Planning MSc

This fast-track conversion course is a one year full-time / two year part-time professionally accredited postgraduate planning programme that is fully recognised by the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI). It is also accredited by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors under their Planning and Development (P&D) specialism. The programme aims to provide students with an understanding of the full range of professional skills relevant for planning practice.

On successful completion of the programme students will have gained an understanding of the full range of professional skills relevant for planning practice. Graduates will also possess specialist skills relevant to a chosen specialism.

An overseas field visit is an integral part of the programme. The cost of the visit is largely covered by the course fee, but students in recent years have also been asked to contribute around £200 towards the costs of the trip, depending on the venue. Recent locations have included Barcelona, Amsterdam and Dublin.

In addition, participants may undertake research visits to organisations applying information systems in practice in the UK. Fieldcourses may be scheduled at any point during the twelve-month period of the degree programme and this may include during University vacations. Successful applicants are expected to be available to attend.

Countries to be visited may change their immigration and visa regulations at short notice. Planning cannot guarantee that where visas are required for the field course, they will be granted. Planning will ensure that, in the unlikely event this occurs, affected students are not academically disadvantaged.

Following an induction programme of lectures, workshops and site visits, students follow core course units covering areas such as:

• Urban Theory, Planning Theory & Professional Ethics
• Analysis and Monitoring of Spatial Policy
• Planning Powers and Procedures
• Land and Development 
• Neighbourhood Planning
• International Planning  

In addition to the core units students choose one Planning Specialism course unit from:

• Urban Regeneration
• Urban Design
• Planning for Environmental Change
• Infrastructure and Spatial Planning
• Urban Development Planning

And a Client Based Project , chosen from:

• Urban Regeneration
• Urban Design
• Planning for Environmental Change
• Best Practice Case Studies in Urban Development Planning in Cities of the South

Following an induction programme of lectures, workshops and site visits, students follow core course units covering areas such as:

• Urban Theory, Planning Theory & Professional Ethics
• Analysis and Monitoring of Spatial Policy
• Planning Powers and Procedures
• Land and Development 
• Neighbourhood Planning
• International Planning  

In addition to the core units students choose one Planning Specialism course unit from:

• Urban Regeneration
• Urban Design
• Planning for Environmental Change
• Infrastructure and Spatial Planning
• Urban Development Planning

and a Client Based Project , chosen from:

• Urban Regeneration
• Urban Design
• Planning for Environmental Change
• Best Practice Case Studies in Urban Development Planning in Cities of the South

Postgraduate open days provide a great opportunity to take a look at the University and find out what Manchester has to offer you. For further information, please see: http://www.manchester.ac.uk/postgraduate/opendays