Urban Affairs & Planning - Alexandria Center
Are you interested in studying urban planning while living in the national capital region?
Virginia Tech’s Urban Affairs & Planning (UAP) Program offers graduate degree programs (Masters and Ph.D.) in urban and regional planning at its Old Town Alexandria campus, located across the Potomac river from Washington D.C. Our faculty are recognized nationally and internationally as innovators in planning education, research and outreach. We invite you to learn more about us while visiting our website.
Explore Urban Planning this Fall at Virginia Tech
Virginia Tech has unveiled the Fall 2008 semester course offerings in urban planning for the Northern Capital Region and Blacksburg campuses. Courses are diverse in topic - ranging from lectures on urban economy to transportation policy - and structure - from semester long three credit courses to three day, one credit course modules. To view the graduate UAP course offerings in the Northern Capital Region, click here. To view the undergraduate and graduate UAP course offerings in Blacksburg, click here.
VT Faculty Prepares Monograph for the United Nations on Urban Planning in the Transitional Countries
Sonia Hirt, Assistant Professor in UAP, was invited by the Policy Headquarters of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) in Nairobi, Kenya, to write a report on the state of urban planning in the 28 post-communist countries of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. For more information, click here.
VT Graduate Planning Program in the Top 15 among U.S. and Canadian Planning Programs
The Planetizen 2009 Guide to Graduate Urban Planning Programs ranks Virginia Tech's UAP program as 14th. This latest edition features new listings of the top master's degree programs in urban planning, as well as updated profiles for 100 planning programs in the U.S. and Canada. For more information, click here.
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One Program, Two Locations
The Alexandria Center is one of Virginia Tech’s new initiatives in the National Capital Region. The Blacksburg location is one of the nation’s oldest, celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2008.
What fits your needs?
UAP Blacksburg
- Two undergraduate degrees: Public and Urban Affairs and Environmental Policy and Planning
- Graduate degree programs (Masters and Ph.D.) in urban and regional planning
- Graduate program primarily targeted to full-time students
- Creative town environment
UAP Alexandria
- Graduate degree programs (Masters and Ph.D.) in urban and regional planning
- Primarily targeted to working professionals
- Close connection with think tanks, policymakers and agencies in D.C.
- Campus in Old Town Alexandria is located near Washington D.C.
Interested in knowing more about the people who make up the Urban Affairs and Planning program?
- Get to know a planning student! Learn more about Carrie Hileman.
- Get to know a planning professor! Learn more about Johann Jessen.
UAP seeks faculty in Community and Metropolitan Development
SPIA seeks applications for two tenure-track faculty positions in its UAP program as part of an ongoing cluster hire in Community & Metropolitan Development. Click here to view the announcement.
Calendar
August - October 2008
August 4, 2008
Web Drop/Add reopens for Fall Semester 2008.
August 5, 2008
Information session on GIA, CPAP, and UAP graduate degree programs offered by VT in the Northern Capital Region.
August 25, 2008
Last day for students to withdraw from Fall Semester to avoid tuition and fee charges.
Classes begin.
August 25-29, 2008
UAP Faculty will attend the International Disaster and Risk Conference (IDRC) and associated symposium.
August 29, 2008
Last day for students to withdraw from Fall Semester.
October 10, 2008
Fall break.
Alert information:
- Weather Alert Lines
- Northern Capital Region: 703-538-8325
- Blacksburg: 540-231-6668
- Virginia Tech Alerts