UPP Open Houses

Upcoming Open Houses for prospective students are:

Open Houses are held in Room 110 at CUPPA Hall, 412 S. Peoria St. Registration and refreshments is at 6:00, with the Open House program from 6:30—8:00. Interested students should review the Prospective Students page on the UPP website for information on the program. Please RSVP to upp@uic.edu if you plan to attend. Here's more information about travel.


UPP Friday Forum

Fridays during the academic year, UPP hosts a series of presentations by faculty, students, visiting scholars, and invited guests to explore issues in planning. If you are interested in presenting at Friday Forum, contact Curt Winkle at cwinkle@uic.edu.

Listen to the November 2 Friday Forum, Planning your Masters Project (.wma file, 13 MB).


Directions to UPP

The Urban Planning & Policy Program is located on the University of Illinois at Chicago campus at 412 S. Peoria in CUPPA Hall.  Peoria is two blocks west of Halsted, and our office building is on the southwest corner of Peoria and Van Buren Streets. Van Buren is just north of the Eisenhower expressway (I-290). You can view general travel directions to campus, and directions via public transportation on the Blue Line of the CTA Rapid Transit. Walk south across Harrison St. after exiting the UIC/Halsted stop to the center of campus. You can download more detailed directions (22.5 kb, .doc) about getting to UPP and view the Eastside Visitor's Map on UIC's map page.