
Planning and Development PgCert
Queen's University BelfastBelfast, United Kingdom
Course overview
To gain expertise in key aspects of planning theory, policy and practice. COURSE CONTENT The courses’s primary focus is to provide professional planning skills. It is designed to allow students to develop knowledge on planning in a flexible manner as the 60 CATS can be completed full-time in one semester or accumulated more flexibly over up to two years.
You can learn the use of techniques (GIS, design software, statistical analysis) but more importantly, how to apply them to solve problems, create new solutions for the built environment and understand the complexity of environmental management.
Key highlights
- Focuses on developing professional planning skills
- Covers planning theory, policy and practice
- Flexible 60 CATS completed in one semester or up to two years
- Learn GIS, design software and statistical analysis techniques
- Apply techniques to solve built environment problems
- Builds understanding of the complexity of environmental management
Entry requirements
- Degree: 2:2 — 2.2
Scholarships
International Postgraduate Taught Scholarship
Year one award of between £2000 and £5000.
Up to £2,000The Burdett Trust MSc Nursing Scholarships
For Home Students: Tuition fees £7,665 Stipend £10,250. For International Students: Tuition fees £24,295 Stipend £17,000
Vice Chancellor’s International Attainment Scholarship - Postgraduate Taught
Value: 50% of tuition fees paid for up to a maximum of two years.
Up to 50% of fees
Careers this course leads to
- Town Planner
- Planning Officer
- Planning Consultant
- Development Management Officer
- Planning Policy Officer
- GIS Analyst
Cost of study
UK/Home: £2,567 (NI/ROI), £3,467 (GB) | International: £7,667
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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