Description

Urban and Regional Planning (BURPI)

Urban and regional planners employ land-use concepts and strategies to develop and enhance regional, urban, suburban and rural communities.

Program Format(s)

Full Time: Four Year; Two-Year Post-Baccalaureate; Two-Year Degree Completion

Degree Earned

Bachelor of Urban and Regional Planning

International Tuition Fee Range 2023/2024

$33,423 – $34,665 CAD

Location

Toronto, Canada

Is It for You?

Urban and regional planners employ land-use concepts and strategies to develop and enhance regional, urban, suburban and rural communities. You’ll develop applied research and analysis skills through drafting in studio practice, consult in teams, travel on week- long field trips and can choose to pursue an international exchange program. Upon graduation, you’ll understand communities’ needs, structures and rules, and be ready to advise on planning decisions related to social, economic, environmental, cultural, land development and transportation issues.

Program Accreditation

Accredited by the Canadian Institute of Planners (CIP), the Ontario Professional Planners Institute (OPPI) and the Professional Standards Board (PSB) for the Planning Profession in Canada.

After Graduation

You will be prepared to address the complex needs, structures and rules of communities through progressive opportunities in municipal or provincial government; private real estate development, finance or retail; community social service or volunteer agencies; law firms. You may work as an urban planner, urban design technologist, consultant, technical analyst, program and policy developer, strategy planner, development researcher or project manager. You may also choose to pursue a master of planning in Urban Development at Toronto Metropolitan University.