Urban planning graduates have the skills that can be used in many different sectors. If you recently graduated and you have an urban planning degree, you might feel a little overwhelmed simply because of the different options available. There are many urban planning firms that you can consider working for but what work you will actually do there depends a lot from one firm to the next.

After getting your urban planning degree you need to remain up-to-date with built environment, current planning laws and the wider environmental issues that affect your work. This is mandatory when going for a planning career. Fortunately, this constant learning will be made easier by the fact that you can constantly express the passion you have for making places better.

Some of the jobs where the Urban Planning degree holder is useful to include

- Sustainability Consultant
- Civil Service Administrator
- Environmental Manager
- Community Development Worker
- Development Surveyor
- Planning Surveyor

Main jobs that are directly related to Urban Planning degree are

- Transportation Planning
- Local Government Officer
- Town Planning Officer
- Housing Officer
- Conservation Officer (Historic buildings inspector)

Environmental and private planning consultancies will employ the urban planning graduate in order to advise individuals and organizations on some specific planning schemes. It is also possible to find work opportunities with:

- Utility Companies
- Housing Associations
- Transport Organizations
- Neighbourhood Planning Organizations
- Large Retail Businesses.

If you need even more work sources, you can consider NGOs and charity sectors that deal with heritage, conservation and environmental issues.

The last thing that should be mentioned is that you can go on a postgraduate study course in order to further your planning knowledge or when you want to specialize in some specific areas. This might also be necessary for some organization partnerships. You can consider various specialist courses and you can further study some options in order to go to some related careers like landscape architecture or built environment.

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