School of Environment, Education and Development

Urban Design and International Planning MSc

Year of entry: 2025

Course length: 12 Months Full-Time | 24 Months Part-Time

About the course

This MSc provides a specialist understanding of the relationship between urban design and planning by focusing on issues that are of international significance.

Fully accredited by the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI), it will provide you with the core knowledge and competencies needed to become a chartered planner and specialise in urban design and international planning.

By allowing you to tailor the course to your professional interests by choosing from numerous optional course units, this MSc will provide you with the practical skills to deliver comprehensive urban design proposals across multiple scales and within differing international contexts.

Jo Gregory, MSc Urban Design and International Planning graduate, talks about her experience studying the course part-time and how it benefitted her career development. “My highlight of the course has been growing in skill and confidence in an area of work and study that I really enjoy. The design-based modules which took place in the studio were my favourite as I got to put into practice what I had learnt in lectures.”

Read Jo's story: uom.link/pem-pg-jo