A Program as Complex as Today's Cities Are Complicated

NYU Wagner's Master of Urban Planning program brings students into direct contact with the critical urban challenges of our time. Today's urban planners must balance development, community needs and social justice, provision of critical public services, sustainability and security.

Housed within a school of public service, rather than a school of architecture, the Master of Urban Planning program uses the broader contexts of policy, management and finance to prepare students with the critical thinking they need to succeed in urban design, land use, economic and community development, housing, and environmental and infrastructure planning.

NYU Wagner is at the forefront of the vital issues and debates about the future of cities, and the program presents myriad opportunities to obtain and practice the skills needed to confront these challenges, in New York and beyond.

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Urban Physical Design: South Harlem Projects

Mobilizing South Harlem.
Project by Mary Berberian, Rossana Tudo, Anish Patel, Jonathan McGrath and Ben Hagen
Mobilizing South Harlem. Project by Mary Berberian, Rossana Tudo, Anish Patel, Jonathan McGrath and Ben Hagen

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—Professor Mitchell Moss, Henry Hart Rice Professor of Urban Policy & Planning

Global Perspective

Within Wagner's Master of Urban Planning degree program, students may specialize in international development planning. The curriculum focuses on cities in the developing world, how planning systems can be designed to work effectively in different country contexts and the skills that are required for planning in less-developed contexts.
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Graduates of Wagner's international planning specialization leave well prepared to work with governments, international development agencies and community-based NGOs working on sub-national development issues.