Graduate Diploma in Urban and Regional Planning
Degree overview
- Benefit from our long-standing history – with more than 70 years’ experience, we’re Australia’s longest provider of planning education.
- Use this qualification as a pathway into the professionally accredited Master of Urban and Regional Planning.
- Study in a state that has developed a world class e-planning system for development assessment based on a fundamental overhaul of procedures, policies, zones and overlays.
- Gain an in-depth understanding of the professional practice of urban and regional planning.
- Develop advanced land use policy, urban design, spatial analysis and communication skills in a range of complex settings that can help state and local governments and the private sector respond to the pressures of population growth, climate change and the rise of chronic diseases associated with lack of physical activity.
- Gain skills working in a multi-disciplinary context.
- Be taught by world-class leaders in research – UniSA's research in urban and regional planning is ranked world class.
- UniSA is an unstoppable university for unstoppable people. As one of the World’s Top Young Universities, we’ll ensure you get the experience your future profession demands so it’ll feel like you’re studying one minute and in a career the next.
Campus Information
Adelaide- City West
On the edge of Adelaide’s central business district, City West houses studies in business, law, art, architecture, design, Indigenous cultures and Australian society.
Intakes
- Feb
- July
Application Processing Time in Days: 14
Minimum English Language Requirements
English Level Description | IELTS (1.0 -9.0) | TOEFL IBT (0-120) | TOEFL CBT (0-300) | PTE (10-90) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Expert | 9 | 120 | 297-300 | 86-90 | |
Very Good | 8.5 | 115-119 | 280-293 | 83-86 | |
Very Good | 8 | 110-114 | 270-280 | 79-83 | |
Good | 7.5 | 102-109 | 253-267 | 73-79 | |
Good | 7 | 94-101 | 240-253 | 65-73 | |
Competent | 6.5 | 79-93 | 213-233 | 58-65 | |
Competent | 6 | 60-78 | 170-210 | 50-58 | |
Modest | 5.5 | 46-59 | 133-210 | 43-50 | |
Modest | 5 | 35-45 | 107-133 | 36-43 | |
Limited | 4 | 32-34 | 97-103 | 30-36 | |
Extremely Limited | < 4 | < 31 | < 93 | < 30 |
Job Opportunity Potential
This degree opens up excellent career opportunities for graduates. You may be involved in:
- planning and designing towns and suburbs
- development assessment
- environmental and transport planning
- social and community-based planning
- the protection of heritage buildings and landscapes
- planning for active living health promotion
- neighbourhood and urban regeneration
- infill and master planning
- development of regional and rural communities.
PSW Opportunity
NA
Admission Requirement / Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants will normally hold a degree or recognised equivalent qualification.
- Applicants with a completed Graduate Certificate in an aligned discipline are also eligible for entry.
- Course Code: 000579A
- Course Type: Full Time
- Course Level: Post Graduate Diploma or Certificate
- Duration: 01 Year
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Total Tuition Fee:
38500 AUD
Annual Cost of Living: 24505 AUD
Application Fee: N/A
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