en Urban Planning Urban Planning Research Paper Research Paper <span style="font-size:10pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""><span style="color:black"><i><span style="letter-spacing:.1pt">This study presents a critical examination of the status of urban planning as a discipline and profession. The study is comprised of two main sections. The first is a theoretical review of various selective related studies conducted in English-speaking countries, focusing on those from the United Kingdom and the United States. The second is a survey of<br> 61 professional and graduate urban planners in Iran, which was conducted using a non-probability sampling method. The most significant variables examined are the essential skills and competencies of planners, the inclination to pursue the same field of study once more, and the discrepancy between academic education and professional training. In conclusion, the theoretical and survey-based findings are interpreted from sociological, epistemological, and political economy perspectives, and recommendations are provided. This study is distinctive in its use of an interpretive approach to quantitative and qualitative findings, as well as its combination of quantitative and qualitative methods to achieve a form of causality in the issues of the field and profession of planning.</span></i></span></span></span><br> &nbsp; Planning education, Interdisciplinarity, Planning discipline, Planning core curriculum 0 0 http://ijaup.iust.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-11-601-3&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Saeed Nemati Pour saeednematipour1989@gmail.com 180031947532846008284 180031947532846008284 No Art University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran Mahmoud Ghalehnoee m.ghalehnoee@aui.ac.ir 180031947532846008285 180031947532846008285 Yes Art University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran Mahin Nastaran m.nastaran@aui.ac.ir 180031947532846008286 180031947532846008286 No Art University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran