Events

Master of Urban Planning in Urban Design Info Session

Learn about the Spitzer School's post-professional program for students with architecture or landscape architecture backgrounds: Urban Design (Master of Urban Planning aka MUPUD). This session will include a welcome by Dean Marta Gutman, a program overview by Professor Julio Salcedo-Fernandez, discussion including student and alum perspectives, and Q&A.

Panelists:

• Amy Ho UD '25
• Yuriko Jewett UD '18
• Marcus Wilford UD '18

This is a virtual event, taking place on Zoom.

The Urban Design program is centered on participatory urbanism, the premise that only a combination of leadership, technical, and design skills will lead to meaningful change in the way we think, plan, and construct our built environments. Building on the leadership of the late Michael Sorkin, the program is specifically designed to foster new conversations in response to our urbanized planetary crises and provide transformative alternatives that radically reimagine our cities as equitable, diverse, resourceful, and ecologically nimble.

Curriculum

MUPUD fuses research, design, advocacy, and leadership in unique and trans-disciplinary ways. Students and professors work together to define questions, propose solutions, and disseminate their findings by bringing together technology, practice, and activism in different strengths and scales across the program’s year-long “design think tanks.” We have deep links and interests in both the Global North and Global South, as well as across the emerging economies of the East. The spring studio typically includes a study trip to a far-flung urban site to both learn from and tackle challenges in a different context.

• Total program credits: 45
• Per-semester courseload: 15 credits (4 classes)

The program is designed to be completed in three full-time, sequential semesters (fall, spring, fall). For students who desire a longer course of study, it is possible to distribute the credits over up to two academic years/four semesters.

Admissions

Our next priority deadline is in January 2025 to begin studies in Fall 2025. Please see the instructions on our Graduate Application Instructions page. Applicants to the Urban Design program should hold a professional degree in either architecture or landscape architecture. Applicants from other backgrounds will be considered only in exceptional circumstances and on demonstration of a high level of design ability.

STEM Designation

This MUP in Urban Design program is listed within the U.S. government’s official STEM fields list, meaning graduates with F-1 visas may be eligible for U.S. work authorization for up to three years. See the STEM OPT Hub for more information.