Course summary
The MSc Transport and Urban Planning is a unique course that brings together two interconnected disciplines, breaking intellectual discourse and practice boundaries typically encountered in both academic and professional settings. It takes an integrated and cross-disciplinary approach to critically examine, understand and address the grand challenges cities and their transport systems face today and in the future. The programme is research-led and practice-oriented and designed to equip you with knowledge, skills, tools and techniques to make a significant contribution to tackling the global challenge of creating towns and cities with better and fairer accessibility and more equitable and sustainable mobility. You will be exposed to the latest thinking and debates in sustainable place-making, sustainable transport and mobility and complex systems analysis, and build a solid foundation to effectively function as transport and planning practitioners in various international contexts, for public, private and third sector organisations. With the transdisciplinary view of transport and spatial planning, and the strong global perspective you will develop, you will be able to work in project teams dealing with complex urban systems interventions in different planning and socio-economic contexts, and at multiple scales (neighbourhood, city, regional and global). You will develop the ability to think critically and enact solutions to help create more sustainable, efficient, and liveable urban environments with equitable transport systems. This course is aimed at candidates interested in interdisciplinary work. Prospective students may come from diverse backgrounds, including transport planning, engineering, urban planning, or geography. The programme is well-suited for graduates aiming to pursue careers in either the transport planning or urban planning sectors, both within the UK and internationally, and across public, private, or civil society organizations. The course is taught by world-leading researchers, including but not limited to:
- Ransford Antwi Acheampong (Dr.) : Future transport and mobility with a focus on Urban impacts of new and emerging transport technologies and associated mobility services; Transport integration (policy and technical dimensions); Transport service co-location and mobility hubs planning; Urban forms and transport systems interactions; Transport decarbonization and sustainability.
- Nuno Pinto (Dr.) : Decision support in urban planning, Urban simulation, Integrated urban and transport planning, Quantitative methods in urban planning, Big data in urban planning, Urban planning and planning policies, Urban design.
- Helen Zheng (Dr.) : Spatial planning; Geospatial data analytics; Social statistics; Machine Learning; Travel behaviour; Transport Decarbonization; Participatory methods.
Entry requirements
A UK Honours degree with a First or Upper Second (2.1) classification or the overseas equivalent. When assessing your academic record, we take into account the grades you have achieved and the standing of the institution where you studied your qualification. A bachelor's degree in Urban Planning, Urban Design, Geography, Engineering, Transport and Logistics Economics, and Public Administration is a desired requirement.
English language requirements
For the latest information on demonstrating your English proficiency for those whose first language is not English, please, see our language requirements . This programme also accepts successful completion of the 6- and 10-week pre-sessional English language course. We accept the following qualifications which must be valid on the start date of the Master's course. Pre-sessional 6-week course requirement: IELTS UKVI or Academic 6.0 Overall with 6.0 in Writitng, no more than one sub-skill at 5.5 and no other sub-skill below 5.5 TOEFL iBT 80 Overall with 20 in Writing, 20 in Speaking, and no other sub-skill below 18 Pearson PTE Academic UKVI or Academic 65 Overall with 65 in Writing, no more than one sub-skill at 59 and no other sub-skill below 59. Pre-sessional 10-week course requirement: IELTS UKVI or Academic 5.5 Overall with no sub-skill below 59 TOEFL iBT 72 Overall with 20 in Speaking and no other sub-skill below 18 Pearson PTE Academic UKVI or Academic 59 Overall with no sub-skill below 59
See our language requirements
https://www.seed.manchester.ac.uk/study/taught-masters/standard-elq/
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
No fee information has been provided for this course
Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .
Additional fee information
For fees for entry in 2025, please view the course listing on our website.
Sponsorship information
We offer a number of postgraduate taught scholarships and merit awards to outstanding applicants and international students. In addition, the Manchester Alumni Scholarship Scheme offers a £3,000 reduction in tuition fees to University of Manchester alumni who achieved a first-class bachelor's degree and are progressing to a postgraduate taught master's course. For more information on scholarships and bursaries, see our Fees and funding webpages or research the University's postgraduate funding database.
Provider information
University of Manchester
Oxford Road
Manchester
M13 9PL