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Durban University of Technology, South Africa
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Engineering
Durban University of Technology, South Africa
The Bachelor of the Built Environment in Urban and Regional Planning (NQF 7, code BBURP1) prepares planners to develop land-use plans and help create and improve communities. Students work with population growth, migration and settlement patterns within South Africa's constitutional and legal framework, and use GIS and CAD tools alongside community engagement and data analysis. It is a semester-based programme of 33 modules.
Faculty: Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment | Department: Department of Town and Regional Planning | Duration: 3 years full-time | Intake: January | Study mode: full-time | Location: Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Planning Design (I to III), Urban Planning Theory and Practice, Site Surveying, Statistics for the Built Environment, Settlement History, Regional Development and Planning, Environment Management and Techniques, Geographic Information Systems, Economics for the Built Environment, Planning Law, Transportation Planning and Infrastructure, Applied Land Economics, Research Methods, Planning Sustainable Cities and Regions, Public Management and Planning and a Research Project.
Planners work in private planning firms, local, provincial and national government, state-owned enterprises, community organisations and property development; the profession is identified as a scarce skill. Graduates can join SACPLAN and the South African Planning Institute.
NSC with degree entry: English Home Language 4 (or English First Additional Language 5); Mathematics 4; two subjects from Geography, History, Life Sciences and Physical Science at 4; plus one further 20-credit non-language subject at 4. Senior Certificate: English D (HG) or C (SG), Mathematics E (HG) or D (SG), and the pool subjects D (HG) or C (SG). NCV Level 4: English 60% (70% if second language), Mathematics 60%, and the additional subjects at 70%. Selection is by merit through a ranking system, as demand exceeds places. A cognate N4 Diploma is also accepted; applicants who meet degree entry but lack the Mathematics requirement may present N4 Mathematics and Engineering Science at 50% or higher. Mature-age route (DUT rule G7): applicants without the standard school-leaving qualification may be admitted if they turn 23 in the first year of registration and have at least three years' appropriate work experience and/or demonstrate capacity through a Senate-approved assessment (SATAP, Academic Literacies and English for Academic Purposes and/or a department-set written assessment); applications on this basis are due at least four months before the academic year starts.
Tuition is charged per module, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.
First-time undergraduate applications for the 2027 academic year must reach the CAO by the closing date of 30 September 2026; some programmes close earlier. Applications are made online through the CAO (www.cao.ac.za). The application fee is R250 (South African citizens) or R300 (international applicants), paid when submitting; the application is active only once payment is received.
Apply through the official page: https://onlineapps.dut.ac.za/
Engineering
Durban University of Technology, South Africa
Engineering
Durban University of Technology, South Africa
Engineering
Durban University of Technology, South Africa
Engineering
Durban University of Technology, South Africa
Engineering
Durban University of Technology, South Africa
Engineering
Durban University of Technology, South Africa
Engineering
Durban University of Technology, South Africa
Engineering
Durban University of Technology, South Africa
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