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Group Photo from the DUSP Fall 2022 Student Retreat. Photographer and drone operator: Yingu Pan
Welcome to the MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning. We are home to the largest urban planning faculty in the United States and enjoy the advantage of operating within the context of MIT’s culture of innovation and interdisciplinary knowledge creation. We provide our students with an education that combines rigorous academic study and the excitement of discovery with active engagement in the practice of place-making to understand and solve pressing urban and environmental problems.
Mission
We prepare leaders to plan, design, and create communities and places that are socially, economically, and environmentally just.
We pursue this mission through four evolving strategic priorities: achieving racial justice, enhancing multi-racial democratic governance, tackling the climate crisis, and closing the wealth gap.
We aim to fulfill our mission through all aspects of our teaching, research, department culture, and external collaborations.
How we are enhancing multi-racial democratic governance
How we are tackling the climate crisis...
How we are striving to achieve racial justice...
How we are closing the wealth gap...
Events
DUSP hosts a wide range of events bringing together members of the DUSP community with external organizers, practitioners, academics, and professionals. Presented below is an unfiltered list of upcoming events at DUSP.
To see a complete list of events, filter by interest, or to see past events, click here.