Planning and Geography

Explore the limits of built and natural worlds, and design sustainable, impactful, and creative future environments, with our BSc Planning and Geography.

Taught by experts from Real Estate in Henley Business School and the Department of Geography and Environmental Science, you’ll:


* understand and address a broad range of contemporary global challenges – from urban regeneration to resilience planning


* critically engage with development processes across built and natural environments


* contribute to sustainable development and climate resilience across diverse geographic contexts


* examine trends in their local, national, and global contexts


* integrate perspectives from planning, environmental science, human and physical geography, and policy studies.


Throughout your studies, you’ll explore key aspects of spatial change, including the interrelationship between space and society, how the nature of environments changes over time, and the critical role of planning in shaping outcomes.

For more information, please visit our course page: https://www.reading.ac.uk/ready-to-study/study/subject-area/real-estate-and-planning-ug/bsc-planning-and-geography

There are many reasons to choose the University of Reading. Join a diverse and supportive community where lecturers inspire you with their discoveries and guide you in making your own. Reading’s award-winning parkland campus offers the spaces you need to make the most of your student life.

The University of Reading is a research-intensive university. It works with governments, international agencies and charities to tackle the biggest problems facing the world today, such as climate change, heart disease, and international conflict.

Named The Sustainable University of The Year, 2025, Reading launched one of the UK's largest ever undergraduate scholarship schemes, designed to develop future Global Sustainability Leaders Scholarships. The scholarship offers £6000 per year towards living expenses and will be available to those entering Clearing that meet the criteria. With over 150 clubs and societies, Reading knows how important life is beyond your studies and with the student union's in the heart of the campus, making the University of Reading your first call in Clearing will be one of the best decisions you ever made.