| Program start date | Application deadline |
| 2024-03-01 | - |
| 2024-07-01 | - |
Program Overview
The Master of City Planning at UNSW is a two-year, professionally accredited postgraduate degree that prepares students for careers in urban and regional planning. The program covers a broad range of urban issues through theory and practice, including urban design, city economics and development, environment and sustainability, and planning law and administration. Graduates are in-demand and work in planning and urban policy-related roles across all tiers of government, as well as in private sector consultancies and other built environment professions.
Program Outline
Degree Overview:
The Master of City Planning at UNSW is a two-year, professionally accredited postgraduate degree that allows you to bring experience from previous study to launch a career in urban and regional planning. City planning is an exciting, varied, and progressive profession that plays a pivotal role in decisions shaping the future of cities and regions. Through a career in planning, you’ll improve lives by designing cities that are sustainable, equitable, healthy, and inspiring. As part of the Faculty of Arts, Design & Architecture you’ll join a uniquely interdisciplinary and supportive community. You’ll work alongside students and professionals from across the built environment, just as you would in the workplace. You’ll benefit from UNSW’s strong ties to industry and world-leading research in city planning, as you explore diverse subjects including city renewal, city analytics, housing policy, and healthy sustainable communities. In your second year, you’ll undertake a major capstone project, which allows you to deepen your expertise in an area of specialisation and empowers you to kick-start your career by adding to your professional portfolio.
Outline:
The key features and subject areas in this degree will see you explore a broad range of urban issues through theory and practice, preparing you for diverse, future-focused careers. Areas of study include:
- Urban design
- City economics and development
- Environment and sustainability
- City building – infrastructure and transport
- Strategic spatial planning
- Planning law and administration
- Planning research and analysis
- Urban management and development assessment
- Urban equity and health
Careers:
The Master of City Planning will prepare you for a career through which you can drive solutions to grand challenges like climate change and inequality. Our graduates are in-demand and work in planning and urban policy-related roles across all tiers of government (Federal, State, Local), as well as in private sector consultancies, property development, and other built environment professions where planning skills are required. The electives you choose can enable you to move into specialist areas with diverse positive impacts, like housing, city analytics, or urban design. You’ll also gain interdisciplinary skills that will enable you to move into wider policy, research, analytical, creative, and community roles.
