A degree in Architecture or Urban Planning offers a unique opportunity to help shape the world around us. Our cities and built environments face huge future challenges that we can tackle by changing how our cities are planned and designed.

Our courses

Why choose Architecture or Urban Planning at Loughborough?

Industry links

Our strong links with industry, our sponsorship scheme and placement opportunities mean many of our students are able to secure graduate-level jobs either directly from their placements or early in their final year. We also bring in leading speakers from industry to enrich the learning experience with real-life architectural and planning challenges.

Career prospects

Architects and Urban Planners have some of the top-earning starting salaries due to their unique and specialist skillset. Our recent graduates have gone on to take up various graduate and professional level roles at companies including: AECOM, Arup, Atkins, Aukett Swanke Architects, Balfour Beatty, Glancy Nicholls, Holmes Miller Architects, Mott MacDonald, Murphy Phillips, Saunders Boston, Skanska and WSP.

Integrated School

Study in an integrated School where students across different disciplines within the built environment work together on projects that mimic real-life scenarios in the workplace.