• MSc in Urban Planning and Community Development at the University of Massachusetts is offered as a 2-years program.
  • This university is ranked #9 in Most Diverse Colleges in America by Niche in 2020.
  • It is an on-campus program offered on a full-time basis only.
  • UMass Boston's Urban Planning and Community Development master's program is designed to make you an expert in the theory and practice of planning urban spaces and economies.
  • The program brings together the expertise of faculty from several colleges within the university and builds upon decades of research and community engagement by the university’s institutes and centers, which collectively focus on the metropolitan area’s diverse population, governance, and its built and natural environments.
  • In addition, the program takes advantage of partnerships with community-based organizations to promote economic development, affordable housing, and small business development, with a deliberate agenda to address social and environmental inequity and serve the needs and interests of underrepresented communities.
  • Students take core courses in the foundations of planning, cities, and urban economies gaining an understanding of human settlements drawing from concepts and theories from social and environmental sciences.
  • The MSc program consists of 48 credits.