Bachelor of Urban Development (Urban and Regional Planning)

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'The Bachelor of Urban Development (Urban and Regional Planning) at QUT helped prepare me for the workforce with practical learning subjects and engaging lecturers. Their advice and range of experience provided me with valuable insights and perspectives on how the real world actually operates.'

Jessica Chatwin
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'The best part of this degree is the practical focus of the course and the direct application of learning to real contexts through relevant and contemporary projects and industry links. I chose to study planning because I was interested in the built environment and was attracted to the broad and varied roles planners play in the land use, infrastructure, transport, social and environmental arenas.'

Lachlan McClure
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'I chose to study town planning after looking at it in geography in high school and thought it would be a really cool industry to be involved in while it’s growing, and it looks after the environment which I am really passionate about. One of the highlights of my degree was travelling abroad to Taipei with QUT where I made the best friends and got to see how they planned their cities.'

Corina Hibberd

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Real graduate

I loved the breadth of study areas, practical assignments, and my internship working on real community projects. I worked through my studies and I could see firsthand that what I was learning was actually what happens in the industry.

Millicent Drabble

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OP 8

Rank 85

Learn to design and manage the use of land and natural resources to meet human needs in a sustainable way.
Prepares you to plan large-scale projects such as new cities, suburbs, ports, recreational and industrial areas and transport infrastructure.
Study community planning, infrastructure provisions, creative design, property economics, spatial science, architecture, law and business management.
Graduates work in urban design, transport planning, development assessment, open space and recreational planning, environmental protection, and social and economic development.

QTAC course code	412352
QUT course code	UD40
Attendance	Full-time
Course duration	4 years full-time
Start month	2013 February
Deferment	You can defer your offer and postpone the start of your course for one year.
Delivery	On campus Gardens Point
Faculty	Science and Engineering Faculty
Course contact	Student Business Services (SBS) Admissions: Email: askqut@qut.edu.au Telephone: +61 7 3138 2000
CRICOS code	056387B
Careers	Urban and Regional Planner Urban Designer

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Urban and regional planners design and manage the use of land and natural resources to meet future human needs in a sustainable way. Working with elected representatives, communities and other clients, they prepare and administer physical schemes that create better places and lives for neighbourhoods, cities and regions. They plan large-scale projects such as new cities, suburbs, ports, recreational and industrial areas and transport routes. To do this they consult widely among local communities and colleagues in related fields such as environment, engineering, economics, architecture, spatial science and transport.

If you are interested in social, economic, environmental and cultural issues, art and design, using your imagination and being creative, and working with people, you may enjoy a career in urban and regional planning.

Why choose this course?

QUT is recognised for its lively tradition of combining community involvement with design and implementation skills, which are based on links with engineering, spatial science, property economics, architecture and landscape architecture. You will work on inclusive community planning, integrated infrastructure provision, creative design, and practical problem-solving projects run in collaboration with partners in local and state government, developers and local community groups.

You will have the opportunity to enhance your broad appreciation of fields related to urban and regional planning, for example, urban design, property economics, spatial science, architecture, landscape architecture, law or business management.

Students are required to complete the built environment and engineering applications minor in order to gain accreditation as practising planners with the Planning Institute of Australia. This enables additional training in geographical information systems, workplace learning and transportation planning. In addition, the flexible structure of the course enables you to choose a second minor to match your career aspirations and personal goals. This maximises your employment opportunities, offering breadth of knowledge and a real focus based on your unique study plan.

Career outcomes

As a planning graduate, you will have a wide and expanding range of employment opportunities internationally and in state and local government departments and agencies, large multi-stranded development companies, and professional planning consultancies. Career choices include urban design, transport planning, development assessment, plan preparation for housing and industrial areas, open space and recreational planning, environmental protection, and social and economic development.

Professional recognition

This course has accreditation from the Planning Institute of Australia.

Your course

Year 1

Your first year as a planning student will give you a strong foundation in design skills, experience in working in teams on planning projects, and an understanding of the importance of the social, economic and environmental contexts of planning activity.

Year 2

In your second year as a planning student, you will develop your practical skills through working on site-related projects and development assessment. The second year of the degree also explores the philosophical and theoretical basis of planning.

Year 3

In the third year of your degree, you will focus on the application of design skills on a broader scale through urban design principles. You will also be prepared for the public role of planners through negotiation and conflict resolution, and investigate the importance of environmental planning.

Year 4

In the final year of your degree, you will integrate the skills and capacities developed throughout the course through a major research project, a challenging exploration of planning theory and ethics, and real-world planning projects that move from the community through to the regional level.

Second major and minors

You will have the opportunity to undertake a second major (8 units) or 2 minors (4 units each) to enhance and broaden your knowledge in a related field or area of interest.

Please refer to your course rules before making your selection.

Urban and regional planning second major and minor options

Second Major:

Choose one second major from the following options: