PhD Urban and Regional Planning and Design at University of Maryland

Intimate and highly competitive, the PhD program offers students a tailored PhD experience and the flexibility to bridge a number of disciplines related to the built environment, including urban planning, design, historic preservation, and real-estate development.
Our nationally-renowned faculty and the affiliated National Center for Smart Growth Research and Education allow students to a rich intellectual environment to study and engage with issues of land use planning and future patterns of urban development; with local communities to address issues of education reform, economic development, housing stabilization and revitalization, and urban design; and with foreign governments on issues of urban development and planning.