Overview

Town and Regional Planning from University of Pretoria introduces you to a profession that promotes and manages societal transformation and progressive change through the planning, design, implementation and management of interventions in the development and use of land. These interventions range from site to supranational level, and have as their aim the widening of choice, promotion of equity, ensuring sustainable human settlements and improving people’s quality of life.

Careers

Town and regional planners, development practitioners, urban managers, real estate analysts and researchers. While many town and regional planners act as private consultants to the public and private sector, the majority are employed by government, research agencies such as the Council for Scientific and for Industrial Research (CSIR) and the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), non-governmental organisations, community-based organisations, major financial institutions and property development groups. The qualification will enable graduates to register as professional town and regional planners with the South African Council for Planners.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Academic Literacy for Town and Regional Planning

Planning

Planning and Settlement Histories before the Industrial Revolution

Development Planning

Institutional and Legal Structures for Planning

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-08 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-06-30 00:00:00

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

83

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IELTS

6

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Credits

510 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Pretoria, South Africa

Disciplines

Civil Engineering & Construction Landscape Architecture Urban Planning View 18 other Bachelors in Civil Engineering & Construction in South Africa

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

Candidates who are in possession of a certificate that is deemed by the University to be equivalent to the required National Senior Certificate (NSC) with university endorsement; candidates who are graduates from another tertiary institution or have been granted the status of a graduate of such an institution, and candidates who are graduates of another faculty at the University of Pretoria.

Life Orientation is excluded when calculating the APS.

Grade 11 results are used for the conditional admission of prospective students.

A valid qualification with admission to degree studies is required.

In addition to meeting the admission requirements, it may be expected from candidates to write the TOEFL, IELTS or SAT, if required.

Candidates must have completed the National Senior Certificate with admission to degree studies or a certificate of conditional exemption on the basis of a candidate’s foreign qualifications

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Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

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Applies to you

Non-residents

112000 ZAR / year

≈ 112000 ZAR / year
Domestic Applies to you

Applies to you

Citizens or residents

56000 ZAR / year

≈ 56000 ZAR / year

Additional Details

Non-South African citizens (excluding students who are citizens of SADC countries) will be charged double the tuition fee of South African students.

Living costs

Pretoria

South Africa

8592 - 10309 ZAR / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

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