This course will train students to be a sharp critical thinker and an active contributor towards solving a variety of urban problems, a skill much sort by many employers in the built environment. The growth of towns, cities and regions provides complex opportunities and challenges. The pressures brought by population growth, limited resources and environmental challenges require well trained professional spatial planners to create and manage sustainable and competitive cities and the countryside for living, shopping, transport, recreation and nature conservation. This course attracts students from a wide network of countries and varied professional backgrounds and this unique environment to collaborate different experiences from other students. This programme is accredited to the Royal Town Planning Institute and provides options for specialisms in Environmental Assessment, Marine Spatial Planning, Sustainable Urban Design and Urban Conservation. Our MSc programmes equip our students with a variety of skills required to support spatial planning field such as stakeholder engagement, renewable energies, urban design, urban conservation, property development, housing development, public policy and environmental impact assessments. Most of our graduates take up employment in the UK and beyond. Typical employment is with the public and private sectors involved in a variety of built and natural environments. Generally, students from international destinations either return to their employers to take up new challenges or venture into new opportunities.