# Architecture, Planning & Urban Studies

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UCD offers undergraduate degrees in Architecture, Landscape Architecture and City Planning and Environmental Policy, and these lie at the heart of innovation and development. If the combination of art and science inspires you, and you are interested in designing buildings, planning the outdoor environment or solving complex issues that we experience in our everyday lives, then these degree programmes will unleash your creative potential. UCD has the widest range of facilities in Ireland, and the most established and respected courses to ensure that you achieve that potential.

[Visit the college Youtube Channel (UCDEngArch) for student testimonials and recorded talks from our recent open days.](http://www.youtube.com/UCDEngArch)

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**UCD Architecture, Landscape Architecture and City Planning & Environmental Policy Open Day**\
**Date:** 17 January 2026

**[Register Here](https://www.ucd.ie/myucd/visiting-ucd/events/)**

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## About Architecture, Planning & Urban Studies

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### Why study at UCD?

The UCD School of Architecture, Planning & Environmental Policy brings together the disciplines of architecture, environmental policy, landscape architecture and regional and urban planning to provide a unique interdisciplinary teaching and research environment.

The School offers a range of undergraduate and graduate teaching programmes professionally accredited by the Royal Institute of British Architects, the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland, the Royal Town Planning Institute, the Irish Planning Institute and the Irish Landscape Institute. Students are enabled to think creatively, critically and holistically about sustainable places, whether in design practice or through transferring knowledge to action in the policy and planning process. Its research spans a wide range of themes and is Ireland’s leading centre of excellence for research into design and policy for the built and natural environment.

The School provides excellent facilities and resources for its students and staff who enjoy a strong sense of community among the quadrangle of buildings and leafy surroundings of Richview. Students have access to generous work spaces, design studios, laboratories, a dedicated library, small group teaching spaces, GIS and CAD facilities, and research student suites as well as a cafe and a shop for supplies and equipment.

### What courses are available?

The following courses are available in this area:\
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- [BSc in City Planning & Environmental Policy](https://hub.ucd.ie/usis/!W_HU_MENU.P_PUBLISH?p_tag=COURSE&MAJR=RCS3&AUDIENCE= "Go to 'BSc in City Planning & Environmental Policy' page")
- [Bachelor of Architectural Science](https://hub.ucd.ie/usis/!W_HU_MENU.P_PUBLISH?p_tag=COURSE&MAJR=ATS4&AUDIENCE= "Go to 'Bachelor of Architectural Science' page")
- [Bachelor of Landscape Architecture](https://hub.ucd.ie/usis/!W_HU_MENU.P_PUBLISH?p_tag=COURSE&MAJR=LDS2&AUDIENCE= "Go to 'Bachelor of Landscape Architecture' page")
- [Structural Engineering with Architecture](https://hub.ucd.ie/usis/!W_HU_MENU.P_PUBLISH?p_tag=COURSE&MAJR=NAS1&AUDIENCE= "Go to 'Structural Engineering with Architecture' page")

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### Institutions and Centres

UCD is building an environment that will support researchers across a broad spectrum of disciplines and that encourages collaborative research. Several research institutes and centres have been established to provide state-of-the-art resources and a critical mass of academics, including:

- [UCD School of Architecture, Planning & Environmental Policy](https://www.ucd.ie/apep/)
- [UCD Earth Institute](https://www.ucd.ie/earth/)
- [UCD Spatial Dynamics Lab](https://www.ucd.ie/sdl/)
- [UCD Centre for Irish Towns (CfIT)](https://www.ucd.ie/cfit/)
- [UCD Geary Institute for Public Policy](https://www.ucd.ie/geary/)
- [UCD Building in a Climate Emergency Research Group](https://www.ucd.ie/biace/)

### Contact Us

**Contact**: Katie O'Neill

**Address**: UCD Engineering and Materials Science Centre, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland

**Tel**: +353 716 1781

**Email**: [katie.oneill@ucd.ie](mailto:katie.oneill@ucd.ie)

**Social Media**: [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/ucdengarch/), [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/UCDEngArch), [Twitter](https://twitter.com/UCDEngArch), [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ucdengarch/)

### Graduate Profile

With over 17,000 alumni, UCD College of Engineering and Architecture is one of the largest and most prestigious in the country.  We produce the most sought after engineering and architecture graduates, at home and abroad. For almost one-hundred years now, our students are leaving UCD armed with a Degree, which essentially becomes their passport for life and their ticket to becoming part of this unique network of alumni.

Among our accomplished alumni from the School Architecture, Planning & Environmental Policy are:

- [Yvonne Farrell & Shelly McNamara of Grafton Architects](https://www.graftonarchitects.ie/)
- [Laura Brock - Partner at Brock McClure Planning & Development Consultants](https://www.linkedin.com/in/laura-brock-21ab3712/)
- [Martina Caplice - Technical Fieldwork Officer at University College Dublin](https://www.linkedin.com/in/martinacaplice/)
- [Eimear Heaslip -  Lecturer at National University of Ireland, Galway](https://www.linkedin.com/in/eimear-heaslip-phd-57651923/)
- [David McNulty - Louis Vitton](https://alumni.ucd.ie/awards/awardee/david-mcnulty/)
- [Niall McLaughlin - Architect](http://www.niallmclaughlin.com/)
- [Roisin Henegahan - Architect](https://www.hparc.com/)
- [Kevin Roche - Architect](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Roche)
- [Duncan Stewart, Environmentalist and TV Broadcaster](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duncan_Stewart_(environmentalist))
- [Ruairí Quinn, Vice President, Party of European Socialists at Party of European Socialists (PES)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruairi_Quinn)

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