Master of Property/Master of Urban Planning

The Master of Property combined with the Master of Urban Planning positions students to be industry ready and have flexibility within the employment market. It gives you the opportunity to pursue a commercial career while giving you the skills to plan and design for the improvement of urban spaces. The multidisciplinary approach gives you the ability to realise synergies between disciplines, broadening your skillset and giving you a contemporary understanding of the built environment profession.

This program aims to provide you with:

• highly developed skills to analyse and value property;
• an understanding of Australian and international policy and planning affecting human settlements;
• advanced knowledge in the development and management of property;
• the ability to adapt and respond through planning and design to the global changes impacting our cities including climate change, deepening inequality, concerns for community health and safety, and the emergence of city-regions;
• professional practice in a property context.

By combining the Master of Property and the Master of Urban Planning as a double degree, our students complete two professionally accredited graduate programs in a reduced timeframe. This gives them a true competitive advantage and broader career options. Dual accreditation also offers a distinctive signal to employers and industry and enhances our existing graduate reputation for strong leadership and strategic thinking skills, embedded in our expertise in providing a world-class built environment education influencing Melbourne and cities globally for over 150 years.

Your studies will focus on five key knowledge areas of property: finance, economics, evaluation and investment, property management and law and planning, giving you a comprehensive oversight of the discipline and enabling a path towards generalised vocational work or specialisation. A unique aspect of the course is the 'International Property Development' subject, allowing students to experience markets and market players first-hand through their interactions and case studies.

There is also a focus on Australian and international policy and planning pertaining to human settlements and how we cope with challenging population and environmental issues. Because practicing planners work closely with other disciplines, this interdisciplinary approach to teaching will prepare you to work effectively and collaboratively in industry.

Explore the subjects you could choose as part of this degree in the University handbook.

The Master of Property and Master of Urban Planning meet the requirements of the professional associations listed below and both degrees undergo a regular formal review process to ensure the quality and relevance of each program.

Property:

• Australian Property Institute (API)
• Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)

Urban Planning:

• Planning Institute of Australia (PIA)

Completing an accredited degree means you enter the workforce with a stamp of quality on your CV. In a competitive market, an accredited degree is an assurance of excellence to employers and an advantage for you. It also means we continually strive to improve the standard of the degree to retain accreditation, ensuring you receive the most relevant and innovative educational experience.