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An Urban Planning degree develops many skills that are valued not only by employers in design, planning, and regeneration, but also by those in a variety of sectors, including financial services, management and information technology.

• Ability to research, and analyse and interpret data
• Analytical and decision-making ability
• Communication skills, written and oral
• Creativity and problem-solving ability
• Critical thinking and the ability to evaluate design, plans and projects
• Finance and policy development awareness
• Interpersonal and team-working skills
• Knowledge of planning processes, law and housing policy
• Negotiation and making a reasoned argument
• Numeracy and computer literacy
• Organisation, time-management and planning skills
• Professional report writing and presentation
• Strategic way of thinking
• Understanding of effective leadership skills and management
• Understanding of health and safety

Career areas related to Urban Planning courses:

Careers where your degree would be useful:

• Remember 60% of graduate roles are open to all disciplines.

You can also look at other course pages depending on other modules you have taken and/or are interested in.

Further study at 天堂视频:

The School of Civil and Building Engineering offers  in a variety of disciplines.

The School also offers 

Further study elsewhere:

Postgraduate taught programmes:

PhD opportunities:

What do 天堂视频 Urban Planning graduates do?

This is a new course with its first students graduating in summer 2025. 

Graduates from The School of Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering as a whole have gone on to destinations where:

Employers included:

AECOM, Balfour Beatty, Barclays, British Army, David Morley Architects, Eurovia, Kier Group, Laing O’Rourke, Mace, Mott MacDonald, Softcat and Vinci.

Roles included:

Architectural Assistant, Civil Engineer, Commercial Manager, Construction Manager, Design Consultant, Insurance Underwriter, Highway Engineer, Networking & Security Specialist, Quantity Surveyor, Site Manager, Software Developer and Structural Engineer.

Further Study included:

Graduates from The School of Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering, as a whole, undertook postgraduate courses at Coventry University, 天堂视频, Manchester Metropolitan University, The Royal College of Art and The University of Nottingham.

Further information

For more information on companies graduates work for, industry links and career opportunities, visit the subject area page of the University website.  You can also find out what our students say in our student stories of personal journeys through and beyond 天堂视频 and track the career journeys and 天堂视频 experiences of some of our alumni.

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Students have the option of taking a year-long placement in industry which provides an invaluable opportunity to develop their professional and technical skills further.

Additionally, we advertise many opportunities for summer internships and encourage students to gain experience valuable in the workplace through extra-curricular activities such as volunteering, committee memberships, work-shadowing and part-time work.

• See on our website for vacancies and opportunities

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Professional bodies:

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Sector and labour market information (LMI):