Master of Urban and Regional Planning
University of New England
Program Overview
Through our fully-accredited course, gain the knowledge and skills to excel as a professional planner, with competence and confidence that your knowledge is up to date with the skills to communicate to wide audience groups, strategise, and solve problems.
You’ll gain specialist knowledge across a range of important study areas including geography, sociology, law, public policy and economics so you can competently deliver the best professional planning outcomes for small- and large-scale developments across urban and regional contexts.
Together, we will explore a range of complex planning problems and learn knowledge and skills across a range of integrated study areas that contribute to finding sustainable planning solutions for communities, business and governments. Your assessment tasks will include project-based, real-life contexts. You’ll be steps ahead to apply your structural and statutory knowledge to built and natural environments within the legislative framework controlling land use.
Armidale, Australia
18 Months
AU$ 28,216
IELTS: 6
Rule A Core Units
72 credit points
Complete the following units
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Masters Dissertation (GEPL500) – 24 credit points
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Economic Change and Urban Development (GEPL501) – 6 credit points
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Architecture and Urban Design (GEPL502) – 6 credit points
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Principles of Development Control (GEPL520) – 6 credit points
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Population, Health and Environment (GEPL521) – 6 credit points
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Planning Theory and Practice (GEPL528) – 6 credit points
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Applied Research Methods (GEPL538) – 6 credit points
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Regional Development: Processes and Policies (GEPL545) – 6 credit points
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Transport and Land Use Planning (GEPL550) – 6 credit points
Rule B Core Units
30 credit points
Complete the following units
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Masters Dissertation (GEPL500) – 24 credit points
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Applied Research Methods (GEPL538) – 6 credit points
A candidate shall:
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hold an AQF Level 7 Bachelor degree in a discipline related to the built environment including architecture, planning, environment or geography; or
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hold an AQF Level 8 Graduate Diploma in Urban and Regional Planning (including at least one 500-level unit) from the University of New England or equivalent AQF Level 8 qualification (including at least one 500-level unit) and attained at least a Credit average in 48 credit points.
English Language Requirements
All applicants must meet a minimum of one of the following criteria:
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English is the applicant's first language; or
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Satisfactory completion, within five years of the date of application for admission to UNE, of at least one year of full-time or equivalent full-time study at senior secondary, post-secondary or tertiary level in a country in which English is the primary official language or co-official language and in which English was the sole medium of instruction and assessment for the particular period of study claimed; or
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A pass grade or better in an English language subject at Australian Year 12 level or overseas equivalent; or
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An International English Language Testing System (IELTS) Academic overall score of at least 6.0 with no sub-band less than 5.5*; or
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Equivalent Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) score of at least 213 in the computer-based test or at least 79 in the internet-based test with no less than 22 in the written component*; or
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A Pearson Test of English (PTE) Academic minimum overall score of 57 with no skill less than 50*
International Fees
$28,216*
As an urban and regional planning expert, you could gain work as a consultant or as an employee in the public or private sector with high-level policy advice and research roles.
Planning jobs could include the design of new suburbs or housing estates, coastal and environmental development projects, creating energy-efficient housing and new transport services for sustainable communities.