Welcome to the website of the School of Urban and Regional Planning at Florida Atlantic University. Our goal is to make this website as comprehensive as possible in order to give you an opportunity to keep up with all of the innovative and exciting work done by our faculty and students.  As you browse you will find information about our faculty and their research, the undergraduate and graduate degree programs we offer, scholarships and research assistantships that are available to our students, our renowned international Planning Abroad program, the state-of-the-art Visual Planning Technology Lab, the success of SURP alumni, and much, much more .

The School of Urban and Regional Planning strives to provide leadership in producing nationally significant research and in serving national and international planning and planning education. Our focus is on educating future practitioners and researchers to enter national and global practice as leaders in managing change, developing new policy frameworks, and guiding decision-makers toward an urban future that is environmentally, economically, and humanly beneficial. We are dedicated to excellence in teaching and research and provide our students with a wide array of opportunities during their time with the School.

I hope you enjoy your time learning about the School of Urban and Regional Planning as much as I enjoy being a part of it every day.  Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions about the School or any of the programs that we offer.

Sincerely,


Jaap Vos
Associate Professor and Director
School of Urban and Regional Planning