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Urban Affairs & Planning - Alexandria Center

Are you interested in studying urban planning while living in the national capital region?

Virginia Tech’s Urban Affairs & Planning (UAP) Program offers graduate degree programs (Masters and Ph.D.) in urban and regional planning at its Old Town Alexandria campus, located across the Potomac river from Washington D.C. Our faculty are recognized nationally and internationally as innovators in planning education, research and outreach. We invite you to learn more about us while visiting our website.

VT Faculty Prepares Monograph for the United Nations on Urban Planning in the Transitional Countries

Sonia Hirt, Assistant Professor in UAP, was invited by the Policy Headquarters of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) in Nairobi, Kenya, to write a report on the state of urban planning in the 28 post-communist countries of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. For more information, click here.

VT Graduate Planning Program in the Top 15 among U.S. and Canadian Planning Programs

The Planetizen 2009 Guide to Graduate Urban Planning Programs ranks Virginia Tech's UAP program as 14th. This latest edition features new listings of the top master's degree programs in urban planning, as well as updated profiles for 100 planning programs in the U.S. and Canada. For more information, click here.

Virginia Tech's Department of Urban Affairs and Planning welcomes Johann Jessen

Join UAP in welcoming Prof. Dr. Johann Jessen from the Institute of Urban Planning and Design of the University of Stuttgart. From May through July Dr. Jessen will be researching and lecturing with the UAP program in Alexandria. His activities here are part of a continuing effort between the University of Stuttgart and Virginia Tech since 1998 to share experiences of teaching and learning - benefiting the students and the research communities of both institutions.

Click here to read more about Dr. Jessen.

Human Capital and Women's Business Ownership

Is a report published by the Small Business Administration (SBA) and Co-Authored by UAP Faculty, Dr. Heike Mayer. According to the SBA, the report, "... shows that self-employed women differ on most human capital variables compared to wage and salary-earning women." To read the full report, click here.

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One Program, Two Locations

The Alexandria Center is one of Virginia Tech’s new initiatives in the National Capital Region. The Blacksburg location is one of the nation’s oldest, celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2008.

What fits your needs?

UAP Blacksburg

Two undergraduate degrees: Public and Urban Affairs and Environmental Policy and Planning
Graduate degree programs (Masters and Ph.D.) in urban and regional planning
Graduate program primarily targeted to full-time students
Creative town environment

UAP Alexandria

Graduate degree programs (Masters and Ph.D.) in urban and regional planning
Primarily targeted to working professionals
Close connection with think tanks, policymakers and agencies in D.C.
Campus in Old Town Alexandria is located near Washington D.C.

Interested in knowing more about the people who make up the Urban Affairs and Planning program?

Explore Urban Planning this Summer at Virginia Tech

Virginia Tech has unveiled this summer's course offerings in urban planning for the Northern Capital Region. Courses are diverse in topic - ranging from lectures on urban infrastructure to historic preservation - and structure - from 12-week long three credit courses to one full day, one credit course modules. For more information, click here.

UAP seeks faculty in Community and Metropolitan Development

SPIA seeks applications for two tenure-track faculty positions in its UAP program as part of an ongoing cluster hire in Community & Metropolitan Development. Click here to view the announcement.

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