MS in Urban & Regional Planning

You will be prompted to submit an unoffocial transcript in your online application. If recommended for admission by the Department, you will receive a request for your official transcripts from the Graduate School at that time. Do not send transcripts to the Department. The Department of Planning and Landscape Architecture at UW–Madison only requires you send one official copy of your transcripts to the Graduate School.

Three letters of reference from people who know your academic or professional work. Letters are submitted through your electronic application to the Graduate School. When you put in the names and email addresses of your recommenders, they will receive an email instructing them how to submit their letter. You can send reminder emails through the electronic application portal to your recommenders if for some reason they misplace this email.

This should be a thoughtful, reflective, one or two page statement discussing why you wish to go into the field of planning or design and what you expect to do professionally. If you have an interest in a particular concentration, you should discuss that; if you have planning or design related experience, this should also be discussed. The statement of purpose should be attached to the electronic application to the Graduate School.