student union let it...
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