Courses 

Within the School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences CURS offers a number of exciting and forward thinking Joint Honours undergraduate courses as well as professionally accredited taught MSc degree programmes, Postgraduate Diplomas, Certificates and other qualifications that can be taken on a full-time, part-time or modular basis. CURS has RTPI accreditation for Urban and Regional Planning and IED accreditation for Local and Regional Economic Development.

Undergraduate degree programmes

Through the School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, CURS contributes to four joint honours combinations. Each is an academically stimulating degree, which offers the scope to specialise in particular policy areas and career avenues in the later stages of the course. 

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Postgraduate degree programmes

Much of our research and teaching is intended to help policy-making by providing a bridge between academic research and the needs of policy-makers in central and local government and other agencies. Underlying this is the aim of developing a better understanding of the processes of change in the urban and regional environment; the reasons for change; and its effects on towns, cities and regions and the people who live there. The following courses are available on a full or part time basis:

Urban Regeneration and Renewal MSc/Postgraduate Diploma/Graduate Diploma/Certificate

  • Postgraduate
  • Taught, continuing professional development
  • Full time, part time

This course is aimed at extending academic knowledge and critical understanding of issues in urban regeneration and renewal and will appeal to those working in agencies concerned with the regeneration of urban areas in the public and private sector. Core and optional modules are [more...]

Urban and Regional Planning (with RTPI accreditation) MSc/PG Diploma/Certificate

  • Postgraduate
  • Taught, continuing professional development
  • Full time, part time

Fully accredited by the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI), this programme is designed to develop students as reflective practitioners in the planning profession and related disciplines in the built environment, and can be studied either full- or part-time.

Urban and Regional Studies MSc/Postgraduate Diploma/Graduate Diploma/Certificate

  • Postgraduate
  • Taught, continuing professional development
  • Full time, part time

This programme aims to give students multi-disciplinary research based knowledge of the key processes and issues arising beyond regions and urban areas, and to understand state institutional and policy responses to these challenges. Processes and issues will be [more...]

Research degrees

Urban and Regional Studies PhD

  • Postgraduate
  • Doctoral research
  • Full time

The Centre for Urban and Regional Studies (CURS) offers a PhD in Urban and Regional Studies. The PhD degree may include a coursework element and can be taken on a full- or part-time basis. Prospective applicants are invited to apply, outlining their research interests. We have [more...]