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Enhance your skills and knowledge to successfully manage today's complex urban world.
Study options
FULL TIME
1 years
PART TIME
2 years
Start times
Autumn
March
(2021)
Spring
July
(2021)
Available campuses
Ready when you are
Are you ready to make a change? It’s not too late to see where a Western degree can take you.
Join us for Mid-Year Info Day at our Parramatta City campus on Saturday, 15 May and get started on your journey to university.
Urban Management and Planning at Western
Across the planet more people now live in cities than rural areas. Western Sydney University courses in Urban Management and Planning aim to provide you, as current and future practitioners, with the scholarship, skills and knowledge to successfully manage the planet’s increasingly complex urban world.
You will develop skills in a range of relevant areas including governance, urban finance and sustainable strategies.
Celebrating 25 years of Urban Planning at Western
Course structure
Our course structure is outlined in our handbook. Here you can view all of the units (subjects) you will be studying.
Fees and delivery
Fees: $12,280*
Delivery: On campus
Fees: AUD $28,098*
Delivery: On campus
Postgraduate Information Sessions
Advance your career or kick-start it in a new direction with Postgraduate study at Western.
Streaming live from May, we’ll be discussing course content, admission requirements and career outcomes.
Register now for our upcoming Postgraduate Engineering, Design and Built Environment Information Session at 5pm on Tuesday, 25 May to explore where Postgraduate studies can take you.
Start your unlimited journey today.
Your career
With this qualification you can look forward to career opportunities in:
- Planning and management in local, state and federal government agencies or the private sector
- Zoning
- Transportation projects
- Sustainability and the environment
Your career
Urban Planner
In this role you'll help to shape communities from the ground up. As a specialist in land use you will develop plans to accommodate growth, revitalise towns and cities, make communities more attractive to business and keep them vibrant and healthy.
Researcher
Research involves compiling data, analysing trends and noting observations in the area of urban trends and geography. This work is recorded in reports that are used to assist with the development of that field.
Environmental Impact Assessment
Environmental impact assessments predict the consequences that a certain policy, plan or project may have on the wider environment before they are implemented. It involves a wide range of research and analysis with a focus on protecting the environment.
Policy Development
Policy development involves researching, compiling and analysing a range of facts that relate to the benefit of society. It involves working with a range of government agencies and community groups to pinpoint relevant solutions.
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Apply now and start your unlimited journey.
Other study options
*The tuition fees quoted above are the fees for the normal full-time study load of the course (80 credit points) per annum. International students will be subject to a variable fee regime; i.e. enrolled students will be required to pay fees during their course based on the approved fee for each calendar year. Fee changes (if any) will occur at 1 January each calendar year. Students who extend their course past the normal finish date of the course will be required to pay additional fees based on the prevailing fee level. Western Sydney University is a multi-campus institution. The University reserves the right to alter the location of its courses between campuses and other locations as necessary. Students should be aware of the possibility of change of location for the whole or part of courses for which they enrol and should plan for the need to travel between Western Sydney campuses.
