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This Fast-track to Masters package guarantees* your future place in postgraduate studies in urban and regional planning and sets you up with highly developed professional competencies so you can make sound, logical and ethical decisions in a range of planning contexts.

UniSA has more than 70 years of experience in planning education – which makes us the longest provider of planning education in the country. The Master of Urban and Regional Planning also has academic alignment to our UniSA Creative Research Centres including the Australia Research Centre for Interactive and Virtual Environments (IVE) and the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI).

In the Bachelor of Architectural Studies youll have the opportunity to take part in the unique award-winning Design and Construct courses, where youll collaborate, design, and build community projects in remote locations in Australia and overseas with students from other design disciplines, just like in the real world.

Throughout your studies, you will have access to and learn from prominent industry figures through lectures, national and international field trips, industry/professional-based projects and workshops.

Career outcomes

Your career

Planners work at local, national and international levels and are involved in a diverse range of professional activities, including environmental, social, heritage, transport and community planning, and urban design. Planners often find employment with local, state and federal governments and in private consultancies.

Graduates may be involved in:

planning and designing towns, suburbs and regions
development assessment
environmental and transport planning
social and community-based planning
the protection of heritage buildings and landscapes
planning for active living and health promotion
neighbourhood and urban regeneration
development of regional and rural communities, and
infill and master planning.

Roles to consider include:

Urban designer: design at the urban scale and participate in educating civic leaders and public about shaping our streets, suburbs, and cities
Heritage consultant: develop sustainable re-use practices in design to protect and maintain heritage projects and sites of important ongoing cultural value
Project or construction manager: involves initiating, planning, and managing a team to deliver projects of varying scales and complexities.

Professional Accreditation

The Master of Urban and Regional Planning is recognised by the Planning Institute of Australia (PIA) and provides full exemption from the educational requirements for membership of the Institute. Holding a professionally accredited qualification enables graduates to apply for Corporate membership of PIA and subsequently undertake training to gain status as a Professional Certified Planner. Graduates will be required to undertake continuing professional development which is offered by PIA.