UPP Open Houses
UPP hosts Open Houses for prospective students in fall and winter.
Our Open House date below is 6-8pm.
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
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. Please RSVP to upp@uic.edu if you plan to attend. Here's more information about travel.
Important Information Regarding Application Status
Because of the volume of applications received, the UPP Program cannot respond to individual inquiries regarding credentials. Please do not contact us about your application unless you receive an email from the UPP Program office (not UIC's Office of Admissions and Records) asking for additional information.
Please note that because March 15 falls on a Sunday, application materials must be postmarked by March 14th to meet the deadline .
If you submitted credentials to the UPP Program for Fall 2009 admission by the March 15th deadline you will be notified by the UPP Program if all credentials have been received by April 1, 2009.
Please disregard the first notification from UIC’s Office of Admissions and Records that your application is incomplete. The UPP Program received a large number of applications at the deadline; opening the applications, compiling individual applicant files, and checking creditials requires time. You will be notified by the UPP Program if there are credentials missing from your application packet, with instructions on what is required. If you receive a second email from UIC’s Office of Admissions and Records stating that your credentials have not been received, please forward to Hazel Brown, memi@uic.edu
All application materials submitted after the Jan 1, 2008 deadline will be reviewed for the March 15, 2008 deadline. We will send out periodic notifications of credentials received at the end of every month: January 31, February 29, and March 31. Because of the volume of materials, we may vary from these dates by a few days.
Planning promises to comprehend and tame the uncertainties of modern urban life. To make good on such strong claims, planners must acquire plenty of knowledge and practical judgment. Our program equips students with the professional knowledge and skills they need to undertake such important and challenging work.
The Urban Planning Program and the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs help embody the Great Cities Initiative of the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). UIC is the only Carnegie Research I University to have made such a major commitment to urban issues. I encourage you to use these pages to explore our program.
We have a large accomplished faculty offering two degree programs-- the Master of Urban Planning and Policy and the Ph.D. in Urban Planning and Policy -- as well as a new undergraduate degree in Urban and Public Affairs offered jointly by UPP and the Public Administration Program. We also offer an expanding list of affiliated programs as well as exciting new opportunities for international study. Full-time students have many opportunities for financial aid, including research assistantships with one of the College's research centers or institutes, various fellowships programs, and tuition and service fee waivers.
Kazuya Kawamura
Director, Urban Planning and Policy Program