Master of Urban Planning (MUP), Univesity of Louisville

The Department of Urban and Public Affairs offers a Master of Urban Planning (MUP) degree in cooperation with the Department of Geography and Geosciences. The MUP Program prepares students to work in a wide variety of fields, including land use and environmental planning, housing and community development, real estate development, parks and recreation planning, economic development, urban design, historic preservation, transportation planning, regional planning, and in the development of geographic information systems. With the continuing expansion of Louisville and the nation's other metropolitan areas, urban planning is one of the leading professional fields in terms of demand and job satisfaction, according to surveys by Jobs Rated Almanac and Encyclopedia of Careers and Vocational Guidance. The MUP program is fully accredited by the Planning Accreditation Board.

Students can specialize in one or two of four areas: land use and environmental planning; administration of planning organizations; spatial analysis for planning; and housing and community development. Students have the opportunity to benefit from working on real planning problems through the required internship and studio courses. Studio courses are taught at the Urban Design Studio (UDS), located in downtown Louisville and operated by the MUP Program.  The UDS serves as a classroom, meeting point, resource base, and exhibition space. Professors and practitioners cultivate various research endeavors throughout the year and periodically join forces on special issues. The UDS frequently holds planning and design charrettes and discussion forums that help increase the level of public involvement.  It is a wonderful asset and resource of the Department of Urban and Public Affairs.

The MUP degree requires 48 hours (two years of full-time study or the equivalent in part-time study), although up to 12 hours of relevant graduate course work may be transferred into the program. Students may enroll on a part-time or full-time basis.  A Master of Public Administration/Master of Urban Planning joint-degree, Master of Urban Planning/Juris Doctor joint-degree, and Master of Urban Planning/Master of Public Health joint-degree programs are available.

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Master of City Planning (MCP) in Boston University

The Master of City Planning (MCP) at Boston University’s Metropolitan College helps address these questions and, more importantly, prepares students for a wide variety of professional roles in planning for urban and regional development. City planners specialize in an array of complex sub-topics that include: land-use regulation; community and local economic development; infrastructure planning and budgeting; transportation planning; sustainable development; and urban design. The planning field is intensely political, dealing with core issues of resource distribution and the co-habitation of diverse communities. In this context, city planners are also called upon to be savvy mediators or advocates for an array of social, economic, and cultural issues. In addition, an acute sense of the public policy process is a hallmark trait of most city planners. The professional city planner frequently functions as a member of a multidisciplinary team and may be involved in such tasks as the analysis of policy alternatives, formulation of public investment programs, forecasting and monitoring urban and regional systems performance, development of joint programs among various public and private sector institutions, and plan design and implementation. 

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Urban Environmental Management in (M.Sc.) Wageningen University, The Netherlands

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Master's programme in Sustainable Urban Planning and Design in KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden

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Urban Environmental Management in (M.Sc.) Wageningen University, The Netherlands

The world we live in is an increasingly urban one as cities currently account for half the world’s population. By 2030, it’s expected that three out of every five people will live in an urban environment. Sustainable management of the urban environment has become one of the major challenges of the 21st century as you will learn during the two-year Master Urban Environmental Management programme at Wageningen University. This development calls for control of the environmental impacts of urbanisation like growing traffic, increasing waste emissions, deteriorating air and water quality, and growth in energy and resource consumption. Inadequate water supply, sanitation, waste collection and waste management systems are the cause of serious urban pollution and health hazards in many Asian, African and Latin American cities. Student like you are needed to guide the future along the path of sustainable urbanisation.
The Urban Environmental Management programme consists of courses, an internship and a research thesis. The thesis programme is the individual research project that forms the core component of this Master programme. Students can major in one of seven Urban Environmental Management disciplines thereby further tailoring their study to their personal interests. These are Environmental Policy, Environmental Economics, Environmental Systems Analysis, Urban Environmental Technology and Management, Geo-Information Science and Remote Sensing, Land Use Planning, Management Studies. 

Graduates with a Master of Science in Urban Environmental Management are well-equipped with the skills and knowledge to continue academic training (PhD) or to enter or continue careers in city management, environmental research, urban planning and environmental consulting, water, waste management and transport, construction and building stock management.

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Master of Landscape Architecture, University of Texas, Arlington

Master of architecture, University of Sydney, Australia

Master of Urban Design Studies- University of Toronto

Research M.Sc. in Urban Studies, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Urban Studies

The 21st century will be an urban century. It is expected that the largest cities and metropolitan regions of Europe, North America and Japan will keep growing, even though the population of especially Europe and Japan as a whole will decline. Contrary to the earlier ideas about the global economy becoming increasingly ‘footloose’, large cities and metropolitan areas will remain the most important economic hubs of this part of the world. In other parts of the world like China, Latin America, the Middle East and Africa, cities are still growing very fast because of migration from the rural areas to the cities. Some of the largest cities of ‘the global South’ are becoming serious competitors in the global economy too. Both in the North and South, cities are more and more international and interconnected.

• What are the consequences of this urban growth and change for urban societies?
• Are integration, segregation and polarisation increasingly problematic?
• How can we plan and manage this urban growth and change locally and regionally?
• What does the shift from ‘government’ to ‘governance’ mean for the urban and regional planning process?
• Which cities are competitive, which are not, and why?

These are some of the many questions and challenges we discuss in our Research Master Urban Studies.
Our programme combines the disciplines of urban geography, economic geography, urban and regional planning, and urban sociology, providing a multidisciplinary and comprehensive approach to urban change. An important theme throughout the programme is the international comparison of urban phenomena. Thematic courses are combined with advanced research methodology courses, a stay abroad and research projects under supervision of leading experts in urban studies. Students will acquire sound theoretical and methodological knowledge and the research skills to start a career in the social sciences, or to work in relevant policy fields like housing, planning or social policy, or in related commercial sectors like real estate or property development.

Studying Urban Studies at the University of Amsterdam

The programme makes full use of its location in the thriving metropolis of Amsterdam through organising excursions to projects and neighbourhoods in the city and other Dutch urban centres, which are intended to acquaint students with urban praxis in the Netherlands. Student exchange agreements with foreign universities offer students the opportunity to study in cities such as New York, London and Berlin and to become familiar with other university cultures and city life in other countries. The programme has strong ties with the Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research: the leading professors of four of AISSR's research groups are responsible for the core courses of the MSc; students will work together with these professors in a research apprenticeship and a research article; and students are invited to attend academic activities at AISSR.
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Master's programme in Sustainable Urban Planning and Design in KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden

Programme outline

The programme covers 2 years of full-time studies and consists of three terms of coursework and one term for the degree project. The coursework encompasses a substantial share of studios and projects that aim to train students' practical skills and to gain a better understanding of planning practice. To support the professional training and to strengthen analytical skills, the curriculum also contains a number of theoretical and methodological courses that provide a contextual and conceptual framework. The programme offers three tracks:

Urban Planning and Design (UPD)

Urban and Regional Planning (URP)

Environment and Planning (EP)

The three tracks represent different professional competences that are involved in urban planning and design. However, during the programme students from different tracks will interact in courses and projects to foster a mutual exchange of knowledge and ideas.

Degree project

The degree project comprises 30 ECTS and provides students with the opportunity to investigate a problem in depth under the supervision of experienced practitioners and researchers. The topic for the degree project should be within the scope of the programme and relate to knowledge acquired during the coursework. The degree project is carried out in Sweden or abroad, and can be oriented towards research (f.e. literature study, field study), towards practice (at a company or organisation) or a combination of both.

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PhD in Regional Planning, University of illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Planning education began in 1913 at the University of Illinois, and arguably in the United States, with the appointment of Charles Mulford Robinson as professor of civic design.* A principal promoter of the World's Columbian Exposition held in Chicago in 1893, Professor Robinson wrote several influential books, including the first guide to city planning, The Improvement of Towns and Cities, in 1901. He also contributed to City Planning, an authoritative handbook of planning methods and practice for students and practitioners published in 1916. Ever since, the University of Illinois has remained an intellectual center of planning education and research.

The University of Illinois offers accredited professional bachelor’s and master’s degrees as well as a Ph.D. in planning. This rare three-in-one arrangement creates a critical mass of interest in planning: 25 to 30 doctoral students in residence, 60 master’s students, and over 100 undergraduate majors. It enables doctoral students to build teaching skills by taking master’s courses that will become the foundation for their own teaching careers and occasionally by teaching or co-teaching an undergraduate course.Our Ph.D. program is designed primarily to educate scholars and teachers for university positions, but its emphasis on advanced research skills also serves well those seeking other research careers. It features close collegial research interaction with faculty members combined with coursework in social science and planning theory, research methods and design, and the student’s cross-disciplinary planning and policy field. This combination of studying and doing has proven extremely effective.

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Master of Architecture, Urban Design, University of Delhi, India

Contemporary urban design emerged as a discipline in response to changes to the city through the Modern movement in Architecture and Planning. Urban Design takes the responsibility of achieving wholeness of the built environment. This degree programme exposes the students to various theories and experiments that architects, planners, social and behavioral scientists apply within the broad historical, social and political contexts. The programme imparts knowledge and skills of design and intervention in the built urban environment at varying scales through a broad range of subjects, which form the basis to tackle urban design issues.
Bulk of the instruction and training in this urban design programme is offered through interactive design studios where the dynamics of growth and change in Indian cities are documented and design solutions are prepared. In this programme, inner city renewal as well as growth areas of contemporary cities receive equal attention in these studios.

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The Master’s Degree Programme in Multidisciplinary Studies on Urban Environmental Issues (MURE), University of Helsinki, Finland

The Master’s Degree Programme in Multidisciplinary Studies on Urban Environmental Issues (MURE) started in the fall of 2010 (two academic years). The next round of the programme will start in the fall of 2012 (see Admissions). The goal of the programme is to respond, in part, to challenges brought about by urbanisation and environmental awareness. The programme pursues to understand and mitigate environmental problems due to urbanisation, such as human-induced impacts on the urban biota, changes to the hydrology and biogeochemistry of soil, terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, as well as their socioeconomic couplings and feedbacks. The emphasis of the programme is on urban environmental ecology, addressing terrestrial, soil and aquatic ecology as well as ecotoxicology and environmental chemistry. The major subject study of the programme is ecological and environmental sciences.

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PhD in urban and regional planning, University of Wisconsin-Madison

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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Master of Landscape Architecture, University of Texas, Arlington

Admissions Requirements

Applicants must meet the general requirements of the Graduate School. A personal interview with the Director, Graduate Advisor or members of the landscape architecture faculty is strongly recommended. Three letters of recommendation are required, and it is suggested that at least two of the letters come from former educators or academic contact. Applicants also are required to submit scores from the Graduate Record Exam (GRE). Average GRE scores of successful applicants since 1998 have been approximately 550 Verbal and 550 Quantitative. Also required is a grade point average (GPA) of 3.00 as calculated by the Graduate School.

Applicants holding first professional degrees in landscape architecture, or in some cases degrees related to landscape architecture (such as architecture, engineering, environmental design, horticulture, interior design, planning, and the like) are required to submit portfolios reflecting the applicants' professional and/or academic experiences and interests. Portfolios are assessed according to proficiency in design, presentation and layout, technical skills, and content, similar to criteria used in design studios.

Applicants who have a weakness in one of the criteria for admission can enhance their credentials with strengths in the remaining criteria.

Applicants can be admitted according to four conditions: Unconditional; Provisional; Probationary; and, Deferred. Applicants who do not meet the criteria of one of these conditions will be denied admission to the Program.

Unconditional Admission

Applicants must possess a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university. Transcripts from all previous college or university work, along with scores from the Graduate Record Exam (GRE), and three letters of recommendation are required of all applicants. In addition, applicants should have a minimum Grade Point Average (GPA) of 3.0, as calculated by the Graduate School. Applicants holding the first professional degree in landscape architecture, or a related field, must submit a portfolio.

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Ph.D. Program in Urban Studies and Public Affairs, Cleveland State University

 

Program Mission and Purpose

The Ph.D. in Urban Studies and Public Affairs program seeks to graduate scholars who are prepared to research, teach, and practice reflectively in positions related to urban studies and public affairs, in universities and public policy organizations. It aims for graduates to have a strong theoretical and methodological foundation within the field, together with the in-depth knowledge required to be able to recognize, identify and articulate the frontiers of scholarship within a specialization field. Successful completion of the degree means that the faculty has determined that you are able to construct, execute, and present scholastically sound, independent research of either a theoretical or applied nature that expands the frontiers of knowledge.
Many students in the program are returning to academia after significant experience in the workplace; many continue to work while pursuing their degree. Over half of our student body attends on a part-time basis. Nevertheless, the program places heavy emphasis upon continuing contributions by every student to the intellectual life of the program, the college, and the university. This includes participation in research projects, attendance at seminars, conferences, and workshops, and publication of ongoing research.

Academics

The program places a heavy emphasis upon theory, research methods and literature, effective professional communications to both expert and lay audiences, and an interdisciplinary approach that accounts for all of the significant dimensions of the issues and problems in the field of urban studies and public affairs. The student’s understanding is informed by political theory and philosophy, economics, statistical and mathematical model building, research methods, concentration in an important substantive domain of public concern, as well as real-world knowledge of specific circumstances, cases, and issues. The areas of specialization in the doctoral program include public administration, economic development, housing and neighborhood development, and environmental policy and administration.

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PhD in Urban Planning and Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago

• Prior Degrees Applicants must normally have a master’s degree in Urban Planning or related program.
• Grade Point Average At least 3.00/4.00 for the final 60 semester hours (90 quarter hours) of undergraduate study.
• Tests Required GRE General. Applicants may substitute the GMAT or LSAT.
• Minimum English Competency Test Score
  • TOEFL 550 (paper-based); 213 (computer-based); 80, with subscores of Reading 19, Listening 17, Speaking 20, and Writing 21 (iBT Internet-based), OR,
  • IELTS 6.5, with subscores of 6.0 for all four subscores.
• Letters of Recommendation Three required.
• Personal Statement Required. A research statement, including the applicant's educational and professional goals, and detailing relevant academic and employment experience.
• Other Requirements Applicants must submit a recent paper, essay, or project of which they are the sole author or designer. This material may be of an academic, professional, or personal nature, and must be at least 1000 words in length. Applicants for research assistantship positions are encouraged to submit a resume.
• Deadlines The application deadline for this program is earlier than the Graduate College deadline; check the Department or Graduate College webpage for information on application deadlines.

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The International Doctorate Programme European Urban Studies (IPP-EU), Bauhaus University, Weimar, Germany

Through the Department of Architecture and its Institute for European Urban Studies (IfEU), the Bauhaus-University Weimar has developed into an important institution for interdisciplinary urban research. Countless projects, international conferences, and scholarship by professors at the Institute deal with topics that are tested against such current models as the "European city," "compact city," "social city," "net city," or "Zwischenstadt". In this way, the important questions about public space in cities, the relationship between city and country, public involvement in urban planning, the multi-functionality of the downtown area, and the social integration of the various groups of people living in cities, as well as many others, are raised and viewed in a new light. Established in 2002, the International PhD Programme builds upon the institute's strong academic achievements and offers graduate students the chance to pursue their own interests in research within this interdisciplinary and international structure.

IPP network
The IPP for European Urban Studies is counted among the nationwide network of International PhD Programmes, which, within the framework of the programme "Doctorates at Universities in Germany (PHD)", are endorsed by the German Research Foundation (DFG) and the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). It is the only IPP in Germany that is dedicated to urban research. Through the PHD programme, the DAAD and DFG support implementing recommendations for reforming PhD programmes as the third cycle in the Bologna Process. The resources from these institutions serve to promote structured PhD programmes, which are being set up where research centers of scientific excellency already exist. For the IPP network see: www.daad.de/ipp

 

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Master of architecture, University of Sydney, Australia

Today, architects must increasingly move between different environmental and design disciplines to make sense of and create the contemporary world. Our Master of Architecture aims to address this need. The Master of Architecture is a 2-year full-time degree. The course centres on design studios which explore urban architecture, sustainable architecture and digital architecture, culminating in a graduation design studio which will allow you to choose from a diverse range of design projects. The studios are structured to respond to the critical issues facing contemporary architectural design and draw on extensive areas of expertise across a range of design disciplines. Each studio is supported by core units in history and theory, advanced architectural technologies and professional practice. You are also able to choose from a wide range of elective units in order to extend your knowledge and skills into other related areas. 

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PhD in Urban & Regional Planning, University of Sydney, Australia

The Urban and Regional Planning program teaches strong foundations in urban and regional planning, with the opportunity for students to develop more specialised knowledge in emergent areas, such as environmental design, planning for better structured cities, and sustainable management.
Urban and regional planners are increasingly involved in formulating policies, guiding urban and environmental initiatives, and in managing the social, environmental and economic impacts of development. The program places considerable emphasis on students learning appropriate communication, reasoning and analytical skills for making valuable contributions to the wider emergent professional roles. There is also an opportunity to specialise, by selecting from the range of options offered in the Housing Studies or Heritage Conservation streams.

Admission Requirements

Masters applicants should hold a bachelors degree with a credit average. Graduate Diploma applicants should hold a bachelors degree. Graduate Certificate applicants should hold a bachelors degree or possess experience which is considered to demonstrate the knowledge and aptitude required to undertake the course.

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PhD in Design program in North Carolina State University

Buildings account for 40-50% of our national energy consumption and cause 40-50% of the carbon dioxide emissions. Improving the energy performance of buildings through better design represents one of the most promising opportunities to make radical near-term reductions in consumption and emissions.

The PhD in Design interest in sustainability includes research collaborations with the College of Engineering in advanced modeling systems for simulating the performance of built environments and in sustainable energy and material exchanges, ranging in scale from building components and subsystems to strategies for cities.

Special research interest in natural learning

 

Increasing numbers of children are losing contact with the natural world through childcare that does not support children’s development needs; rapid growth of domestic air-conditioning; apprehensive parents who keep children close to home; state-mandated curricula that do not allow time for study outdoors; and the overly structured, harried lifestyle of today’s children.

The PhD in Design interest in natural learning focuses on research that informs the design of stimulating places for play, learning, and environmental education.

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Ph.D. Program in Planning, Policy, and Design, University of California, Irvine

Today's complex urban, social and environmental issues can best be understood by researchers who can work across disciplinary boundaries, and who understand the relationship of research to action. The planning, policy, and design (PPD) doctoral program at the University of California, Irvine trains scholars for national and international prominence in the analysis of social problems related to the built, natural and institutional environments. Our faculty members and students combine perspectives from urban planning, public policy, and design behavior. The planning, policy, and design Ph.D. is based on the department's internationally prominent research and teaching strengths, including design-behavior research, environmental policy, health promotion and policy, and urban and community development.

Students in the Ph.D. program take a common core of classes, then specialize in study related to their research interests. Students may design their own specialization or may follow the guidelines provided to specialize in Policy and/or Urban and Regional Planning. In either case, the elective courses need to be approved by the student’s faculty advisory committee.

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PhD of urban planning in The University of Melbourne, Melbourne School of Design (MSD)

 

PhD in Urban and Public Affairs, University of Louisville

The Department of Urban and Public Affairs offers a Doctor of Philosophy in Urban and Public Affairs. The Ph.D. in Urban and Public Affairs is an interdisciplinary degree that prepares graduates for careers in teaching and research, policy analysis, public management, land use and environmental planning, and economic development. A number of fellowships and assistantships for outstanding students are available. Students have the opportunity to conduct research with principal investigators through the Department's Urban Studies Institute.

The Program consists of a core curriculum and areas of specialization. The core provides a broad orientation and the specializations enable students to develop expertise in a particular fields. The curriculum includes 48 credits: 18 credits of core courses, 18 credits of specialization courses, and 12 credits of dissertation research. Students qualify for official candidacy to the Ph.D. by satisfactorily completing all course work and qualifying examinations in (1) the core curriculum and (2) a specialization.

The field areas are: Urban Planning and Development and Urban Policy Administration.

Although full-time study is encouraged, a limited number of highly qualified part-time students are admitted each year. However, a minimum of one year of full-time study is required of all students in the Ph.D. Program.

Admission

Entry to the program requires a master's degree or equivalent. Students without a master's degree may enroll for the Master of Public Administration (MPA) or Master of Urban Planning (MUP) degree and then reapply for admission to the Ph.D. program in the semester prior to completion of the master's degree. The University also offers relevant master's degree programs in Political Science, Sociology, and other fields. A completed application form, transcripts of previous undergraduate and graduate study, Graduate Record Examination scores (verbal, quantitative, and analytical), at least two letters of recommendation, and a supplemental application are required. Minimum GRE scores of 500 verbal, 500 quantitative, and 4.5 analytical are required. Those applicants whose native language is not English and who do not hold a degree from a university where the language of instruction is English must also submit scores from the Test of English as a Foreign Language, with a minimum score of 78 on the internet-based test.

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Master of Urban Design Studies- University of Toronto

The Master of Urban Design Studies (MUDS) program will provide intensive, advanced education in Urban Design from an interdisciplinary perspective for students who plan to pursue a professional career in an urban discipline such as planning, urban development policy, private-sector urban real estate development, municipal and planning law and the design disciplines. The MUDS degree is based on an intense one year (two semester) program. It is intended to provide an entry into the area of Urban Design for students coming from a broad range of disciplines (in contrast to the MUD program in the Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design, which requires prior completion of a professional degree in Architecture or Landscape Architecture or a graduate degree in Planning with a design specialization).

The objectives of the program are to augment the prior education, training and experience of incoming students by fostering a deeper understanding of the interdependence of economic, social and political forces that shape the character, physical structure and dynamic properties of cities, and to develop their knowledge of the principles and practices of urban design broadly defined. These objectives are achieved through the completion of two semesters of intensive coursework in urban design history and theory, methods and regulatory frameworks, and in studios/workshops in which students develop and apply their skills to real case studies. A central feature of the program is its integration with social science perspectives on the shaping of urban form. This approach will provide students with a firm understanding of the possibilities for, and limits of, urban design.

Candidates will be accepted into the Master of Urban Design Studies program under the general regulations of the School of Graduate Studies. Admission to the MUDS program is anticipated from three different streams. The specific admissions criteria applied to each stream are as follows:

Stream 1: Bachelor’s degree with high academic standing or its equivalent in Planning, Architecture, or Landscape Architecture with a strong design concentration. An average of at least B+ (or upper second class) standing in the final year is required.

Stream 2: Master’s degree in a professional field such as Planning, Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Business Administration, and Law. An average of at least B+ in graduate studies is required.

Stream 3: Bachelor’s degree with high academic standing or its equivalent in any discipline plus evidence of significant professional experience (normally at least five years) in an area related to Urban Design and Planning. An average of at least a mid-B standing in final year.

 Due to limited enrolment capacity, meeting minimum standards does not guarantee admission.

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Master of Urban and Regional Planning (MURP)-Portland State University

The Master of Urban and Regional Planning is a two-year, 72 credit professional degree program designed for those interested in working as professional planners. The curriculum includes a 43-credit core that focuses on the history and theory of planning as a field, plan implementation, analytical methods (including Geographic Information Systems [GIS]), and the dynamics of metropolitan development. 

The program offers five specializations: 

• Community Development
• Environment
• Land Use
• Transportation
• Regional Economic Development

Remaining credits are taken as electives or as a second specialization.

For the last two quarters of the program, students work in groups on community-based, client-focused workshop projects. This two-term (winter and spring) sequence provides students with the opportunity to form teams to work on projects for community clients, and to produce a professional product by the end of the spring term. Check out examples of past workshop projects.

Experiential learning is an integral component of the program. The program requires 400 hours of internship experience. Internships in the Portland region are plentiful and varied, and include opportunities such as working with Metro's state-of-the-art transportation planning model, with a non-profit community development corporation to revitalize neighborhoods, or with a bi-state agency to implement the Columbia Gorge National Scenic Area Act.

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