• Learn to balance the competing priorities for development with preservation of the natural environment as you gain the necessary skills to plan cities and regional towns.
• Study land use, transport, infrastructure and urban design as well as real estate markets, investment, sustainability, community consultation and strategic long-term town planning.
• Undertake planning projects that emphasise the application of planning theory and design skills, working with industry, government and community partners on real-life developments.
• Gain a qualification that comes with professional recognition. UQ’s Regional and Town Planning program is fully accredited by the Planning Institute of Australia.

You'll enter a dynamic industry that improves the quality of life for people in cities and regions. As a UQ graduate, your ability to make environmentally, socially and economically sustainable decisions will be highly sought after by employers.

You could be employed in a variety of roles in the public, private and civil society sectors, including:

• statutory or strategic planning
• regional development
• urban design
• environmental management and monitoring
• technology for planning
• spatial planning
• commercial and industrial development
• engineering and architectural applications
• heritage and conservation
• land-use planning
• planning law and practice
• resource management
• social planning
• tourism
• transport planning.