Community and Regional Planning

Downtown Austin skyline
COMMUNITY AND REGIONAL PLANNING
How to Apply

The Graduate Program in Community and Regional Planning (CRP) is housed within The University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture (UTSOA). Our program draws upon the full resources of a top-ranked, tier-1 research university, and offers a course of study that combines cutting-edge research and practice where students engage in real-world projects.

The CRP Program provides its graduates with the theoretical foundations, specific skills, and practical experience to succeed in professional planning and related policy careers. We strive to create a diverse student body and program and are deeply committed to building a professional planning community that resembles the communities in which our students and faculty work.

WHAT MAKES US UNIQUE
We are a small and friendly program of about 100 graduate students housed in a major tier-1 research university, with a student-faculty ratio under 9:1. Our program has a strong focus on sustainable development processes and practices. We seek development paths that balance growth with improved environmental performance while expanding opportunities for all segments of the community. Planning faculty and students are involved in an array of innovative research and practice activities in sustainability through our major research center, the Center for Sustainable Development, and our program also carries out exciting research and project work in our local community and around the world.

AUSTIN IS OUR LABORATORY
Our program is located in one of the most vibrant and fast-growing cities in the country, providing students with a bounty of interesting and exciting things to do. The city and surrounding region also offer a unique breadth of real-life planning challenges and serves as a laboratory for our courses and research projects. In addition to local planning decisions, Austin, as the state capital, is the central forum for state-level issues. The result is a unique setting for community and regional planning, where there are diverse opportunities for planning-related academic study and engagement, and an attractive job market for planners and for a variety of allied professions.

Community and Regional Planning

DEGREES + PROGRAMS

The Community and Regional Planning Program at the University of Texas at Austin offers six graduate-level degree programs as well as a Ph.D. in Community and Regional Planning. 

GRADUATE PH.D.

Master of Science in Community and Regional Planning [MSCRP]

MSCRP + Master of Science in Sustainable Design

MSCRP + Master of Science in Urban Design

MSCRP + Master of Arts in Latin American Studies

MSCRP + Master of Public Affairs

MSCRP + Doctor of Jurisprudence

Ph.D, in Community and Regional Planning

CITY FORUM LECTURE SERIES

City Forum is a planning and urban issues speaker series intended to provide a space for open, critical dialogue regarding crucial planning-related issues in Austin and elsewhere. The speaker series is intended to encourage discussion of diversity, multiple publics, and social change.

COMMUNITY AND REGIONAL PLANNING WORK

Click on images below for more information on CRP projects.

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    Last week, Dean Michelle Addington participated in a @sxsw panel alongside Bjarke Ingles of @big_builds and Sarah Satterlee of @mobileloaves titled “A Moonshot for Affordable Housing” presented by @icon3dtech.
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    Last week, Dean Michelle Addington participated in a @sxsw panel alongside Bjarke Ingles of @big_builds and Sarah Satterlee of @mobileloaves titled “A Moonshot for Affordable Housing” presented by @icon3dtech.

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    Spring (break) in Texas 💙🤘 Hope you’re enjoying it wherever you are
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    Spring (break) in Texas 💙🤘 Hope you’re enjoying it wherever you are

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    If you’re traveling through @ausairport this Spring Break, be on the lookout for PLUME, a new public art piece designed and fabricated by School of Architecture Associate Professors Kory Bieg and Clay Odom for the @cityofaustinarts’ Art in Public Places program.<br />
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    If you’re traveling through @ausairport this Spring Break, be on the lookout for PLUME, a new public art piece designed and fabricated by School of Architecture Associate Professors Kory Bieg and Clay Odom for the @cityofaustinarts’ Art in Public Places program.

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    Back in January, Professor Kevin Alter's @alterstudio Advanced Design Studio “Contested Landscapes” visited Vancouver, British Columbia.
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    Back in January, Professor Kevin Alter's @alterstudio Advanced Design Studio “Contested Landscapes” visited Vancouver, British Columbia.

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    “The End of the Office: Live/Work Housing” by Juliet Chui for @nicholewiedemann’s Intermediate Design IV // 2021-22 Design Excellence Award Winner<br />
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    “The End of the Office: Live/Work Housing” by Juliet Chui for @nicholewiedemann’s Intermediate Design IV // 2021-22 Design Excellence Award Winner

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    Join us this Wednesday, March 8 at 5:00 p.m. for Lorcan O’Herlihy’s lecture “Amplified Urbanism” taking place in the Goldsmith Lecture Hall.<br />
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    Join us this Wednesday, March 8 at 5:00 p.m. for Lorcan O’Herlihy’s lecture “Amplified Urbanism” taking place in the Goldsmith Lecture Hall.

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    This semester, students in Associate Professor @danellebriscoe seminar are exploring the nexus between technology and the potential of the native Texas tree, Ashe Juniper, or “cedar.” With support from experts in the industry, students have participated in two week-long workshops in the Robotics Lab
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    This semester, students in Associate Professor @danellebriscoe seminar are exploring the nexus between technology and the potential of the native Texas tree, Ashe Juniper, or “cedar.” With support from experts in the industry, students have participated in two week-long workshops in the Robotics Lab

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    On display in Mebane starting next Wednesday, the exhibition “For Whites: Contextualizing Race and Architecture at The University of Texas at Austin” investigates the racist signage discovered in Battle Hall during the course of renovations in 2021, pictured here.<br />
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    On display in Mebane starting next Wednesday, the exhibition “For Whites: Contextualizing Race and Architecture at The University of Texas at Austin” investigates the racist signage discovered in Battle Hall during the course of renovations in 2021, pictured here.

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    While still under construction, it’s such a treat to see glimpses of the progress on Battle Hall <br /><br />Swipe for the before 👀
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    While still under construction, it’s such a treat to see glimpses of the progress on Battle Hall

    Swipe for the before 👀