Urban Planning at Loughborough University
Urban Planning (BSc (Hons), K430) at Loughborough University asked for ABB in recent years; UCAS’s course data does not show the 2027 requirement yet. The middle entrant to the course had 112–127 UCAS points.
UCAS listing ↗ Course page on lboro.ac.uk ↗
A-level grades
~ABB
Competitive128 points · around ABB
Not the 2027 requirement. UCAS’s course search data does not include 2027 requirements yet, so this is from an earlier year and may have changed. Check lboro.ac.uk’s course page ↗ or the UCAS listing ↗.
Who actually got in
Entrants’ UCAS pointsThis course
Entrants hereUK, same subjectAsks 128
The middle entrant had 112–127 points. 60% had fewer than the 128 asked.
20 entrants · 2024-25 · HESA rounds to 5%
Came in with A-levels or Highers 100%.
Course
- Award
- Bachelor of Science (with Honours)
- Code
- K430 · K4 planning
- Duration
- 3 years
- Mode
- Full-time
- Starts
- September 2027
- Entry
- Year 1
- Year
- 2027
Student experience
After the first yearThis course
100%
still studying
UK 90%
0%
left higher education
UK 5%
0%
moved to a lower award
UK 0%
15 students · started 2023-24
National Student SurveyThis course
% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course88%89%
Learning opportunities90%89%
Assessment and feedback83%87%
Academic support89%91%
Organisation and management86%85%
Learning resources93%90%
Student voice93%85%
15 final-year students · 82% responded · NSS 2024-26
After graduating
SalarySubject at this uni
15 months£29.5k3 years£32k5 years£41k
£20k£30k£40k£50k£60k
middle halfmedianUK, same subject
15 months: survey of 10 graduates, 2022-24 · 3 and 5 years: tax records, 2016-18 graduates
15 months onThis course
90% working10% unemployed
UK, same subject: 90% in work or study
75%
in professional or managerial jobs
UK 75%
55%
say their work is meaningful
UK 88%
45%
use what they learned
UK 69%
Graduate Outcomes survey · 10 graduates · 65% responded · 2023-24
Source: Discover Uni dataset, HESA (CC BY 4.0), summarised for display.
Location
- Campus
- Loughborough, East Midlands, England
- Postcode
- LE11 3TU
Subjects
urban and regional planning architecture, building and planning
Campus
- Campus
- Loughborough University
- Housing
- Accommodation ↗
- Union
- Students' union ↗
Planning (urban, rural and regional) at other universities
The course at each university nearest this one in entry requirement. Middle entrant: the UCAS points of the middle student who started, from Discover Uni.
| University | Course | Entry | Middle entrant |
|---|---|---|---|
| UCL (University College London) | Urban Planning and Real Estate BSc (Hons) | AAB | 144–159 |
| University of Leeds | Geography with Transport Studies BA (Hons) | AAB | 128–143 |
| University of Reading | Real Estate Development and Planning MPlan | AAB | 112–127 |
| Cardiff University | Human Geography and Planning BSc (Hons) | ABB - BBC | 112–127 |
| Heriot-Watt University | Geography BSc (Hons) | BBC - ABB | 160–175 |
| Loughborough University | Urban Planning this course | ABB | 112–127 |
| University of Birmingham | Geography and Urban & Regional Planning BSc (Hons) | 128 points | 128–143 |
| University of Liverpool | Geography and Planning BA (Hons) | ABB | 112–127 |
| University of Manchester | Master of Planning MPlan | 48 - 128 points | 128–143 |
| University of Sheffield | Geography and Planning BA (Hons) | ABB | 128–143 |
| Ulster University | Planning, Regeneration and Development Msci (Hon) | 112 - 120 points | 96–111 |
See all 68 in one sortable table, entry requirements side by side
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