The BURPl(Hons) programme is designed to adopt the graduate attributes outlined in the Planning Institute Australia (PIA) recommended list of PLOs in the document “Accreditation Policy for the Recognition of Australian Planning Qualification”.

General Capabilities and Competencies
1. Recognize the need for, locate and use credible information to develop new skills and knowledge.
2. Perform critical analysis and synthesis.
3. Develop and evaluate arguments; Apply creative thinking processes to complex problems.
4. Make meaningful new connections between apparently challenging, contradictory or unlikely elements, think strategically and apply planning concepts, skills and knowledge in a range of spatial settings, Write with clarity, cohesion, logic, structure, relevance, accuracy and precision of expression in a range of contexts.
5. Effectively use voice, body language, structure, word choice, graphics, and presentation technology, across a range of media that is appropriate to the knowledge base and cultural background of the audience.
6. Work as a team member, with a commitment to shared goals, team processes and appropriate interpersonal skills, including respect, reliability, mutual supportiveness and time management.
7. Work in diverse employment situations requiring the application of the theory, knowledge and practice of planning.

Planners should be able to work in a variety of environments and deliver high standards of conduct, ethical behaviour and ability relevant to the circumstances. Planners need to be able to act competently in complex and responsible ways and professionally and ethically while in the pursuit of understanding, promoting and actively seeking public benefits.

Planners produce plans of various types, selecting the techniques, approaches and tools appropriate to the task and situation, including the ability to subsequently implement plans in the particular circumstances of a place. Planners allocate land uses and manage the process of land use change. Planners undertake the preparation of plans to implement design concepts and establish the pattern and form of development.

Planners work within a statutory framework in the development, implementation and administration of statutory plans, policies and regulations. Planners take a collaborative role in the production and implementation of economic development plans and strategies, whether these are discrete economic plans, components of other plans, or by providing economic planning analyses of others’ plans or actions. Planners take a collaborative role in the production and implementation of social and cultural plans, whether these are discrete social plans, components of other plans, or by providing social planning analyses of others’ plans or actions. Planners take a collaborative role in the production and implementation of transport plans, whether these are discrete plans, components of other plans, or by providing planning analyses of others’ plans or actions. Planners take a collaborative role in the production and implementation of urban design plans, whether these are discrete urban design documents or components of other plans, or by providing urban design analyses of others’ plans or actions.

A. The minimum entry requirements (MER) for an Urban and Regional Planning Degree are Science or Arts students with successful completion of the Fiji Seventh Form Examination (FSFE) (equivalent to Year 13), with an aggregate of 250 out of 400 obtained from passes in English, Mathematics, and best two subjects.
OR
It’s equivalent.

B. Diploma graduates from Architecture, Civil Engineering and Land Surveying with a GPA of 3.0 and above are eligible for admission.

C. Recognition would also be granted to mature applicants who do not meet the 13 years of continuous progression, but who have relevant work experience and prior learning.