Welcome to the URPL!

Who we are:

Over the course of the past 50 or so years, we in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning have been active in the core missions of teaching, research, and outreach. Since inception in the 1960s, we have granted about 1000 graduate degrees and forwarded a progressive and interdisciplinary approach to the theory and practice of planning. As a department of both the College of Letters and Science and the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, our faculty, affiliates, and students provide a bridge between the array of academic discplines and knowledge bases necessary to address key planning problems found in the real-world.

Our Goals:

The department has three primary goals. First, we actively prepare quali-fied graduate students to become competent, creative and effective practicing planners. Second, we contribute to knowledge in the field of planning through scholarly and applied research. And third, we undertake professional planning activities and provide service in collaboration with the University of Wisconsin - Extension, a variety of public agencies, planning consulting firms and other private and non-profit sector organizations.