This future-focused program will equip you with the practical skills, theory and hands-on experience needed for a meaningful career in planning and sustainable development. Preparing you for a dynamic professional environment, UQ’s Bachelor of Regional and Town Planning supports you to apply planning theory and develop your design skills by working on real-life planning projects with industry partners, in every year of the program. You’ll gain the practical skills required to plan cities and regional towns and learn to balance urban and infrastructure development with creation of healthy and connected communities and preservation of the natural environment. Study land-use planning, urban design, climate resilience, transport and infrastructure planning, use and extension of information technology, heritage and conservation, and more. You can also focus your planning qualification through your choice of specialised electives. You’ll graduate with a qualification recognised by the Planning Institute of Australia and be prepared for a variety of interesting roles in the public, private and civil society sectors. For more information, visit Bachelor of Regional and Town Planning at UQ.
The University of Queensland
For additional information about the admissions criteria for UQ and for this course, refer to UQ’s website.
English, Literature, English and Literature Extension or English as an Additional Language (Units 3 and 4, C)
For more information about the ATAR/Selection Rank profile, please visit ATAR/Selection Rank profile explained.
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Highest Rank to receive an offer
Median Rank to receive an offer
Lowest Rank to receive an offer
ATAR/Selection Rank excluding adjustment factors
92.75
84.30
77.05
ATAR/Selection Rank including adjustment factors
94.20
84.30
80.00
Excluding: The lowest ATAR/Selection Rank to which an offer was made, excluding adjustment factors.
Including: The lowest ATAR/Selection Rank to which an offer was made including any adjustment factors that may have been applied.
For more information about the Student profile, please visit Student profile explained.
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Higher education study
Vocational Education and Training (VET) study
Work and life experience
Recent secondary education
Recent secondary education admitted solely on the basis of ATAR/Rank
Admitted where both ATAR/Rank and additional criteria were considered
Admitted on the basis of other criteria only and ATAR/Rank was not a factor
International students
All students
Number of students
<5*
<5*
0
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15
0
0
<5*
20
Percentage of all students
<5*
<5*
0.0%
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75.0%
0.0%
0.0%
<5*
100%
* “<5" – the number of students is less than 5
Urban planner, transport planner, development manager, spatial analyst, urban designer, sustainability consultant, community engagement manager, urban economist, heritage consultant, environmental planner, management consultant, social planner.
Planning Institute of Australia.
4 years Full time or 8 years Part time