Diploma in Town Planning

Designed to provide an opportunity for first-time university study, UNE's Diploma in Town Planning will open doors to a career in planning with employment potential across all Australian regions. This online course provides you with foundation knowledge and skills to put you on track for a career in town planning, including rural planning and urban development, that aims to help communities work and thrive. As a pathway to university study, this diploma is also your springboard to further study and career development.

Why study the Diploma in Town Planning with UNE?
As an introductory course and career enabler, the Diploma in Town Planning is right for you if any of the following matches your position right now:

• looking at widening your employment prospects
• seeking a career change and interested in planning
• a local government employee wishing to develop skills and career prospects
• completed a TAFE Cert IV (in any area)
• currently working in the planning system in a clerical/administrative capacity
• an unqualified planning assistant.

If you are already working in a local government planning office and looking to further your career, this course will deliver what you’re aiming for. Even without related work experience, UNE’s Diploma in Town Planning will put you on track for a career in town planning with potential to work across a range of areas and workplaces.

By successfully completing this Diploma at UNE, you’ll earn credit towards the Bachelor of Urban and Regional Planning if you choose to progress you career as a professional planner.

By choosing UNE, you’ll be studying with an industry leader in the provision of online lifelong learning. Year after year, students award us the maximum 5-star ratings for Overall Experience and Student Support in The Good Universities Guide.

What makes our course different?
Our Diploma in Town Planning is your pathway into university study, with minimum entry requirements, thereby offering you potential to progress your career as a professional planner. The course comes with opportunities to:

• Integrate your academic knowledge into your real world of work.
• Earn credit from your Diploma’s core units to progress your career with UNE’s Bachelor of Urban and Regional Planning.
• Choose to study on campus in Armidale, or fully online with the flexibility to suit your lifestyle.

Study online
Most of our students choose to study online across three study periods with 24/7 tutor support* and fit study around work and family commitments. Uniquely, our online students are mostly over 30 and bring valuable experience with them. They form a community of adults juggling the same challenges and priorities and who bring their life and work experience together at UNE in order to become future-fit and better respond to a rapidly changing world.

Study on campus
Many of our students choose to take advantage of the on-campus lifestyle in Armidale, in the beautiful New England region, with access to unparalleled support, accommodation and sporting facilities. These students are often starting their first degree and have left school recently. Through access to academic and career support they get a fantastic start to their careers.

* 24/7 tutor support includes: essay feedback (within 24 hours); live chat 24/7 for generic feedback on academic writing; and subject-specific help at a foundation or first-year level for subjects including mathematics, chemistry, biology, physics, business, accounting, microeconomics, macroeconomics and statistics. There are also a wide range of workshops, resources and courses available in academic skills support to assist your and help you to succeed.