Over
fifty five students have received Ph.D.'s from the department with
about fifteen students currently enrolled in the program.Generally
students spend two years of full-time course work before being advanced
to candidacy, and an additional two to three years in preparation
and defense of a dissertation. The University's requirements for
the Ph.D. which govern departmental policy are detailed in the Graduate
School Bulletin, Social Sciences and Humanities. A summary of the
department's requirements are outlined below; details are available
in the Department's "Ph.D. Program Policies and Procedures."
Requirements for Admission
As
the Ph.D. is an advanced degree, applicants are expected to already
have a Master's degree in planning or a related field. And because
planning is a practice-oriented field, applicants are also expected
to have completed at least one year of full-time experience as a
professional planner.
However,
the Ph.D. program is flexible and is intended to appeal to individuals
from diverse academic backgrounds. Therefore, it is possible to
be admitted without having met the practice requirement. This deficiency
may be made up once a student is in the program.
To
be admitted a student must be sponsored by a regular member of the
URPL faculty. Before final admissions decisions are made, student files
are circulated among the faculty. Only when a faculty member agrees
to sponsor an admissible candidate is a final admission decision
made. The sponsor is the student's academic advisor, and it is expected
that the sponsor will become the chairperson of the student's Ph.D.
Committee.
Fall Semester Admission Deadlines
Applicants who wish to be included in the University’s
fellowship competition must have their completed application to the
Department by November 1. The application deadline for all applicants,
including those who wish to be considered for an Advanced Opportunity
Fellowship (AOF), is February 1. Late applicants will be reviewed on a
space available basis. Applicants who meet the February 1st deadline
will be notified no later than March 15.
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more PhD programmes in urban studies:
PhD in urban and regional planning ...sounds nice it boosts the infrastructure.
ReplyDeleteRoshan Loungani