Bachelor of Regional and Town Planning (Honours)

Gain the knowledge and skills needed to help communities, companies and governments integrate the environmental, economic and social aspects of development from site design to regional scale analysis.

This program is for high-achieving students who have completed the Bachelor of Regional and Town Planning, and want to advance their study and undertake a research project.

You'll acquire the necessary skills to plan cities and regional towns, and study key areas of successful development. Topics include land use, transport, infrastructure and urban design, alongside real estate markets, investment, sustainability, community consultation and strategic long-term town planning.

You'll undertake projects that emphasise planning theory and design skills. Work with industry, government and community partners, and become involved on long-range planning and legislative frameworks for real-life developments.

UQ is known for producing high-quality, experienced honours graduates valued by employers for their breadth of knowledge, skills and ability to make environmentally, socially and economically sustainable decisions that establish them leaders in their fields.

Program highlights

• Study a program fully accredited by the Planning Institute of Australia and achieve a qualification that comes with professional recognition.
• Work on planning projects with industry partners throughout your program to gain hands-on experience putting theory into practice.
• Learn to balance the competing priorities for development with preservation of the natural environment in modern-day regional and town planning.
• Become a career prospect highly regarded by employers for being future focussed and able to think outside the box.