Overview

Housing development needs to be both accessible and affordable while satisfying our basic human needs. Thoughtful design can ensure these developments also contribute to achieving social and environmental goals.

The Housing and City Planning programme from UCL provides a comprehensive perspective on housing development, offering critical insights from planning, design, and project management viewpoints. This degree prepares you for careers in real estate and development, housing associations, and local or central government, and more.

You develop the skills to produce housing proposals that are feasible in terms of policy compliance and financing—key requirements in all sectors concerned with housing. Our multidisciplinary education integrates aspects of urban planning, housing studies, real estate, urban design, and more under three overarching themes: planning for housing, economics and management, and sustainability.

Employability

You gain many of the skills required to build your career in housing and city planning. These include:

Professional report-writing

Presentation skills including to development sector representatives

Teamwork and project leadership skills

Exposure to specialist software including PHPP

Accreditation

The programme is fully accredited by RICS so all students completing the full MSc are eligible for licentiate membership of the RICS.

Programme Structure

Courses included:

Management of Housing Development Projects

The Economics and Finance of Housing Development

Planning for Housing: Process

Planning for Housing: Project

Planning for Net Zero Retrofit

Sustainable Housing Design Principles

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months
Part-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-28 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-08-28 00:00:00 , National
- Apply before 2026-06-26 00:00:00 , International

Language

English

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Credits

180 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

London, United Kingdom
London, United Kingdom

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

GPA

Upper Second Class

English requirements

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General requirements

An upper second-class honours Bachelor's degree (or higher) from a UK university or an overseas qualification of equivalent standing is required.

Admissions tutors may, at their discretion, consider applications from students who have not achieved this but hold professional qualifications (e.g. RTPI) or can demonstrate substantial work experience in the field of housing development, planning for housing, or housing design. (Applicants will still be expected to meet the minimum UCL requirement of a 2:2, however.)

Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

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Non-residents

39200 GBP / year

≈ 39200 GBP / year
Domestic Applies to you

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Citizens or residents

19300 GBP / year

≈ 19300 GBP / year

Additional Details

Part time tuition fees:

UK: £9,650

International: £19,600

Living costs

London

United Kingdom

1137 - 2157 GBP / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

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