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Degree Requirements

The Master of Science in Urban and Regional Policy degree requires successful completion of 42 semester hours (SH).  Full-time students can expect to complete the degree over two academic years (including summer).  Part-time students usually can expect to complete the degree in three years. The 42 semester hours (usually 14 courses) consists of 27 semester...

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Transportation

Transportation is about more than planes, trains, and automobiles. It is about moving people and goods from one place to another. And very importantly it is about access — how people access housing, jobs, educational opportunities, goods, services, healthcare, etc. Transportation policy therefore is interrelated with all other issue areas: economic development, public health, education,...

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Training Key Strategists and Leaders

Program graduates will be part of the next generation of key strategists in urban and regional policymaking, leaders with the ability to analyze global economic, technological and social trends, develop policy responses designed to enable their respective cities and regions to adapt to those trends, and move those policies toward implementation. The program is premised...

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Analytical Skills

The Master of Urban and Regional Policy (MURP) provides sophisticated analytical skills combined with a thorough understanding of how cities and regions work for graduates who will occupy key research and policy-making positions in an array of urban-focused public, non-profit and private sector institutions. The Program’s uniqueness is its strong emphasis on a curriculum integrating...

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Economic Development

While the federal government is responsible through fiscal and monetary policy to encourage economic growth, economic development occurs at the local level. Individual firms make the decision to expand their existing operations in a given location or to expand into new regions. Those communities that are adept at attracting firms are able to provide job...

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Sustainability

The 1987 Report of the World Commission on Environment and Development (the Brundtland Report) defines sustainable development as “development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” Sustainability starts with cities. The majority of world’s population will live in urban areas by mid-century, with...

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Housing

For most families, the cost of housing takes up more than a quarter of their income; for some more than half. For the regional economy, affordable housing is critical to economic development. For the nation, a depression in the housing market can create and sustain a serious recession and high unemployment. Because we see decent...

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Research Opportunities

The School of Public Policy & Urban Affairs houses research centers that provide policy research opportunities for MURP students. The most closely affiliated center is the Kitty and Michael Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy. Unlike most academic research centers, the Dukakis Center primarily conducts policy research for government agencies and policy organizations with...

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Boston, Massachusetts

Boston is a high-energy, international hub of culture, education, commerce, and recreation that combines the diverse, cosmopolitan, and cutting-edge vibe of a major city complemented by the neighborhood flavor of a safe and livable town. Northeastern’s central location puts you close to all the city has to offer...

MURP Student Winthrop Roosevelt on the Oil Boom that Threatens his Great-Great-Grandfather’s Legacy

April 17th, 2013  

North Dakota’s recent oil discovery has brought jobs and prosperity to the state. But Winthrop Roosevelt asks at what price.

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2013 Career Forum a Great Success!

April 2nd, 2013  

On Friday, March 15th, 2013 students from Northeastern University’s School of Public Policy & Urban Affairs hosted the 2nd Annual Career Forum. In collaboration with CitySMARTS, the graduate student-led organization affiliated with the Policy School, students were joined with over 30 sector leaders in various fields of public policy to leverage their professional networks.

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Spring 2012 East Boston Capstone Survey Presented

February 27th, 2013  

A survey that the Spring 2013 Capstone students helped developed last year was implemented by the Community Alliance, a group of concerned East Boston residents, over the summer. The data was entered and analyzed and a report of the results was released at a press conference on February 25th.

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Congratulations to Professor Gavin Shatkin and the Fall 2012 Capstone class!

December 14th, 2012  

This semester the students worked with Street-Works and the City of Quincy on a plan for the redevelopment of the Quincy Center MBTA Station, which lies at the heart of the New Quincy Center redevelopment project. The New Quincy Center project will inject $1.6 billion dollars of office, commercial and residential space and infrastructure into Quincy’s historic downtown. Divided into three project teams the students presented their proposals for the redevelopment plans to their professors and peers on December 13th.

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Exchange Program in Amsterdam

December 6th, 2012  

Each year, two students from either the Urban & Regional Policy (MURP) or MS in Law and Public Policy (LPP) programs can participate in a one-semester exchange program with the Universiteit van Amsterdam. Exchange students will be enrolled in the Urban Studies Research Master's program. This is an academic, research-oriented program that will be complementary to our professionally-focused MURP and LPP programs.

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  • Alumni Quotes

    "In the MURP program I not only gained an interdisciplinary understanding of urban policy and mechanics but also built a great network of policymakers, academics and leaders from the non-profit and private sectors."

    Scott Zadakis '12
    Research Associate
    Dukakis Center for Urban & Regional Policy

    "The faculty in the MURP program are unmatched in their talent and knowledge of urban policy. You could not ask for a more highly respected and well-connected group of professors to guide you throughout this two-year program."

    Amanda Maher '11
    Senior Analyst
    Initiative for a Competitive Inner City

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