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How to become an urban planner in the U.S, in the U.K or in Mexico? what are the differences and similarities?

In the United States, in New Zeland, Australia and in Canada the process of becoming a proffesional urban planner is quite similar.Usually students finish an undergraduate program in urban planning and then they join an institution that enables them to work as a proffesional. In the case of Canada this institution is the CIP (Canadian Institute of Planners), in the US they join the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP), in New Zeoland the New Zeland Planning Institute, and in Australia it is called the Planning Institute of Australia. In the United Kingdom is a little more complicated, you first need a degree in a related field and then you hev to complete an extra year in town and country planning, which must be accredited by the Royal Town Planning Institute. Sometimes urban planners can have a bachelor in architecture or engineering, and then finish a graduate program in urban planning. This is what usually happens in Mexico and Greece, even though there are a couple of universities in Greece that offer undergraduate programs in urban planning. In Venezuela there is only one university that offers an undergraduate program in urban planning, and that is, of course, Uniersidad Simon Bolivar. Often, students that have a degree in civil engineering or architecture do a masters degree in urban planning. There is no specific institution for urban planners or architects, so they register in the Institute of Engineers.