Planning, Environment and Development BSc
Queen's University BelfastBelfast, United Kingdom
Course overview
Planning is about changing the places within which we live. How we can transform and improve our cities, towns, villages, neighbourhoods and communities. It affects our everyday lives and is an exciting discipline to study at university.
A planning degree provides students with the knowledge and skills to be able to make decisions that shape the processes of growth and development. We currently face many urban challenges - attracting investment, creating jobs, protecting the environment, energy policy, housing supply, transport links, providing local amenities - and planning affects how these things happen. Therefore, as future planners you will have an important role to play in shaping the future.
Planning is a broad subject matter and planners perform different roles relating to the natural, physical, economic, social and cultural environments that we live in. Given this, planning offers a wide range of employment opportunities. Studying planning will equip you with the knowledge to understand how cities, towns, villages, communities and neighbourhoods function and operate, and then have the skills to make decisions that shape how they grow and prosper.
Key highlights
- Explores how cities, towns, villages and neighbourhoods function and grow
- Builds decision-making skills for shaping growth and development
- Tackles urban challenges including housing supply, transport and energy policy
- Covers natural, physical, economic, social and cultural environments
Entry requirements
- A-level: BBB — BBB
Scholarships
County Antrim Grand Jury Bursary
Approximately £1500 depending on funding available.
Early Confirmation Award
Funding Amount - £1500
Up to £1,500International Undergraduate Scholarships
This award is £3500 (fee rate 1) for first year of study; £4000 (fee rate 2) for first year of study.
INTO Progressors Scholarship
£1500 reduction in tuition fees for first year of study.
Up to £1,500LLB Senior Status International Scholarship
Scholarships Value - £4000
Up to £4,000Queen's Loyalty Scholarship
20% reduction on first year gross tuition fees.
Up to 20% of feesQueen’s Family Scholarship
20% reduction on first year gross tuition fees.
Up to 20% of feesRoyal Academy of Engineering: Engineering Leaders Scholarship Programme
Funding Amount: £5000 - £10,000
Up to £5,000Vice Chancellor’s International Attainment Scholarship - Undergraduate
50% reduction on full tuition fees paid for all years of a programme, up to a maximum of four years (including advanced entry into Year 2 or Year 3).
Up to 50% of fees
Careers this course leads to
- Town planner
- Planning officer
- Urban regeneration officer
- Transport planner
- Environmental planner
- Housing policy officer
Cost of study
UK/Home: £4,985 (NI/ROI), £9,790 (GB) | International: £24,600
Admission
Applications are made through AHZ at no cost. Share your transcripts, English test scores and personal statement, and your AHZ Counsellor will review your profile, submit your application to Queen's University Belfast, and guide you through interview, offer, CAS and visa — right up to enrolment.
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