You’ve identified your career path, and now you’re looking for the best possible qualification.

The MPlan from The University of Sheffield is accredited by the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) and by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).

With our unique blend of academic and live project work, field trips, site visits and work experience, this masters offers a clear route to becoming a Chartered Member of the Royal Town Planning Institute.

From core knowledge and skills, to key issues such as climate change and urban inequalities, this four-year course gives you a practical grounding and a broad intellectual understanding of concepts and practices in urbanism, spatial change and planning. 

Along with work experience in a local planning office or private sector planning consultancy, you’ll be encouraged to develop specialist interests through optional modules, field trips, site visits – plus the opportunity to spend a semester studying abroad in Europe, or spend a year further afield at one of our partner institutions.