Bachelor of Science (Hons) - Urban Design & Planning
- 3 years
- Duration
- 17,500 GBP/year
- Price
- Rolling admission
- Start
- Rolling admission
- Deadline
- Bachelor
- Degree
- Campus
- Format
- Canterbury / United Kingdom
- Location
Program description
On our BSc (Hons) Urban Design and Planning degree, you will learn about the impact urban planners and designers have on society as well as the advanced skills necessary to become one.
You will study about spatial practices and the value that an urban designer can offer to projects and the larger community at the School of Architecture and Design at UCA Canterbury, where our programme is based. You'll utilize Canterbury and the surrounding landscape of Kent as a starting point for your work, conducting research, creating designs, and analyzing the effects that your plans and designs would have on it.
Utilize our comprehensive facilities on campus, which include areas for fabrication and testing, cutting-edge scanning and virtual reality (VR) technologies, and a variety of traditional craft-based workshops, to realize your creative concepts. You will be free to create your own specialties, such as sophisticated retrofit-based expertise, and you will create a highly distinctive sense of design identity and style.
You will be guided along the way by our team of academics and a wide range of business professionals, and collaborative opportunities with students from across the School of Architecture and Design will give you an enhanced experience where specialized learning is combined with fresh perspectives and methods to broaden your own horizons.
In order to ensure that you graduate prepared for the workforce, you will gain experience working with industry through actual project opportunities, masterclasses, and optionally a professional work placement if you choose the Professional Practice Year pathway.
You can enroll in an Integrated International Foundation Year, which was created especially to give international students English language and creative skills before they start their first year of study.
Program structure
Year 1
Your first-year units include launch and opportunity weeks, ongoing portfolio or online showcase development, and ATOM activities to learn other disciplines.
- Projects 01
- Constructing for Equity 01
- Briefs and Positions 01
- Projects 02
- Critical Analysis 01
- Material and Digital Practices
Year 2
Your second-year units include launch and opportunity weeks, ongoing portfolio or online showcase development, and ATOM activities to learn other disciplines.
- Projects 03
- Constructing for Equity 02
- Briefs and Positions 02
- Projects 04
- Pathways and Mentors
- Critical Analysis 02
Year 3
You will discover and construct your own original urban planning briefs, explore challenging and aspirational approaches to them, and be guided by our seasoned industry experts and practitioners. Your final year is your chance to hone your urban design specialties and showcase your sense of style, which you'll do by compiling a portfolio of technically proficient drawings, models, and prototypes.
- Projects 05
- Critical Analysis 03
- Briefs and Positions 03
- Projects 06 (Final Major Project)
Price
Fee for two semesters (1 year) is 17,500 GBP for international students
We have offer a range of scholarships and fee discounts.
Requirements for applicants
If you do not have qualifications from the United Kingdom, we will accept equivalent qualifications from your native country for admittance into our programs.
In addition to academic credentials, some of our courses require a portfolio of previous work.
For our Bachelor's courses, we usually require that you have:
- High school leaving certificate or equivalent.
- A transcript showing successful completion of one year of a Bachelor's degree from a recognised university with CGPA 3.8.
English Language requirements for BA/BSc courses:
- IELTS UKVI or Academic - Listening 5.5, Reading 5.5, Speaking 5.5, Writing 5.5, Total 6.0
- Test of English as Foreign Language (TOEFL) iBT - Listening 17, Reading 18, Speaking 20, Writing 17, Total 80
- Pearson Test of English (Academic) - Listening 59, Reading 59, Speaking 59, Writing 59, Total 59
- Cambridge English Advanced (CAE) or Cambridge English Proficiency - Listening 162, Reading 162, Speaking 162, Writing 162, Total 169
- Trinity College London Integrated Skills in English (ISE) - Listening Merit, Reading Merit, Speaking Merit, Writing Merit, Total ISE III
- LanguageCert International ESOL SELT - Listening 33, Reading 33, Speaking 33, Writing 33, Total B2 Communicator High Pass
Portfolio requirements
For these course, you must perform an individual piece as an audition. This piece can be up to two minutes long and can be one of the following: a brief modern text (play or screenplay); a short piece of Shakespeare; or an original work you have composed.
About the university
The UCA team firmly believes that creativity enhances the vitality, innovation, and humanity of global communities. That is why the university has been a fervent supporter of creative research and teaching for the past 160 years.
Architecture, crafts, fashion, graphic design, illustration, fine art, photography, film, media, the performing arts, and creative business are among areas of study offered by the university. Employers in the creative sector hold a high regard for this programs because of their excellent teaching standards.
We want to inspire people to use their creativity to drive change, overcome challenges and improve the lives of others.
So we’ve designed our university to be an inclusive, dynamic environment. Our campuses across Surrey and Kent, our Institute for Creative Innovation in Xiamen, China, and our homes within partner organisations such as the Maidstone Television Studios all have one thing in common: they are places to forge inspiring partnerships, make work with purpose and build real solutions to human problems across the globe – whether that’s as part of our vibrant teaching and research community, or as a student on one of our courses.
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