Georgetown University: Urban & Regional Planning Master's Program

Georgetown University: Urban & Regional Planning Master's Program The official page for the Master of Professional Studies in Urban and Regional Planning program at Georgetown University.

The Georgetown University Master of Professional Studies in Urban and Regional Planning program develops visionary leaders who can integrate physical urban design with ethical and participatory urban planning strategies to foster the development of better cities, regions and communities for generations to come. Become an expert in solving urban planning’s most important challenges by:

Using equit

able design and land use practices
Sustaining natural resources through sound planning strategies
Providing citizens with accessible transportation
Collaborating with the public and stakeholders
Developing affordable housing options
Creating opportunities for continued economic development
Maintaining healthy living environments in the face of exponential urban population growth
In short, our program educates urban planners for rapidly changing 21st century cities. Join our LinkedIn Group: http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Georgetown-University-Master-Professional-Studies-7427456/about

Congratulations to Lidya for being one of the recipients for this year's Spirit of Georgetown Award! This honor is well ...
04/21/2026

Congratulations to Lidya for being one of the recipients for this year's Spirit of Georgetown Award! This honor is well deserved!

Congratulations to Shane & Lorena for receiving this year's URP Tropaia Awards! This honor is well deserved!
04/20/2026

Congratulations to Shane & Lorena for receiving this year's URP Tropaia Awards! This honor is well deserved!

For this week's Alumni Spotlight, we would love to highlight Sarah Umandap! Sarah is being recognized for her work in go...
03/11/2026

For this week's Alumni Spotlight, we would love to highlight Sarah Umandap! Sarah is being recognized for her work in government/public affairs while also maintaining a professional modeling career. Through her work, she has been able to travel to Norway, France, Greece, Switzerland, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, London, Singapore, and many U.S. states 👏🏼✨

For this week's Faculty Spotlight, we would love to highlight Professor Ken Joh! Professor Joh attended the Transportati...
01/16/2026

For this week's Faculty Spotlight, we would love to highlight Professor Ken Joh! Professor Joh attended the Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting earlier this week titled "Do traditional travel surveys still matter in a world dominated by passive data?" 👏🏼✨

"The session explored the strengths and limitations of household travel surveys versus emerging passive data sources, with a focus on data quality, representativeness, and privacy. The motion for the debate was: Be it resolved: within ten years, household travel surveys will be obsolete. I argued that household travel surveys remain essential because they help explain why people travel, who is traveling, and provide critical ground-truth data for calibrating and validating travel demand models and forecasts."

Yesterday, students had an amazing opportunity to explore public leadership with Paul Wiedefeld, former Maryland Secreta...
11/05/2025

Yesterday, students had an amazing opportunity to explore public leadership with Paul Wiedefeld, former Maryland Secretary of Transportation and former General Manager of WMATA. The dialogue ranged from disaster management (Key Bridge), public safety (WMATA Shut Down) to many insights related to multimodal transportation planning and management.

And finally…the ribbon cutting!
10/20/2025

And finally…the ribbon cutting!

Acting president Robert Groves: “Our ambition is to help drive the revitalization of this part of the city. We will be ...
10/20/2025

Acting president Robert Groves: “Our ambition is to help drive the revitalization of this part of the city. We will be here 100 years from now.”

Councilmember Charles Allen helping to cut the ribbon this morning and celebrating the new Cobb Park across the street
10/20/2025

Councilmember Charles Allen helping to cut the ribbon this morning and celebrating the new Cobb Park across the street

So exciting to have Mayor Bowser help cut the ribbon of our new building this morning!
10/20/2025

So exciting to have Mayor Bowser help cut the ribbon of our new building this morning!

This past weekend, GPS hosted a happy hour mixer during Georgetown's Homecoming Weekend. Current students and alumni had...
10/07/2025

This past weekend, GPS hosted a happy hour mixer during Georgetown's Homecoming Weekend. Current students and alumni had a chance to catch up and create new connections at the iconic Metrobar 🚇

For this week's Capstone Spotlight, we would love to highlight Derrick Behm! Derrick's capstone project focused on urban...
10/01/2025

For this week's Capstone Spotlight, we would love to highlight Derrick Behm! Derrick's capstone project focused on urban planning within the deaf and signing community. He explored the issue of continued limited resources and agency needed to achieve equity in throughout all aspects of life. Derrick is continuing to delve into this research with his PhD studies at UCLA👏🏼✨

"This project brought to light how changing attitudes and social justice movements are reflected in plans. Using cultural amenities as a revitalization tool is not sustainable, but as an equity-based community development tool, it has the potential to be sustainable. However, doing this kind of approach is harder!"

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