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Urban Planning

Master of Urban and Regional Planning (MURP)

Learn to design sustainable, equitable cities and regions that address housing, transportation, and environmental challenges.
Duration: 
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Urban Planning

MURP / Sciences Po Double Degree

A dual master’s degree program with the Urban School of Sciences Po (Paris), combining two of the most highly rated programs in urbanism, governance, and urban planning in the world.
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Urban Planning

PhD in Urban Planning

A nationally recognized doctoral program training the next generation of planning scholars and teachers through a distinct mix of top faculty, a flexible curriculum, and progressive research opportunities.
Duration: 
5-Year
Format: 
Full-time
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Joint/Concurrent Degrees

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MURP / JD (Law)

A four-year concurrent program for those planning to specialize in the legal aspects of urban problems, combining Law with the Master of Urban and Regional Planning.
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MURP / MA (Latin American Studies)

A three-year interdisciplinary concurrent program for students intending to apply urban planning knowledge to problem solving in Latin America, combining linguistic, methodological, and area expertise.
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MURP / MArch (Architecture)

A four-year concurrent program with UCLA Architecture & Urban Design serving the need for architects competent in policy issues and planners who can integrate architecture and urban design into planning practice.
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MURP / MBA (Management)

A three-year concurrent program with the Anderson School of Management aimed at preparing students for careers in both private industry and public service through integrated planning and management training.
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MURP / MPH (Community Health Sciences)

A three-year concurrent program with the Fielding School of Public Health’s Department of Community Health Sciences, examining the factors in social and physical environments that determine community well-being.
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MURP / MPH (Environmental Health Sciences)

A three-year concurrent program with the Fielding School of Public Health’s Department of Environmental Health Sciences, focused on the intersection of environmental toxicology and policy design.
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Luskin Certificate Programs

Data Analytics Certificate
A Luskin-wide certificate signaling advanced training in quantitative data analytics, available to current MPP, MSW, and MURP students seeking to deepen their analytic credentials.
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Design and Development Certificate
Deepen your expertise in urban design and development through advanced coursework and studio experiences that prepare you to shape more equitable, sustainable, and resilient cities.
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Urban Design and Mobility Certificate
Develop the interdisciplinary expertise to design transportation systems and urban environments that are connected, sustainable, and people-centered.
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Non-Luskin Certificates

  • This program will prepare students from diverse disciplines to address complex topics that span food cultures and histories, nutrition and public health, food policy and food justice, urban planning, and agrifood systems and the environment.

    View more about the Food Studies Certificate.

  • Students interested in gaining a deeper understanding of topics at the intersection of urban design, transportation, and mobility can pursue the Luskin Urban Design and Mobility Certificate. To complete this certificate, students need to take 5.5 courses (22 units) in DD and 5 courses (20 units) in TPP, as follows.

    View more information on the Urban Design and Mobility Certificate.

  • This program aims to provide a mechanism for graduate students at UCLA to pursue their interests in sustainability and collaborate with students from different fields.

    View more about this certificate.

  • This program addresses the need of UCLA graduate students for more specialized training in undergraduate teaching and professional development.  The certificate provides opportunities for graduate students in all fields of study to enhance their teaching abilities, their theoretical knowledge of language and composition pedagogies, and their job market potential.

    Learn more about this specialized training.

  • Students interested in gaining a deeper understanding of topics at the intersection of urban design, transportation, and mobility can pursue the Luskin Urban Design and Mobility Certificate. To complete this certificate, students need to take 5.5 courses (22 units) in DD and 5 courses (20 units) in TPP, as follows.

    View more information on the Urban Design and Mobility Certificate.

Visitor Programs

Los Angeles and UCLA are enormously rich intellectual environments, and the Department of Urban Planning encourages faculty and students from other universities to take advantage of these resources with a visiting appointment at UCLA.

In encouraging visitors to our program we seek to foster a diverse intellectual environment of interaction among students and scholars of cities and planning from a wide variety of disciplinary and geographic backgrounds.

As UCLA operates on the academic quarter system, visitors may be in residence in the Department of Urban Planning for a minimum of one, but no more than four quarters. Most teaching and student activity occurs during the fall, winter, and spring quarters; the summers are quieter and devoted mostly to research.

Learn more information about the Visiting Scholars Program.

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    Specializes in spatial analysis of socioeconomic disparities in neighborhoods.

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    Explores the societal and policy implications of an aging population.

  • Agile Visual Analytics Lab (AVAL)

    Empowers stakeholders with data to make informed decisions for children, families, and communities.

  • Berggruen Governance Index

    Evaluates the quality of political governance and democracy worldwide.

  • Center for Neighborhood Knowledge (CNK)

    Specializes in spatial analysis of socioeconomic disparities in neighborhoods.

  • Center for Policy Research on Aging (CPRA)

    Explores the societal and policy implications of an aging population.

  • Institute of Transportation Studies (ITS)

    Advances research, education, and meaningful civic engagement on transportation issues.

  • Institute on Inequality and Democracy

    Advances scholarship that confronts threats to democracy in America and around the world.

  • Latin American Cities Initiative

    Connects urban planning and policy networks across the Americas.

  • Latino Policy & Politics Institute (LPPI)

    Addresses policy challenges facing Latinos and communities of color.

  • Institute of Transportation Studies (ITS)

    Advances research, education, and meaningful civic engagement on transportation issues.

  • Institute on Inequality and Democracy

    Advances scholarship that confronts threats to democracy in America and around the world.

  • Latin American Cities Initiative

    Connects urban planning and policy networks across the Americas.

  • Latino Policy & Politics Institute (LPPI)

    Addresses policy challenges facing Latinos and communities of color.

  • Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies

    Studying housing affordability and transportation equity in the L.A. region.

  • Los Angeles Education Research Institute (LAERI)

    Collaborates with schools to improve educational outcomes for L.A. students.

  • Luskin Center for Innovation

    Informing effective and equitable environmental policy that improves lives.

  • UCLA Voting Rights Project

    The flagship project for voting rights litigation and policy research.

  • Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies

    Studying housing affordability and transportation equity in the L.A. region.

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    Collaborates with schools to improve educational outcomes for L.A. students.

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    Informing effective and equitable environmental policy that improves lives.

  • UCLA Voting Rights Project

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