MA Geography and Planning
About this course
MA (Hons) in Geography (human) and planning and Geography. Core topics include Statistics, Research Methods, Fieldwork, and Human Behaviour. Teaching is organised around three research themes: creating just communities and places, shaping environmental futures, and geospatial and digital methods. An optional internship provides work experience, and the programme concludes with an independent research study or major design-led project.
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Entry requirements
A level: CCC (There are no essential subjects for level 1 entry) IB: 28 points, including 5, 5, 4 at higher level
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Admissions (2022 entry, home applicants)
Offer rate 79%: 15 offers from 19 applications, from the university's Freedom of Information return.
What students say
Based on about 30 final-year students who answered, across similar courses at this university
- Teaching on my course: 95%
- Learning opportunities: 88%
- Assessment and feedback: 82%
- Academic support: 88%
- Organisation and management: 88%
- Learning resources: 88%
- Student voice: 85%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 30 students who started, across similar courses at this university
- Continued on course: 95%
- Left higher education: 5%
What graduates do next
Based on about 12 graduates who answered, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Working: 80%
- Working and studying: 10%
- Further study: 5%
Most common jobs
- Architects, Chartered Architectural Technologists, Planning Officers, Surveyors and Construction Professionals: 70%
- Administrative occupations: 10%
- Sales occupations: 10%
- Elementary occupations: 10%
- Find their work meaningful: 50%
- Feel on track for their future plans: 45%
- Use what they learnt on the course: 30%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 90 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- North East: 8%
- North West: 1%
- Yorkshire and the Humber: 2%
- East Midlands: 2%
- East of England: 3%
- London: 1%
- South East: 1%
- Scotland: 77%
- Northern Ireland: 4%
Who gets in
Based on about 30 students who started, across similar courses at this university
- A levels: 95%
- Other HE qualification: 5%
Modules
- Environment, City and Society
- Social and Environmental Challenges in an Unequal World
- Planning for Sustainable Places
- Reading Urban Places
- Dynamic Human Worlds: Society, Culture, Economy
- Dynamic Physical Worlds: Earth, Water and Ice
- Shaping Cities: Politics, Theory and Practice
- People and Places
- Career Planning Module Online
- Internship
- Urban Theory, Analysis and Design
- Urban Planning: Research Design and Methodologies
- Planning Law and Plan Making
- Digital Futures
- Biogeography
- Environmental Criminology
- Cities: People, Places and Conflict
- Applying Theory to Research and Practice
- Data-driven Geography: Statistics in R
- Environmental Assessment
- Urban Design: Placemaking
- Independent Research Study
- Biogeography (Advanced)
- Advanced Environmental Criminology
- Advanced Geohazards
- Cities: People, Places and Conflict (Advanced)
- Polar Environments - Advanced
- Advanced Environmental Assessments
- Advanced Environmental Assessment and Sustainability Appraisal
- Urban Conservation: Past Present Future
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of MA Geography and Planning at University of Dundee earn?
The median salary is £27,000 after 15 months, £24,000 after 3 years, £29,500 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £25,000 and £35,000. The £29,500 median after five years is £6,500 less than the UK median for Planning (urban, rural and regional).
What do graduates of MA Geography and Planning at University of Dundee do next?
90% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing (Graduate Outcomes 2023-24).
Are students happy with the teaching on MA Geography and Planning at University of Dundee?
95% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2025-26.
What grades do I need for MA Geography and Planning at University of Dundee?
The typical offer is CCC at A level, or 28 points in the IB. The average entrant had 173 UCAS points.
What is the offer rate for MA Geography and Planning at University of Dundee?
79% of home applicants received an offer for 2022 entry: 15 offers from 19 applications, according to the university's Freedom of Information return.
Does MA Geography and Planning at University of Dundee include a placement year or year abroad?
The course has an optional year abroad.
How many students continue on MA Geography and Planning at University of Dundee?
95% of students continued into their second year, and 5% left higher education.