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• Macdonald-Harrington Building, Room 400
• 815 Sherbrooke Street West
• Montreal QC H3A 0C2
• Telephone: 514-398-4075
• Fax: 514-398-8376
• Email: admissions.planning [at] mcgill.ca
• Website: mcgill.ca/urbanplanning

Urban planning can be described as the collective management of urban growth and development. It is concerned with the welfare of communities, control of how land is accessed and used by private parties, design of the built environment (including transportation and communication networks), and conservation and enhancement of healthy ecosystems. Contemporary preoccupations include addressing the climate emergency, embracing interculturalism in planning and governance, enhancing public health, and striving for just sustainabilities. It is at once a technical and a political process that brings together actors from the public, private, and community spheres. Planners participate in that process in a variety of ways—as designers and analysts, advocates, and mediators—facilitating the search for equitable and efficient solutions to problems of urban change and development.

The School of Urban Planning offers three graduate degrees; a professionally accredited M.U.P., a thesis-based M.Sc., and a Ph.D. For more information, please see the graduate e-calendar.

The following courses taught by faculty in the School of Urban Planning are open to undergraduate students: