Professional qualifications of persons being able to perform the profession of urban planner in view of the new legislation from 2014

Przygotowanie zawodowe osób mogących być urbanistami w nowej rzeczywistości prawnej, która powstała w 2014 roku, jest zdecydowanie niewystarczające do prowadzenia prac planistycznych. Absolwenci studiów pierwszego stopnia kierunku architektura i urbanistyka oraz gospodarka przestrzenna mogą bez żadnej praktyki z zakresu planowania przestrzennego wykonywać plany zagospodarowania przestrzennego na poziomie gminy i województwa, podczas gdy wiedza teoretyczna i praktyczna takich osób jest niewielka.After the deregulation of the profession of urban planner, Local Plans of Spatial Development and Regional Plans of Spatial Development can be prepared not only by those, who were registered / not registered in the Chamber of Town Planners and being authorized town planners, but also by those, who have limited theoretical and practical knowledge on the issue. Completing a Bachelor’s degree in Architecture and Town Planning as well as in Spatial Development does not guarantee good preparation for the profession of town planner. Ministerial educational standards define the extent of knowledge to be acquired by graduates of Architecture and Town Planning courses and indicate that they should be prepared to perform the function of assistant planner. In terms of Spatial Development course there is no defined educational standards. In practice, each university determines individual programs of study and the material taught to the students depends on the teaching staff. According to a survey among students, graduates of Bachelor’s degree in Architecture and Town Planning believe that their practical knowledge is too limited to be able to prepare Local Plans of Spatial Development and Regional Plans of Spatial Development without assistance. Improvement in terms of the preparation of graduates to perform the profession of a planner can be achieved by introducing changes in the educational standards, such as an increase in scope of the material covered during academic courses and gaining practice in proper spatial development planning offices