IELTS (International English Language Testing System): 6.5 overall (min. 6.0 in each subtest)
TOEFL IBT (Test of English as a Foreign Language – Internet-Based Test): 90 overall (min. 23 in writing, 22 in reading, listening and speaking)
TOEFL PBT (Test of English as a Foreign Language – Paper-based Test): 577 overall (min. 5.0 in TWE)
PTE (Pearson Test of English – Academic): 64 overall (min. 54 in each subtest)
C1 Advanced Cambridge (formerly known as CAE – Cambridge Advanced English): 176 overall (min. 169 in each subtest)
C2 Proficiency Cambridge (formerly known CPE – Cambridge Proficiency English): 180 overall (min. 180 in each subtest)
ANU Access Program: Successful completion with a minimum of 70% overallChung
The Bachelor of City Planning at UNSW is a four-year full-time honours degree through which you’ll learn to shape sustainable, equitable, healthy and inspiring built environments.
City planning is an exciting, varied and progressive profession. UNSW’s planning degree will equip you to work at the interface between development, land use, environment and urban design. You’ll gain the knowledge, skills, and career focused experience to turn creativity and critical thinking into real-world solutions - shaping the future of our cities and regions.
Work experience is a defining feature of this degree. As part of the Arts, Design & Architecture (ADA) community you’ll work alongside students and professionals from across the built environment, just as you would in the workplace. In your third year, you’ll undertake a Practice Year, where you’ll focus on practical and professional experience, benefitting from UNSW’s strong ties to industry and world-leading research in urban planning.
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Full program structure
Each university year at UNSW has three terms and an optional summer study period. You can study full-time or part-time.
Some courses need to be studied in your first and second year, so you’re prepared for courses that can only be studied in later years. Depending on how you plan your study load, you can fit two or three courses into a term and one course in a summer term.
Depending on how you plan your study load, you can fit two or three courses into a term and one course in a summer term.
Below is an example of what you could study in a standard four-year-year, full-time study plan.
First year
6 Core courses
2 Electives
Second year
8 Core courses
Third year (Practice Year)
5 Practice courses
3 Electives
During your Practice Year, you'll apply your skills and knowledge in city planning to real-world work experience and bring insights from this experience back into the classroom. Our students undertake their work experience in diverse public and private sector organisations, including state government, local authorities, urban consultancies, development companies, private practice and NGOs.
Fourth year (Honours)
1 Research core course
1 Studio core course
2 Electives
1 Thesis
Strategic Planner
Local Government Planner
Social and Community Planner
Environmental Planner
Urban Consultant
Urban Policy Analyst
Urban Policy Officer
Transport Planning
Urban Designer
Heritage Officer
Property Developer
OSHC: 530 ($) AUD per year
