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Future Proof Careers:
Planning
Dr Joe Hurley
Deputy Dean (Acting)
Sustainability and Urban Planning
What do planners do?
Planners:
• Create and manage urban environments
• Make cities more efficient, sustainable, lively,
attractive and liveable
• Protect our historic buildings and natural areas
• Prevent farmland and ecologically sensitive
landscapes from becoming degraded
Population growth
Population
growth
drives the
expansion
of our cities
Decline in natural values
Traffic congestion
Planning
Specialist program
• 4-year, Honours level degree
• Accredited by Planning Institute of Australia
• Expert staff
• Understand society and communities
• Develop the confidence to take action
• Tackle complex real-world problems
• Develop practical solutions
• Extensive work-integrated learning
• Graduates are highly regarded in the industry and
many have the opportunity to work abroad
Our graduates
• Are highly regarded in the industry
• Have skills that transfer to international contexts
• Employed by:
- Local and State governments
- consultancies and Developers
- Industry peak bodies
- Non-government and not-for-profit sector
- Create liveable, equitable and sustainable cities
- Are engaged, intelligent and motivated individuals
like you
Graduate quotes
“Each day I face a range of
issues, and I think the most
important thing that RMIT
taught me is how to assess
those issues in a considered
and critical fashion.”
“Those issues can be very
complex, involve a range of
different stakeholders, and
at times can be politically
sensitive.”
“… RMIT really gave me a
set of tools, if you like, to be
able to really break down
those issues, and come up
with a meaningful solution.”
International settings
Study a semester overseas at
RMIT partner universities in:
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Canada
•
Finland
•
The Netherlands
•
The Philippines
•
Sweden
Connect with industry
Gain industry experience through work placement
“The work experience component of the course was
invaluable…that hands-on experience was most beneficial
in terms of demonstrating to a potential employer that you
have an understanding of, in my case, of how planning at a
local government level worked, and what that involved.”
Course structure