The academic programs within the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, including BAUSP, MUP and MSSUM, have been recently classified as an approved field of study within the U.S. government's official STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) fields list. UIUC urban planning students on F1 visa who finish the program may participate in 12 months of OPT, and may apply for an additional 24 month extension to their OPT period. More information about the STEM OPT extension can be found through the Office of International Student & Scholar Services.

A paper co-authored by Laura Wolf-Powers and DURPs own Prof. Marc Doussard and PhD candidate Max Eisenburger was awarded the ACSP  Kauffman Foundation Best Paper in Planning and Entrepreneurship at their annual conference. Congratulations! Read more.

Hugo Sarmiento, Ph.D., will join DURP as a postdoctoral research associate in August. Hugo's research interests include emerging urban, housing, and land use strategies for climate change adaptation. He received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles. Read more. 

DURP professors Arnab Chakraborty and Lindsay Braun receive an IDOT grant to help communities plan for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles. Read more.