Prospective Graduate Students
2008-2009 MURP Admissions Deadline extended to May 15, 2008
2008-09 PhD Admissions Deadline is January 15, 2008
(See below: Submitting Your Application )
In 2007, the Department of Planning, Policy and Design ranked 5th among urban regional planning progams in faculty research activity at the nation's top research universities, according to The Chronicle of Higher Education. The program has been ranked 16th overall among more than 90 programs in the
United States and Canada, and ranked fifth in the western United States
by Planetizen, a national urban planning and development network. For
urban planning subspecialties, the program ranked second for public
health and ninth for transportation planning.
PPD competes favorably with planning programs in the best Association
of American University (AAU) campuses. Of the top 20 planning programs
in the Planetizen ranking, 16 are in AAU universities. Moreover, PPD is
the youngest of these top programs by at least two decades.
Admissions
Master's of Urban and Regional Planning
Prospective graduate students from all backgrounds, including
humanities, social sciences, physical sciences, natural sciences,
architecture and engineering, are welcome to apply to the MURP program.
Minimum admission standards normally include a cumulative undergraduate
G.P.A. of at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale and a promising performance on
the Graduate Record Examinations (GRE).
Ph.D. in Planning, Policy, and Design
The Ph.D. program admits qualified students with a bachelor's or
master's degree from a variety of social science, humanities, and
physical science disciplines or from professional fields, including
planning, policy, and design. Students who are admitted have a strong
background in at least one of the academic disciplines related to urban
planning, public policy, or design-behavior research and a demonstrated
fit with existing faculty research interests and expertise.
Dual degree, M.S. Civil and Environmental Engineering/Master of Urban and Regional Planning
The concurrent MSCE/MURP degree program allows students to jointly enroll in graduate programs in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) and the Department of Planning, Policy, and Design (PPD) to earn both a Masters in Science in Civil Engineering (MSCE) and a Masters in Urban and Regional Planning (MURP). This concurrent degree program requires 72 credits and it can be completed in two years, although the normal time-to-degree is two years and two quarters Pursuing each degree separately requires three years and two quarters on average.
Submitting Your Application
Applications to the master's and Ph.D. programs are accepted for full-time study only, beginning in the fall quarter. The application deadline for the Ph.D program is January 15, 2008. The application deadline for the MURP program has been extended to May 15, 2008. Complete application materials, including the on-line application form, college transcripts, three letters of recommendation, and GRE scores must be received by the program's deadline for an application to be considered for admission. Students are advised to take the GRE several months before the application deadline, to ensure that scores are received in time.
To apply, go to:http://socialecology.uci.edu/students/grad/app.
For more information on admissions, please contact the School of Social Ecology Office of Student Affairs at (949) 824-9849 or ppd@uci.edu.
