Undergraduate study in Town and Regional Planning

Study planning at the University of Sheffield and you can literally make the world a better place.

You'll use your creativity, empathy and analytical skills to create improved living environments for thousands of people. And as one of the UK's top town planning schools, we'll give you the ideal preparation.

Planners don't spend their whole lives at desks or in meetings. They go out into communities, ask questions, interact, understand, and get a feel for places and cultures.

Join us and you'll help make better places. Safer, more attractive and sustainable places, where people can live better lives.

A head start in your career

90% of our graduates go on to employment after graduation. Our degrees in planning are designed with your career in mind. Your project work will blend the local and the global. It brings you into contact with real issues concerning nearby developments and communities. In your second year you'll go further afield, travelling to a major European city to undertake fieldwork.

Our staff are leaders in their specialist fields. These close links with the workplace help us to make sure our planning courses are relevant – so our graduates have the right skills to go all the way.

Our degrees are accredited by the Royal Institute of Town Planning (RTPI). Students on our MPlan degree also get a meaningful work placement – usually with a local authority or consultancy firm – offering first-hand experience of real-world planning issues.

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Location, population, co-operation

Our staff offer an 'open door' approach to student support. They're also committed to giving prompt and positive feedback on all your work.

You'll also be able to join our student society. This offers you a say in how the department is run, and plenty of fun at the society's events and evenings out.

Sheffield is one of Britain's biggest urban areas, and undergoing major regeneration projects, it's also the only major city to include National Park land within its boundaries. As well as a great place to live, it's a fascinating place to see planning in action. Study here and you can watch both urban and rural planning projects unfold before your eyes.