• Master of City and Regional Planning at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill​​ is offered as a 2-years program by Carolina Planning.
  • This university is ranked #28 in National Universities by US News 2021
  • It is an on-campus program offered on a full-time basis only.
  • The Master’s Program is designed to successfully prepare students for professional planning practice.
  • The curriculum covers social and institutional problems, settings and planning, and management skills.
  • The program provides a core of planning theory and methods, in-depth coverage of methods, techniques, and institutions in an area of specialization, and elective courses to broaden and/or deepen knowledge and skills.
  • Master’s degree students must specialize in at least one field offered in the curriculum. Each specialization emphasizes equity, environmental quality, economic viability, and social participation and grapples with the interconnections among these dimensions of sustainability. 
  • In their final year in the program, students must submit a final project of professional quality on a topic in their area of specialization.
  • This master’s project serves to demonstrate the student’s capabilities in his/her area and his/her readiness for professional practice.
  • Students also must complete a problem-solving, team-oriented, client-based course designed to give students experience in applying planning theory and methods to the needs of real-world clients in economic development, housing and community development, real estate, environmental planning, land use, and transportation.
  • The Master of City and Regional Planning program consists of 51 credits.