Student Profile

Endre Balchen

Urban and Regional Planner
Bachelor of Arts (Urban and Regional Planning)

I chose to study at Curtin University because they offered the degree I wanted and a family member recommended it.

My impression of the course and the university was good. I truly enjoyed my four years at Curtin.

Highlights have included meeting so many great people passionate about the same field of study and making new friends for life.

I managed to get a job back home in Norway before I finished my degree. I am now working as an Urban and Regional Planner in a large firm with sustainable development as a specialty.

I believe the studying the bachelor at Curtin University has helped me develop my career. My elective was Sustainable Development and Environmental Uncertainty which really helped.

Alan Pilgrim, my lecturer in Sustainable Development was truly inspiring and by far the lecturer that influenced me the most.

It is a degree that teaches you a lot about many different aspects of town planning and prepares you for a professional career in planning.