C04007v7 Master of Planning

The Master of Planning provides a new career path for design, planning and property professionals, equipping graduates with a broad understanding of planning issues alongside the negotiation skills and creative thinking required to resolve them.Whereas planning has often been seen as an approval process, UTS approaches the discipline as a critical task, one that connects communities with governments, institutions and developers.Through this course, students proactively engage with policy, environmental and demographic frameworks to understand how planning decisions shape the urban environment over the long term.

This engagement is multidisciplinary, spanning planning, urban design, property, architecture/landscape architecture, economics, spatial analysis, law and urban ecology.

The course requires the completion of 72 credit points.

Course completion requirements

Course program

The examples below show full-time and part-time programs for students choosing the combined or major project options.

Minor project and electives option, Autumn commencing, full time

Year 1

Autumn session

Spring session

Year 2

Autumn session

Minor project and electives option, Spring commencing, full time

Year 1

Spring session

Year 2

Autumn session

Spring session

Major project option, Autumn commencing, full time

Year 1

Autumn session

Spring session

Year 2

Autumn session

Major project option, Spring commencing, full time

Year 1

Spring session

Year 2

Autumn session

Spring session

Minor project and electives option, Autumn commencing, part time

Year 1

Autumn session

Spring session

Year 2

Autumn session

Spring session

Year 3

Autumn session

Spring session

Minor project and electives option, Spring commencing, part time

Year 1

Spring session

Year 2

Autumn session

Spring session

Year 3

Autumn session

Spring session

Year 4

Autumn session

Major project option, Autumn commencing, part time

Year 1

Autumn session

Spring session

Year 2

Autumn session

Spring session

Year 3

Autumn session

Spring session

Major project option, Spring commencing, part time

Year 1

Spring session

Year 2

Autumn session

Spring session

Year 3

Autumn session

Spring session

Year 4

Autumn session

Applicants must have completed a UTS recognised bachelor's degree, or an equivalent or higher qualification, or submitted other evidence of general and professional qualifications that demonstrates potential to pursue graduate studies.

Applicants must have one of the following:

• a UTS recognised bachelor's degree, or equivalent, from one of the following disciplines: architecture, landscape architecture, urban design and regional planning, community development, property economics, property development, planning, geography, geographic information science (GIS), environmental science, economics, law, environmental design, or
• a completed UTS Graduate Certificate in Property and Planning, or
• a completed UTS Graduate Certificate in Planning, or
• a completed UTS Graduate Diploma in Property Development with a credit average, or
• a completed UTS Graduate Diploma in Planning, or
• a UTS recognised bachelor's degree in unrelated study plus a minimum of two years' work experience in a profession associated with urban planning. In this case applicants need to provide a three-page CV outlining their relevant work experience and employers' letter confirming the dates of employment, and the position held.

Applicants who do not satisfy the academic requirements may be considered on:

• ability to demonstrate equivalency through a minimum of five years' work experience in a profession closely related to urban planning
• provision of a CV (maximum three pages) outlining relevant work experience, and
• employers' letter confirming the dates of employment, and the position held, and
• a 300-word personal statement clearly articulating work experience relating to urban planning and explaining the reasons to study the Master of Planning.

The English proficiency requirement for international students or local applicants with international qualifications is: Academic IELTS: 6.5 overall with a writing score of 6.0; or TOEFL: paper based: 550-583 overall with TWE of 4.5, internet based: 79-93 overall with a writing score of 21; or AE5: Pass; or PTE: 58-64; or CAE: 176-184.

Eligibility for admission does not guarantee offer of a place.

International students

Visa requirement: To obtain a student visa to study in Australia, international students must enrol full time and on campus. Australian student visa regulations also require international students studying on student visas to complete the course within the standard full-time duration. Students can extend their courses only in exceptional circumstances.