It takes a broad approach to the ÒtraditionalÓ field of city and regional or town and country planning. You will learn to integrate concerns across the board, including those of economy, climate change, and social need.
The emphasis is on developing a broad and flexible level of knowledge and understanding, enabling you to adapt to developing pressures during your career.
The Spatial Planning programme from Oxford Brookes University combines core planning education with the development of expertise in specialist areas. Our links with practitioners in both the private and public sectors ensures that the course remains at the cutting edge of practice.
Course length
- Full-time: 12 months
- Part-time: 24 months, delivered on day-release over two years
Why choose this course?
- It is viewed as the first choice for planning training by a range of employers including local authorities, the Environment Agency and major planning consultancies.
- Frequent guest lectures from industry leaders give you the chance to make important contacts for your future career.
- Learn more about current developments from professionals and academics through our Planning seminar series.
- The department is based in the modern and well equipped Abercrombie building, part of an award-winning recent redevelopment of the campus.
- Access to top-of-the-range facilities including studios, IT suites and computer programs, as well as three libraries and 24/7 online databases which contain all the academic material you require to be successful in their postgraduate studies.
- Study in the world-famous student city of Oxford, a particularly fascinating place for those interested in cities, transport and sustainability.
