Welcome

The University of Maryland's Urban and Regional Planning and Design Ph.D. program takes full advantage of the resources of a leading research university and the surrounding metropolitan area. The program is small and highly competitive, and gives students an opportunity to bridge disciplines, including urban planning, design, historic preservation and real-estate development. Our nationally-known faculty, the National Center for Smart Growth Research and Education, and our location in the Washington, DC metro area make the University of Maryland an exciting place to study urban planning, design and historic preservation.

If you have any questions not answered on this website, please contact us!

Marie Howland
Director, Ph.D. Program

PhD News

• Fall 2009 Lecture Series

  Next Lecture: Wednesday, December 2, 6:15pm
  Adèle Naudè Santos, FAIA
  MIT School of Architecture and Planning | Professor and Dean

• Join Team Maryland To Compete And Win The 2010 Uli-Hines Prize

  Want to be on a winning team and take home $50,000 your trouble? Faculty in all the disciplines are committed to working with one or more teams to earn Maryland the $50,000 top prize in the 2010 National ULI-Hines Competition-- the largest Design and Development Competition in the country.

• Interdisciplinary Hillman Design and Development Case Competition

  The Colvin Institute of Real Estate Development and Developer, David Hillman, are co-sponsoring an interdisciplinary design and development competition and the winning team will walk away with $15,000.
  

• New Center for the Use of Sustainable Practices (CUSP) Announced

  Using LEAFHouse as a pilot project, the new Center for the Use of Sustainable Practices (CUSP) was formed.  CUSP joins the National Center for Smart Growth as a sister center, in order to explore research, design, education and outreach activities related to sustainable practices at the scale of the building, the community, and the city.