Cornell's Department of City and Regional Planning Announces Undergraduate and Graduate Program Information Sessions and Application Details

At Cornell University's College of Architecture, Art, and Planning (AAP), the Department of City and Regional Planning (CRP) provides a dynamic, rigorous, and supportive framework for addressing the most urgent planning questions of our time. Our faculty and students plan for a sustainable future, confront inequality, transform the built environment, engage communities, and reimagine planning by reflecting on theories, practices, contradictions, and politics. At CRP, the next generation of planners and urbanists hone critical disciplinary skills through a wide selection of courses offered by the department, the college, and Cornell, a world-class Ivy League university.

Undergraduate Degree Program:

Our Bachelor of Science in Urban and Regional Studies (B.S. URS) degree immerses students in the study of cities and regions around the globe and offers exceptional opportunities to explore the various social, economic, environmental, and climate changes that shape them. The curriculum provides exciting pathways for students to effectively grapple with real-world, multi-scalar urban and regional challenges and gain applied knowledge and firsthand research experience dealing with complex ethical questions. In its interdisciplinary framing, the program integrates rigorous training in quantitative, qualitative, spatial, and visual methodologies — from mapping with large data sets to the skills necessary for interviewing and working with communities. Students have the opportunity to complete original individual thesis research in the final year.

Graduate Degree Programs:

Our Master of Regional Planning program (M.R.P.) addresses matters of social and environmental justice, equity and access, climate change adaptation, sustainable transportation and housing, land use, zoning, and economic development — all areas of research and practice that prepare the next generation of planners and urbanists to make change today and build a better, more just, and sustainable future for all.

For information about our other graduate degree programs, please check our website.

Information Sessions:

• Register to attend our undergraduate virtual and in-person information sessions this fall, including an online City and Regional Planning session on October 17 and in-person sessions throughout November.
• Register to attend our graduate virtual information sessions from October 28–November 1, including an All NYC Planning Schools Virtual Open House on October 30.

Application Details:

• Application deadlines for the undergraduate program: 
  • First-Year Early Decision: November 1, 2024
  • First-Year Regular Decision: January 2, 2025
• Application deadline for graduate programs: January 10, 2025

Visit our City and Regional Planning Department website to learn more.