Master of Urban and Regional Planning
Postgraduate
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Master sustainable planning skills
Gain the ideal balance of advanced theory and practical experience. You’ll tackle planning problems and strive to improve built and natural environments. Designed in consultation with industry and recognised by the Planning Institute of Australia.
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Credit available
- Yes
- Duration
- 2 years full time or part time equivalent
- Total subjects
- 16
- Available loans
- Australian Higher Education Loan Program (HELP)
- CSP available
- Yes
Master of Urban and Regional Planning
About this degree
During this course you will:
- Learn from Australia’s best planning practitioners in a program recognised by employers as delivering high-quality, job-ready graduates.
- Tailor your program to match your career goals through practical and flexible elective courses.
- Benefit from collaborative learning spaces, such as the $1.5 million Planning Studio, that allow you to integrate maps, plans and computers while working together as a group and with external bodies to address real planning challenges.
Urban and regional planning is about improving the quality of cities and regions. Professional planners assist communities, companies and governments to integrate the environmental, economic and social aspects of development from small sites up to whole regions. Planning deals with strategic work (long-range planning) as well as structural and statutory components in relation to built and natural environments and the legislative framework controlling land use. Accordingly, planning is closely allied with commerce, government, sociology, communities and the ecology disciplines.
The Master of Urban and Regional Planning was the first masters level program in Queensland to be recognised by the Planning Institute of Australia (PIA). It produces professionally competent graduates, familiar with the concepts, ideas and techniques of planning. Courses typically emphasise the acquisition of skills through small scale exercises or practical project work but fits these within a wider intellectual framework of design and public policy. Opportunities are available for a research investigation through an advanced research project.
Recommended study pattern
The Master of Urban and Regional Planning is a 2 year course for a full-time student. Each year consists of 2 Study Periods, also known as semesters. The recommended study pattern consists of 10 core subjects and 6 elective subjects, with 8 to be completed in your first year and 8 in your second.
Award requirements
To qualify for the Master of Urban and Regional Planning, students must satisfactorily complete a program of study consisting of 16 subjects.
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Indicative first year fee
$8,948
Indicative total fee $17,896
The amounts shown here are indicative for an Australian citizen studying full-time, which is typically 8 subjects per year.
Fees may vary depending on:
- the subjects you choose
- credit from previous work experience
- your eligibility for government funding loans or subsidies such as HECS-HELP or a Commonwealth supported place.
To learn more, go to Fees or contact a student advisor.
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- 5
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Entry requirements
To be eligible for entry, you'll need:
- a bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in any discipline, or
- a graduate certificate or graduate diploma in urban and regional planning.
You must have a grade point average (GPA) of 4.5 on a 7-point scale in your previous qualification.
All applicants must satisfy the UQ English language proficiency requirements for admission.
If you've completed previous study, you may be eligible to receive credit for – or exemption from – certain subjects in a UQ program.
Career opportunities
Possible future job titles:
- Urban planner
- Regional planner
- Urban engineer
- Heritage conservation officer
- Resource manager
- Transport planner
- Strategic land use planner
- Statutory planner
- Regional development officer
- Development assessment officer.
Career outlook
- Urban and Regional Planners:
- $93K to $120K