Careers in Urban Planning

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Urban planning graduates play a key role in how the places we live are managed and developed. Find out how their skills can be used across a wide range of sectors

Job Options

Jobs Related To Your Degree Include:

Historic buildings inspector/conservation officer

Housing manager/officer

Local government officer

Town planner

Transport planner

Urban designer

Jobs where your degree will be useful include:

Civil Service administrator

Community development worker

Environmental manager

Estates manager

Landscape architect

Planning and development surveyor

Sustainability consultant

Skills For Your CV

Studying urban planning allows you to develop specialist knowledge in town and regional planning, providing you with a range of professional skills such as:

design and place making

knowledge of planning law and legislation

finance and policy development

strategic thinking

analytical research

making a reasoned argument

professional report writing and presentation

partnership working and collaboration.

You also develop skills that are useful in many different career areas. These include:

verbal and written communication IT

negotiation and mediation

problem-solving

impartiality and diplomacy teamwork

creativity

decision-making

general and people management

pragmatism.

Further Study

Urban planning can be studied at postgraduate level, following the completion of a cognate degree. Some urban planning graduates go on to postgraduate study to further their planning knowledge or to specialise in a particular area. Postgraduate study, along with practical experience, is important if you want to secure chartered membership from NITP.

Specialist courses for urban planning graduates can allow you to focus on topics including transport, urban design, urban regeneration, environmental planning or infrastructure.

Other areas of further study, which can lead to related careers, include:

architecture

business management

built environment

landscape architecture

transport and planning.

Source: Prospects uk.