Urban and Regional Planning - BURPI
Urban and Regional Planning - BURPl
Degree: Bachelor of Urban and Regional Planning
Faculty: Faculty of Community Services
Requirements: Grades-Only
Grade range: High 70s1
Experiential learning: Optional field placement
Full-time formats: 4 Year | 2-Year Post-Baccalaureate | 2-Year Degree Completion
Is this degree for you?
Urban and regional planners employ land-use concepts and strategies to develop and enhance regional, urban, suburban and rural communities.
In the Urban and Regional Planning degree program, 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.
Accreditations:
- Canadian Institute of Planners (CIP)
- Ontario Professional Planners Institute (OPPI)
- Professional Standards Board (PSB) for the Planning Profession in Canada
“Now that I’m working, I appreciate how TMU’s urban planning school includes faculty members who also work directly in the field — in addition to their academic work. Because of their experience, they created an environment where I could ask difficult questions about the validity of certain theories or systems in real-world practice.”
- Jodie Laborde, Urban and Regional Planning, Class of 2024
After you graduate with this degree
🎓 Further education:
- Environmental sciences
- Geographical information systems
- Public Policy and Administration (MA)
- Transportation planning
- Planning and urban design
Career possibilities:
- Environmental planner
- Land developer
- Sustainability consultant
- Transportation planner
- Urban planner
💼 Employer possibilities:
- AECON
- ICI Group
- Metrolinx
- Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing
- Toronto Transit Commission (TTC)
Tuition and fees range 2024-2025
For detailed fees information, visit tuition and fees by program.
Full-time format:
Ontario students: $7,340 - $7,813
Out-of-province students: $8,402 - $9,101
International students: $35,063 - $36,374
First-year courses
Here is a preview of first-year courses based on the available undergraduate calendar information.
Faculty of Community Services
Toronto Metropolitan University's Faculty of Community Services offers a diversity of disciplines that focus on making a positive impact in the community. The rich curriculum of multi-disciplinary programs in health, education, social justice and community development is closely connected to the spirit and the dynamism of the community.
Faculty of Community Services degree programs
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This is a Grades-Only program. Admission decisions for Grades-Only programs are based on academic performance.
Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) or equivalent with a minimum of six Grade 12 U or M courses including the following program specific requirements.
Typically, a minimum overall average of 70% establishes eligibility for admission consideration; subject to competition individual programs may require higher prerequisite grades and/or higher overall averages:
- English/anglais (ENG4U/EAE4U preferred)
- Recommended: Grade 12 U or M courses in social sciences and the humanities (HFA4M, HHS4M, HHG4M, HSB4M, HZT4U) and/or economics (CIA4U) and U courses in Canadian and world studies (CGW4U, CGU4U, CHI4U, CHY4U, CLN4U, CPW4U), science (SBI4U, SCH4U, SPH4U, SES4U) and/or mathematics (MHF4U, MCV4U, MDM4U)
- Note: the minimum grade required in the subject prerequisite (normally in the 70% range) will be determined subject to competition
Academic admission requirements for all other applicants are available on the admission requirements page.
- Completion of a baccalaureate degree from an accredited English language university including a minimum of six liberal studies (liberal arts and sciences) courses.
- Qualified applicants must successfully complete a 75 hour, three week Spring/Summer intensive block course (CVUP 100) which is offered through The Chang School of Continuing Education. Students must complete CVUP 100 prior to their entry into the program.
- Completion of the Urban and Regional Planning Technician - Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Diploma from Mohawk College or the GIS and Urban Planning Diploma from Fanshawe College with a minimum ‘B’ overall average.
- Qualified applicants must successfully complete a 75 hour, three week Spring/Summer intensive block course (CVUP 100) which is offered through The Chang School of Continuing Education. Students must complete CVUP 100 prior to their entry into the program.
Student spotlight
Undergrads create concepts for affordable housing in Scarborough
With innovative studio courses, students learn through community engagement, producing deliverables for client organizations. In one project, students developed plans for a church group desiring to build affordable housing and a community space on their surplus land. The students conducted a comprehensive site analysis, financial feasibility analysis, and created housing development concepts based on sustainable design practices.
Read more: Students of TMU’s unique studio course get a real-world taste of their future profession
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Notes:
- Actual minimum grade ranges required for fall 2025 admission/wait list consideration will be determined based on grades and qualifications presented by the applicant pool as they become available. Required grade ranges may fluctuate from year to year (up or down) as a result of competition. Applicants not educated in Ontario may present the equivalent of the Ontario requirements. TMU reserves the right to determine equivalency at its sole discretion.
Disclaimer:
While every effort is made to ensure accuracy on this site, in the event of a discrepancy, TMU's current Undergraduate Calendar is the official reference.