PhD Urban and Regional Planning at University of Wisconsin-Madison

Programme overview

The PhD is open to a limited number of quality students who intend to teach, or do research in a university, in an independent research agency, or in large planning organizations. Generally, students spend two years of full-time coursework before being advanced to candidacy, and an additional one to two years in preparation and defense of a dissertation. Details on administrative requirements for the degree are available in the PhD URPL Handbook .

Department: Planning Landscape Architecture | Duration: 51 credits | Study mode: full-time | Intake: Fall (deadline February 1), Spring (deadline October 15) | Location: Madison, WI, United States

What you will study

The degree requires a minimum of 51 credits. Courses listed in the requirements include URB R PL 990 Research and Thesis; ECON 475 Economics of Growth; I SY E 516 Introduction to Decision Analysis; ECON 712 Economic Theory-Macroeconomics Sequence; URB R PL 751 Introduction to Financial Planning; URB R PL 781 Planning Thought and Practice.

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Application information

Entry requirements

GRE (Graduate Record Examinations) Required; Letters of Recommendation Required 3; Applications are accepted on a rolling basis. Applications submitted by the deadlines listed above will be considered for limited Department funding. Application for admission to the program consists of the following materials: the online application, unofficial transcripts of all undergraduate and graduate work, statement of purpose (applicants should submit a thoughtful, reflective one- or two-page statement discussing reasons for going into planning; applicants with an interest in a particular concentration should discuss this; applicants with planning or planning-related experience should include this), and three references from people familiar with the applicant's academic and/or professional work.

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Entry terms (spring, summer or fall) vary by programme and are listed on each programme's Graduate Guide admissions tab. An applicant may have active applications in only one entry term at a time.

Application deadlines vary by programme and are listed on the programme's Graduate Guide admissions tab. Applications are submitted through the Graduate School application portal. The application fee is $75 US, non-refundable, payable by credit card (MasterCard or Visa) or debit/ATM; international applicants pay an extra $6 processing fee. Up to three programmes in the same entry term can be applied to for one application fee.

Apply through the official page: https://grad.wisc.edu/apply/requirements/

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