BA Geography and Urban Planning
About this course
BA Honours in Geography (Human) and Planning and Geography, combining human geography with urban planning. Core topics include research methods and fieldwork. The course integrates geography and urban planning, and the first year is professionally accredited by the Royal Town Planning Institute. A dissertation is completed in the final year.
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Entry requirements
A level: ABB IB: 32 points
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Admissions (2022 entry, home applicants)
Offer rate 96%: 122 offers from 127 applications, from the university's Freedom of Information return.
What students say
Based on about 13 final-year students who answered (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Teaching on my course: 78%
- Learning opportunities: 80%
- Assessment and feedback: 66%
- Academic support: 87%
- Organisation and management: 76%
- Learning resources: 82%
- Student voice: 52%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 35 students who started
- Continued on course: 95%
- Left higher education: 5%
What graduates do next
Based on about 8 graduates who answered (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Working: 70%
- Working and studying: 15%
- Unemployed: 5%
Most common jobs
- Architects, Chartered Architectural Technologists, Planning Officers, Surveyors and Construction Professionals: 35%
- Process, plant and machine operatives: 10%
- Managers, directors and senior officials: 10%
- Engineering professionals: 10%
- Information Technology Professionals: 10%
- Find their work meaningful: 100%
- Feel on track for their future plans: 65%
- Use what they learnt on the course: 40%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 220 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- North East: 17%
- North West: 10%
- Yorkshire and the Humber: 10%
- East Midlands: 5%
- West Midlands: 3%
- East of England: 7%
- London: 30%
- South East: 9%
- South West: 4%
- Scotland: 3%
Who gets in
Based on about 65 students who started
- A levels: 96%
- Other qualifications: 3%
- No formal qualifications: 1%
Accreditation & quality ratings
TEF 2023 (whole university): Silver overall, Bronze for student experience, Silver for student outcomes.
Modules
- Interconnected World
- Coasts and Communities: Human Geography Fieldwork
- Mapping a changing world: GIS for Geographers
- Planning Processes
- Economics of Development I
- Shaping Towns and Cities
- Planning for a Better World
- Research Skills
- Political Geography
- Economic Geography
- Social and Cultural Geography
- Urban Geography
- Houses and Homes
- Design & Neighbourhood
- Researching Local Economies
- Understanding Cities
- Digital Civics
- Urban Infrastructures: A Lens on the City
- Global Course on Institutional Design for Spatial Planning
- Dissertation
- Chinese Cultural History and Urban Development
- Climate Literacy: From philosophies to practice
- Energy Geographies
- Local and Regional Development
- Mapping the City
- Geographies of Race and Nation
- Humanitarianism and Health Inequalities
- Gender, Class and Religion
- Geographies of Global South Cities
- Geographies of Power and Resistance
- Career Development for final year students
- Strategies into Action: Planning
- Development Management
- Planning Theory and Politics
- Study Abroad
- Disasters, Monsters and Mess
- Strategies Into Action: Urban Design
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BA Geography and Urban Planning at Newcastle University earn?
The median salary is £31,000 after 15 months, £26,000 after 3 years, £34,000 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £28,500 and £44,000. The £34,000 median after five years is £2,000 less than the UK median for Planning (urban, rural and regional).
What do graduates of BA Geography and Urban Planning at Newcastle University do next?
85% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing (Graduate Outcomes 2023-24).
Are students happy with the teaching on BA Geography and Urban Planning at Newcastle University?
78% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2025-26.
What grades do I need for BA Geography and Urban Planning at Newcastle University?
The typical offer is ABB at A level, or 32 points in the IB. The average entrant had 119 UCAS points.
What is the offer rate for BA Geography and Urban Planning at Newcastle University?
96% of home applicants received an offer for 2022 entry: 122 offers from 127 applications, according to the university's Freedom of Information return.
Does BA Geography and Urban Planning at Newcastle University include a placement year or year abroad?
The course has an optional placement year and an optional year abroad.
How many students continue on BA Geography and Urban Planning at Newcastle University?
95% of students continued into their second year, and 5% left higher education.