Ph.D. in City and Regional Planning

The University of Pennsylvania is an intellectually stimulating environment in which to study today’s metropolitan challenges. To develop responses, our Ph.D. students have easy access to a broad, multi-disciplinary faculty and all the resources of a first-rate urban research university.

Penn’s Ph.D. program in City and Regional Planning (CPLN), overseen by the Graduate Group in City and Regional Planning, dates back to the 1950s. Since that time, the faculty has guided more than 330 students through their graduate studies to complete the degree and aided them in assuming positions of leadership in both academia and the profession throughout the United States and across the world.

The University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design prepares students to address complex sociocultural and environmental issues through thoughtful inquiry, creative expression, and innovation. As a diverse community of scholars and practitioners, we are committed to advancing the public good–both locally and globally–through art, design, planning, and preservation.

We are proud of our exceptional legacy of advancing design education, scholarship, and practice and improving everyday life quality through design. We recognize that we should measure our success not just by what we do but by how we approach our work.