The Bachelor's Programme in Urban and Regional Planning (SPP) gives students both broad and deep knowledge of planning and its conditions. The programme is project-oriented and emphasis is placed on team work, report-writing and analyses. Fieldwork and excursions give students the opportunity to study planning problems and solutions in real situations. Students study courses in the main field of study, urban and regional planning, during the first year and half of the third year. The second year are elective courses (inclunging one compulsory semester in economics or statistics) in archaeology, earth science, economic history, economics, environmental management, ethnology, human geography, political science, sociology, statistics or urban and regional planning, and optional courses.
Language of instruction is Swedish.
| Semester 1: Courses in planning |
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| Semester 2: Courses in planning |
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| Semester 3: Elective or optional courses |
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| Semester 4: Elective or optional courses |
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| Semester 5: Courses in planning and elective or optional courses |
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| Semester 6: Course in planning and elective or optional courses |
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Degree and career options
The programme in Urban and Regional Planning leads to a B.Sc. and gives eligibility to the Master’s level in Urban and Regional Planning and other Masters’ programmes. The job market for planners is good and work tasks for urban and regional planners can be found at all levels of society, in both the public sector (government offices, civil service, counties, municipalities etc.) and the private sector, interest groups and lobby organizations.
Basic facts
| Programme Director | Lecturer Anders Rickegård |
| Coordinating department | The programme is hosted by the Department of Human Geography and run in cooperation with the Department of Archaeology and Classical Studies, the Department of Economic History and International Relations, the Department of Ethnology, History of Religions and Gender Studies, the Department of Economics, the Department of Physical Geography, the Department of Sociology, the Department of Statistics, and the Department of Political Science. |
| Name in English | Bachelor's Programme in Urban and Regional Planning |
| Name in Swedish | Samhällsplanerarprogrammet |
| Abbreviation | SPP |
| Programme code | SPLAK |
| Main field of study | Urban and Regional Planning |
| Language of instruction | Swedish |
| Credits | 180 higher education credits |
| Pace percentage | 100%, i.e. full-time |
| Delivery mode | On campus |
| Study period | Three academic years |
| Course start | Autumn Semester, starting in late August or early September |
| Number of students | 60 (accepted yearly; approximately) |
| Entrance requirements | General entry requirements and Swedish upper secondary school courses Mathematics C and Social Studies A, or equivalent. |
| Selection | The grade point average of your upper secondary school leaving certificate 33%, the Swedish national university aptitude test 67% |
| Application | See the University course catalogue. |
Detailed information on the programme is available in Swedish.
Contact
If you have questions or need more information on the application procedure, programme content or practical details concerning your studies at Stockholm University, please do not hesitate to contact Study Counsellor Veronica Hohl.