Master of City Planning Program By The University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney) |Top Universities
Program Duration

24 monthsProgram duration

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Main Subject Area

Urban PlanningMain Subject Area

Program overview

Main Subject

Urban Planning

Degree

Other

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

Blended

The Master of City Planning allows you to choose one of four specialisations on the way to planning accreditation: City Development and Renewal, City Design, History and Theory, and Healthy Sustainable Communities. In the second year you devise and undertake an independent major research project, which allows you to deepen your engagement with your area of specialisation or, under the City Design pathway, you may be able to undertake the Urban Design Studio (which is undertaken together with students from the Master of Urban Development and Design).

Program overview

Main Subject

Urban Planning

Degree

Other

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

Blended

The Master of City Planning allows you to choose one of four specialisations on the way to planning accreditation: City Development and Renewal, City Design, History and Theory, and Healthy Sustainable Communities. In the second year you devise and undertake an independent major research project, which allows you to deepen your engagement with your area of specialisation or, under the City Design pathway, you may be able to undertake the Urban Design Studio (which is undertaken together with students from the Master of Urban Development and Design).

Admission requirements

Undergraduate

7+
185+
94+
65+

To gain entry into the Master of City Planning, you’ll need a bachelor’s degree with a credit average or above (Weighted Average Mark 65+).

If you have an undergraduate degree in a cognate discipline, or you’ve partially completed a relevant  postgraduate program, you can apply to have this study recognised via Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL). If your prior study is recognised, credit for certain subjects will be counted towards the Master of City Planning.

What is a cognate discipline?

City and urban planning are interdisciplinary in nature, which is why we recognise the benefits that students from diverse academic backgrounds bring to this program. If you’ve studied any of the following subject areas in your undergraduate degree, you may be eligible for RPL.

  • Built environment subject areas, including: architecture, landscape architecture, construction, property development and urban design.
  • Social, economic and environmental science subject areas, including: geography, urban studies and sociology, demography, economics, social policy and politics, communication studies, health studies, international development, environmental ecology, environmental management, environmental sustainability.
  • Law/Jurisprudence
  • Environmental and civil engineering subject areas, including surveying and spatial science degrees.
RPL for these study areas will be limited to 24 Units of Credit (UOC), which is normally the equivalent of 4 subjects. 

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