Abstract: With the rapid advancement of digital and intelligent technologies, urban planning education is facing unprecedented challenges and transformative opportunities. Cutting-edge technologies such as big data, artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things, and virtual reality are gradually being integrated into planning education. This change toward digitalization and intelligentization can be understood on three levels, resembling three interwoven yet distinct voices of a symphony progressing in harmony. This paper provides an in-depth analysis of the transformation and innovative developments in urban planning education over the past decade in the backdrop of digital and intelligent technologies. It examines this renewal in three key aspects: urban scenarios, urban planning education and teaching, and supporting management reforms. The paper first reviews the multidimensional development of urban scenarios intelligentization. Next, it explores approaches to intelligent teaching in urban planning education, including the use of digital platforms, virtual reality, and interdisciplinary collaboration. Finally, it proposes essential management reforms in urban planning education, emphasizing the importance of knowledge updating, the application of decision support systems, and technical training for educators. Through a comprehensive discussion, the paper provides both a theoretical foundation and practical recommendations for the future intelligent transformation of urban planning education. Faced with rapid technological advancement, urban planning education must undergo a fundamental shift to meet the needs of a smart city and to train interdisciplinary talents capable of addressing future challenges.
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