Urban Planning, MPlan (Hons)

Acquire the skills, knowledge, and qualifications to enter planning and related professions through our four-year integrated MPlan in Urban Studies and Planning at the University of Sheffield. Accredited by the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI)—fully meeting educational requirements for Chartered Membership—and the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), this programme blends academic rigour with live projects, field trips, site visits, work experience in local planning offices or consultancies, and optional modules. It covers core concepts in urbanism, spatial change, planning practices, and key issues like climate change and urban inequalities, plus opportunities for a semester abroad in Europe or a year at partner institutions.Ranked 3rd for construction, surveying, and planning (Guardian University Guide 2026), town and country planning and landscape design (Complete University Guide 2026), and Russell Group learning opportunities in planning (NSS 2025), we are the UK’s top accredited planning school for research impact, with over 95% rated world-leading or internationally excellent (REF 2021).