McGill University
School of Urban Planning
Through the core Master of Urban Planning degree and the optional concentration in Urban Design, the school trains professionals for the public, private, and not-for-profit sectors in two years of intensive study, much of which takes place in real-life group projects using the Montréal metropolitan region as a living laboratory. The School’s aim is to give individuals the intellectual and practical skills needed to excel in the field and thereby to improve human settlements around the world.
McGill University was the first in Canada to offer a full-time program in Urban Planning, with the creation of an interdisciplinary program in 1947 through which students combined a master's degree in their original field with Urban Planning. An autonomous program was established in 1972 and four years later this became the School of Urban Planning in 1976. Since that time the School has been a unit housed within the Faculty of Engineering along with the School of Architecture, with which it has long-standing affiliations.
human settlements, Urban planning
Under the Research and Practice area of the web site can be found the following:
- Major Projects: brief descriptions of major projects;
- Publications: The faculty and students of the School of Urban Planning are actively engaged in a variety of research endeavors. Both faculty and students contribute regularly to professional publications and participate in international conferences. This section presents lists of contributions by faculty, students, and graduates of the school. Listings contain bibliographic citations, not full text;
- Studio Projects: Faculty and students also contribute to the practice of urban planning, in Montreal and beyond. Faculty members contribute to practice by acting as advisors and consultants for many types of projects. Students contribute to practice principally through studio projects. Many of these projects are carried out for real clients, who typically include municipal planning departments and community organizations;
- Student Research Projects: Students in the Master of Urban Planning program are required to undertake a major supervised research or planning project in their last semester at the school. This section provides information on over 400 completed research projects. Each entry includes the author, title, year of publication, size, and call number;
Design Competitions: Students are also encouraged to participate in design competitions and charrettes. This section describes some of the competitions.
Contact information
815 Sherbrooke Street West
Suite 400, Macdonald-Harrington Building
Montreal, Quebec H3A 2K6
Works described in the list of publications can be found in the library catalogue of McGill University:
http://catalogue.mcgill.ca/F/7BSDRQ8S3TQAET485TP2UH2UCLEYSAC6CB3BR6G22RQXV7ES4J-22483?func=find-b-0
