Overview

It suggests that a useful curriculum will contain a productive application of faculty disciplines and other programme resources. It defines the approach to graduate study in urban planning and policy development here at the Urban Planning and Policy Development programme at Rutgers University.

Planning is future-oriented and comprehensive. It seeks to link knowledge and action in ways that improve the quality of public and private development decisions affecting people and places. Because of its future orientation, planning embraces visionary and utopian thinking, yet also recognizes that the implementation of plans requires the reconciliation of present realities to future states. To become effective and ethical practitioners, students must develop a comprehensive understanding of cities and regions, and of the theory and practice of planning. They must also be able to use a variety of analytic methods in their practice. They must become sensitive to the ways in which planning affects individual and community values, and must be aware of their own roles in this process.

Learning Goals

Intellectual and Communication Skills

Visionary and Utopian Thinking

Students will demonstrate proficiency in future-oriented analysis, design, planning and policy development that serve to improve the quality of life, within their coursework and studio projects.

Communication

Students will demonstrate a proficiency in written, oral, and graphic methods of communication in a variety of settings through their studio experiences and exhibit an ability to adjust method to setting and audience.

Mathematical Reasoning and Analysis

Students will demonstrate an ability to apply statistical and/or computational modeling perspectives in the analysis and understanding of planning and policy development.

Understanding Community Values

Students will demonstrate an ability to elicit and respectfully characterize community values within their coursework and studio projects.

Information and Computer Literacy

Students will demonstrate proficiency in conducting literature reviews, collecting primary data, retrieving secondary data, analyzing data using a variety of software packages, and reporting the findings in ways that facilitate dissemination.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Comprehensive Planning

Urban Economy and Spatial Patterns

Graduate Planning Studio

Methods of Planning Analysis

Survey of Planning Law Principles

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-07-01 00:00:00 , National
Starting 2027-01-19 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-11-01 00:00:00
Starting 2027-09-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-05-01 00:00:00 , International

Language

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Credits

30 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

New Brunswick, United States

Disciplines

Public Policy Urban Planning View 214 other Masters in Urban Planning in United States

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

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General requirements

Online application form

Application fee

Official transcripts of previous academic work

A personal statement

Three (3) letters of recommendation

Resume

Official test scores (if required)

Tuition Fees

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36984 USD / year

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36984 USD / year

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21648 USD / year

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Living costs

New Brunswick

United States

1204 - 2963 USD / month

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