Master of Urban Planning and Environment

Career

Start a fulfilling career doing something that really matters.

You’ll shape urban environments and impact lives as an urban planner, environmental manager or policymaker, and you will drive positive changes in resource management, and strategic and social planning.

Upon graduation, you might find work in:

strategic and statutory planning

environmental and social planning

state government planning and policy agencies

infrastructure providers

environmental and natural resource agencies

Commonwealth environmental and infrastructure agencies

international and local consulting firms

local government

conservation, environmental and community sectors

business and industry.

This is a career-oriented degree, with some students who are already working in the field. Planning practitioners often participate in the degree as guest lecturers.

There will be opportunities to develop professionally through shared knowledge and networks, and you can find related employment after, or even before, graduating. 

Entry requirement

To study this course you will need to complete one of the following English proficiency tests:

IELTS (Academic): minimum overall band of 6.5 (with no individual band below 6.0)

TOEFL (Internet Based Test - IBT): minimum overall score of 79 (with minimum of 13 in Reading, 12 in Listening, 18 in Speaking and 21 in Writing)

Pearson Test of English (Academic) (PTE (A)): minimum score of 58 (with no communication band less than 50)

Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): minimum of 176 with no less than 169 in any component.