A defining feature of Urban Planning at Loughborough is our exploration and study of planning issues and concepts from a multidisciplinary perspective and a forward-looking approach.
- Developed with leading planning practitioners to develop future skills for urban planning
- The smart cities theme and digital ethos, which run across the course, maximises the employability of our students by targeting the needs of future cities and city makers
- This course comes with the option to work in industry for a year on an approved placement, leading do a Diploma in Industrial Studies (DIS)
- This course comes with the option to study abroad for a year, at the end of which you will gain a Diploma in International Studies (DIntS)
- Unique opportunity to study and learn in an integrated School, leading to various group projects that mimic real-life work scenarios
- Our students investigate planning in practice in real-life situations at different scales, including our Loughborough University campus (our ‘living laboratory’)
- Our students normally go on various integrated field trips to investigate the urban environments of our local cities: Leicester, Derby and Nottingham
- Our MPlan students normally also undertake a period of study at Loughborough University London, using our inspiring campus located on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
