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Interactive and supportive learning environment
Learn in a varied environment, exploring diverse ecosystems within 30 minutes of our campuses.
Industry connections
Build your own industry network with placements and close contact with Tasmania’s planning professionals.
Professional accreditation
This course is professionally accredited by the Planning Institute of Australia.
Study options
Shape your community with a career in planning.
By studying planning, you’ll learn theoretical, technical and communication skills required by planning professionals. You’ll develop a range of essential planning competencies, from the legal to the strategic. This range of skills combine in a powerful way to enable planners to envision and action more sustainable futures.
Our courses offer many opportunities for hands-on learning and contact with the wider planning community. These happen in class, on professional placements, and in your individual research tasks.
Supported by your teachers, as well as the Planning Institute of Australia’s Young Planners, your course will bridge from a learning environment into workplaces. This helps grow your professional network and actively shape your career path.
Course options
The Graduate Diploma course is made up of 3 core units and 1 choice unit. The Master of Planning adds a research component, and a semester long professional placement.
The Graduate Diploma course provides you with a solid theoretical and practical understanding of planning. It includes both a theory unit and a statutory unit that will make you employment-ready. By adding the Master's level units, you can further shape your career path and specialise in areas of planning such as urban greening, climate action, and social justice.
There is flexibility in the program, particularly for students who already have work experience.
For more details, watch our video, which answers common questions such as: 'Which course should I choose – one or two years?' and 'What is planning about?'
Graduate Diploma of | Master of |
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Up to 5 units (100 credit points)
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Up to 9 units (150 credit points)
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Minimum 1 Year, 
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Career Opportunities
Planners are equipped for diverse roles, including planning officers, town planners, environmental planners, and environmental officers, with career opportunities in government agencies, councils, private firms, research organisations, regional authorities, and economic development agencies. Many also specialise in areas like policy development, natural resource management, urban design, or social planning, contributing to sustainable and resilient communities.
14.6%
Surveyors &
Spatial Scientists
Projected job growth to 2026*
18.6%
Urban &
Regional Planners
Projected job growth to 2026*
11.9%
Architectural, Building
& Surveying Technicians
Projected job growth to 2026*
* Jobs and Skills Australia, 2021 Employment projections for the five years to 2026.
What is Planning?
Learn what Urban and Regional Planning is and what Planners do.
Watch the Planning Institute of Australia's video or visit their site to learn more.
If you want to shape a better future, planning might be the career for you.
Meet a planner
Planners love what they do. They get to change the world by being at the forefront of sustainable development and innovation.
They are versatile and can work anywhere in Australia and around the world in many different roles.
Student experience - Planning award-winning environments in Tasmania
Not a lab person? Explore a career in environmental planning, like Master of Planning student Bunfu Yu.
Our Planning stories
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Whether you're contemplating the next step in your career, seeking a change, or looking to consolidate your experience with a qualification, a postgraduate degree will give you a competitive edge.
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Take the next step
Applying to study with us is free using our simple online form.
Find out how to apply to get started.
Whether you're contemplating the next step in your career, seeking a change, or looking to consolidate your experience with a qualification, a postgraduate degree will give you a competitive edge.
If you would like help applying, please enquire with our friendly team. You can even set up an appointment to be guided through the process.
Take the next step
Applying to study with us is free using our simple online form.
Find out how to apply to get started.
Whether you're contemplating the next step in your career, seeking a change, or looking to consolidate your experience with a qualification, a postgraduate degree will give you a competitive edge.
If you would like help applying, please enquire with our friendly team. You can even set up an appointment to be guided through the process.