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Overview The Urban and Regional Planning degree at the University of Michigan, which is formally accredited through the Planning Accreditation Board, takes a broad view of the scope of urban and regional planning. The core courses, about one-third of the credits, provide a foundation for all areas of planning.EducationGraduate education at Michigan emphasizes the development of students' abilities to analyze, evaluate, integrate, and apply critical thinking in interdisciplinary planning processes. The course of study normally requires two years (four terms/full-time) for completion. I want to find another Master Course A growing array of world events impacts the future. For example: The world has shifted from rural to urban: By the middle of 2009, the number of people living in urban areas surpassed the number living in rural areas.Cities thrive as places of vitality and design, yet inequality persists: In thriving cities like Washington, D.C., and Beijing, affordable housing is challenging. In cities in transition like Detroit and Pittsburgh, housing is affordable and overabundant. Transportation in both settings greatly affects livability in terms of accessibility and linkages between homes and jobs. Populations continue to grow, and that growth is centered in cities: The world's urban population is expected to increase 84 percent by 2050. Such population growth strains cities’ energy supplies, clean water, food systems, and housing.Climate change is happening. Glacial changes documented by major environmental organizations have marked the beginning of the modern climate era. How does this impact us? It has begun and will continue to yield extreme weather events with catastrophic local impacts: Hurricane Katrina and Sandy; the Polar Vortex; Japanese tsunamis, West Coast drought, and so on.Power, demographic, and economic shifts are increasingly global. As more manufacturing and business occurs in other parts of the world, local decisions have international impacts while global decisions yield local impacts.

The Master of Urban and Regional Planning (MURP) degree at the University of Michigan offers professional education in the planning field. Graduates may eventually apply their professional skills in various government agencies, private enterprises, or nonprofit organizations within a variety of subject areas.

Disciplines

Management, Organisation & LeadershipProject Management

Requirements

English Requirements

IELTSMin 6.5
TOEFLMin 84

Other Requirements

1Applicants must gain separate and independent admission to both the School for Environment and Sustainability and the Urban and Regional Planning Program, both overseen by the Rackham Graduate SchoolApplicants should contact the Admissions Office of each school for application and admission information. A prospective student can apply to the combined program by applying to both programs simultaneously as a new applicant, or a student already admitted to one program can apply to the second program for the dual degree while work in the first program is in progress

Urban and Regional Planning