BSc (Hons) Planning, Environment and Development in Belfast United Kingdom | Queen's University Belfast

Queen's University Belfast | Belfast United Kingdom
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Qualification
Bachelor Degree with Honours
Languages
English
Delivery Mode
On-Campus
Tuition (2025)
GBP 18,800
(c. USD25,157.22)
Attendance
Full-time
Full-time Duration
36 months

Urban planning focuses on reshaping the spaces we inhabit. It explores ways to enhance and revitalize our cities, towns, villages, neighborhoods, and communities. This field directly impacts daily life and offers an engaging academic pursuit at the university level.

A degree in planning equips students with the expertise to influence growth and development strategies. Contemporary urban issues like attracting investments, generating employment, environmental conservation, energy policies, housing availability, transportation networks, and local facilities all fall within planning's scope. As aspiring planners, you'll play a crucial role in molding tomorrow's landscapes.

The planning profession encompasses diverse responsibilities across natural, built, economic, social, and cultural environments. This breadth creates varied career paths. Planning education provides both the understanding of how settlements function and the tools to guide their sustainable development and prosperity.


Destination of Study

Subjects of Study

Language Requirements

English
IELTS 6.5

Qualification Requirements

A level requirements
ABB + GCSE Mathematics grade C or 4
Irish leaving certificate requirements
H3H3H3H3H3H3 or H2H3H3H3H3 + if not offered at Higher Level then Ordinary Level grade O4 in Mathematics
Access Course
Successful completion of Access Course with an average of 70%. GCSE Mathematics grade C or 4 or equivalent in Access Course.
International Baccalaureate Diploma
32 points overall, including 6,5,5 at Higher Level + if not offered at Higher Level/GCSE, then Standard Level grade 4 in Mathematics
BTEC Level 3 Extended National Extended Diploma
QCF BTEC Extended Diploma (180 credits at Level 3) with overall grades DDD + GCSE Mathematics grade C or 4
RQF BTEC National Extended Diploma (1080 GLH at Level 3) with overall grades DDD + GCSE Mathematics grade C or 4
IELTS 6.5 minimum of 5.5 in all four elements of the test
TOEFL iBT 90 with minimum marks as follows- Listening - 17 Reading - 18 Speaking - 20 Writing - 17

Tuition GBP 18,800

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