Careers in Planning
Our graduate employment record is excellent, with all our graduates finding jobs quickly after graduation, and often before in the case of MPlan students.
Our graduates go on to a wide range of planning and planning-related destinations, including:
- Local authority planning departments (development control, forward planning, urban design, heritage and conservation)
- Private sector planning consultancies
- Urban design consultancies
- Transport planning
- Regeneration
- Regional Development Agencies
- Pressure Groups
- PhD study
University of Sheffield planning graduates can be found at the highest levels of planning practice.
The market for planning graduates is likely to remain buoyant. A recent report for the Government's Academy for Sustainable Communities, Mind the Skills Gap (Arup. 2007), has forecast significant labour shortages in terms of planning-related professions by 2012. This includes:
91% shortfall in landscape architects and urban designers
17% shortfall in developers
46% shortfall in planners
73% shortfall in regeneration professionals
74% shortfall in sustainability specialists
11% shortfall in transport planners
Academy for Sustainable Communities, ''Mind the Skills Gap'' report
The next 5-10 years will be an excellent time to be a planning graduate. Already, our graduates have a number of choices of destination, and this is likely to increase in the future.
For further information on careers in planning including information for Planners on the skills gained through their degree, what graduates do, case studies and links to vacancy websites see The University of Sheffield's Careers Service website:
Careers with your degree - Town and Regional Planning
For general advice on careers including information on career planning, applications and interviews see: