Professional urban planners play a critical role in shaping our urban environments – economically, environmentally, socially and culturally. With a BUrbPlan(Hons), you’ll be eligible to apply for membership to the New Zealand Planning Institute.

Completion of secondary school comparable to Australian Year 12 or equivalent academic achievement. IELTS: minimum score of 6.0, with no subscore less than 5.5 or TOEFL: a minimum score of 550 or Internet-based (IBT) TOEFL: a score of 80 (no sub-score less than 19) or Pearson Test of English (Academic): an overall score of 50 with no score less than 50 Selection into the BUrbPlan(Hons) programme will be based on the combined strength of your academic achievement and written statement. The following questions make up the written statement and you are required to answer each question as part of your online Application for Admission: What is urban planning? Why do you want to study urban planning? What excites you about using design as an urban planning tool? You have approximately 500 words (2048 characters) for each question and it is advised that you prepare your answers beforehand so you have time to consider and reflect on them. You can choose to "Save and Exit" your application before you have submitted it and any information you have already provided willbe retained for ten days.