Department of Urban Studies and Planning

Thanks for coming to our open day. Here you can find further information about our interdisciplinary courses and our extensive careers support, answers to frequently asked questions, and stories from some of our students and alumni.

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Urban Studies and Planning MPlan

Student writes notes at new housing development in Sheffield

Urban Studies BA

A group of students walking through Weston Park

Geography and Planning BA

Your career

Frequently asked questions

From our students

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My degree helped me develop my skills by working with a real client

Gaby chose to apply to the University of Sheffield due to our reputation as one of the best planning departments in the country.

I wanted to get some experience of how planning works in real life

BA Geography and Planning student Maisie undertook a placement year, which helped her to better understand what she wanted to do in her future career.

Collaboration is so important in planning: immersing yourself in other cultures can only enrich you

Jean-Mickael chose to study at Sheffield so he could spend a year studying abroad and still obtain RTPI accreditation.