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If you study Urban Planning and Design BEng at XJTLU you can study Urban Planning at the University of Liverpool on the XJTLU 2+2 programme. or see all XJTLU 2+2 programmes.

Urban Planning BA (Hons): XJTLU 2+2 programme

The Urban Planning programme provides you with the knowledge and the skills to understand and help address the challenges faced by urban areas today. You’ll gain a rounded understanding of the factors and forces that are shaping the urban environment, the role that planning can play in developing and renewing urban areas, and reconciling competing and conflicting interests.

Urban Planning BA (Hons)

Read more about this course on the full programme page.

Other options

If you study Urban Planning and Design BEng at XJTLU you can choose from these options to study at the University of Liverpool on the XJTLU 2+2 programme.

Urban Planning BA (Hons)

Environment and Planning BA (Hons)

Course overview

You will develop a broad overview of how our towns, cities and regions have developed and have an opportunity to specialise in environmental or urban regeneration issues. With a pioneering approach to planning and regeneration, Liverpool is an ideal location in which to study town and regional planning. Over the past 30 years, Liverpool has been transformed economically, socially and environment. Staff and students from Planning at the University of Liverpool have been part of these changes as they have been observing, reflecting and helping local planners, developers and communities to shape these changes. This makes Liverpool an ideal urban laboratory to study how our world is changing.

Attention is focused on approaches to planning for the urban environment in a rapidly changing world. An interdisciplinary approach to study provides learning opportunities that draw upon the expertise of academics in Planning as well as academics in the Departments of Geography, Sociology and Architecture.

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Fees and funding

Tuition fees cover the cost of your teaching and assessment, operating facilities such as libraries, IT equipment, and access to academic and personal support.

All XJTLU 2+2 students receive a partnership discount of 10% on the standard fees for international students. We also offer 50 XJTLU Excellence Scholarships providing a 25% discount on tuition fees to the students that score most highly in stage 2 at XJTLU across the different subject areas. Allocation is based on the number of applications received per programme.

The net fees (inclusive of the discounts) can be seen below.

Tuition fees

2025 tuition fee (full) - £26,600

2025 tuition fee for XJTLU 2+2 students (inclusive of 10% discount) - £23,940

2025 tuition fee for XJTLU 2+2 students qualifying for Excellence Scholarship (inclusive of 25% discount) - £19,950

Fees stated are for the 2025-26 academic year.

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Course content

Discover what you'll learn, what you'll study, and how you'll be taught and assessed.

Year two

In year two you begin to develop your specialism in Transforming cities and regions through the compulsory module Cities and regions (ENVS230). This module introduces you to the economic, social and environmental causes of urban and regional change. Environmental sustainability and its connections with patterns of human development are also examined in further core modules.

You also continue to develop critical thinking and communication skills to enable you to analyse material and communicate ideas effectively. Project work also enables you to develop an awareness of the methodological and spatial design issues that arise in the development of planning schemes.

Notice

The residential field class undertaken in year two is part of the module Rural planning field class (ENVS289) and takes you into the field to examine environmental, social and economic issues in a rural setting.

On the 2+2 programme, you'll study your third and fourth years at the University of Liverpool. These will be year two and year three of the University of Liverpool's programme of study.

Programme details and modules listed are illustrative only and subject to change.

Year three

Year three provides you with a more focused study of your specialism in order to gain greater knowledge and expertise in urban planning.

Notice

You are required to take two core modules, one dissertation module (ENVS302 or ENVS346) and two optional specialism modules. You can then choose a further two or three modules depending on your dissertation module from a range of optional modules, this could include an international field class offering the opportunity to explore planning in a new context.

On the 2+2 programme, you'll study your third and fourth years at the University of Liverpool. These will be year two and year three of the University of Liverpool's programme of study.

Programme details and modules listed are illustrative only and subject to change.

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Your experience

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Watch on Panopto: Urban Planning 2+2

Urban Planning 2+2

Tian Wenkang shares their experience on the Urban Planning 2+2 course.

Watch on Panopto: Urban Planning 2+2 – Wang Shuai

Urban Planning 2+2 – Wang Shuai

Wang Shuai shares their experience on the Urban Planning 2+2 course.

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Supporting your learning

From arrival to alumni, we’re with you all the way:

The second semester contains a field trip to the Lake District where you can directly reach residents from rural England. This helped me to understand more about the responsibility of a city planner in the future.

Tian Wenkang, BA (Hons) Urban Planning
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Course modules include a wide range of skills such as primary and secondary research ability, the use of urban design software and geographic information systems. These useful skills are beneficial to our academic studies and further career development.

Wang Shuai, BA (Hons) Urban Planning
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