Spatial Planning Degree Apprenticeship MSc

The Spatial Planning Degree Apprenticeship MSc combines the educational elements of UCLs existing Spatial Planning MSc with supported workplace learning and practical experience meeting the requirements of the RTPIs Chartered Town Planning Apprenticeship standard. Successful completion of the apprenticeship will give you a Spatial Planning MSc and the status of being a Chartered Town Planner (MRTPI) having gained practical experience in the workplace.

Careers

Graduates of the Spatial Planning MSc have been very successful in gaining subsequent employment, including core public and private sector planning careers (such as local government and local, national and international consultancies), as well as the housing and transport sectors planning, urban regeneration and environmental agencies public and private utility companies think tanks and public policy organisations environmental campaign groups and teaching and research.

Employability

The programme equips graduates with a wide range of skills beneficial to employability including planning-specific skills, for example, an appreciation of policy-making and implementation, of spatial analysis, basic principles of urban design, social research and plan-making and decision-making processes. Graduates will also gain transferable skills such as group work, independent research, communication skills including presentation and writing, and problem solving skills.

Although students are generally expected to complete in three years, there is flexibility to take up to five years if personal circumstances require.

Candidates must have a sponsoring employer based in England who will employ them in a planning role and is prepared to provide a work place mentor and enter into an employer agreement with UCL. Applicants who do not have this arrangement may be interested in applying for the Spatial Planning MSc instead. All candidates must hold a Level 2 award (e.g. GCSE graded A*-C) in Mathematics and English. Ordinarily, candidates must also hold an undergraduate degree in any discipline classified 2:1 or above (or equivalent). However, the programme is open to applicants who do not have a 2:1 or above or do not hold a first degree at all where they are able to demonstrate at least five years of professional experience in planning or a related field. In such situations, a special qualifying essay will be set.