Meyer and Renee Luskin School of Public Affairs
3357 Public Affairs Building
Box 951656
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1656
Urban Planning
310-825-2892
Department e-mail
Christopher C. Tilly, PhD, Chair
The professional urban planner works on the creation and management of the urban environment, including its physical, economic, and social elements. Housing, transportation, air and water quality, the preservation of historic communities, and the development of community-level economic and employment programs are some of the tasks undertaken by recent graduates of the Department of Urban Planning.
The department takes pride in its collegial atmosphere. It features a lively mix of students from diverse academic backgrounds, drawn from many foreign countries and from every avenue of American life. It includes many members of racial and ethnic minority groups, and more than half the students are women. Student organizations provide an interesting program of extracurricular activities.
Graduates have taken positions in local, state, and national governments, and increasingly with nonprofit and private companies whose products and services affect the urban environment. While most UCLA graduates find positions in the U.S., the program offers the opportunity to specialize in development planning abroad, including rural development, and many graduates have found positions in Latin America, Africa, and Asia.
