93 Full-time PhD programmes in Urban Planning

The Doctoral Studies program in Urban Systems at the New York University offers an interdisciplinary learning and research environment designed to meet the needs of students pursuing careers in academia, research organizations, local and national governments and public service agencies. 

The Planning programme offered by Queen's University Belfast develops advanced research expertise in spatial planning, sustainable development, governance, and place-making, enabling students to investigate complex social, environmental, and territorial challenges through interdisciplinary research.

This Digital, Material Transformation and Infrastructures research area at The Open University UK considers cities not just as cultural and political sites, but also as sites where socio-material relations are enacted.

Enhance and promote the quality and quantity of research focused on Rural and Northern Health at the Laurentian University.

Enriching the academic landscape in Poland, the Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences proudly introduces its doctoral program in Social and Economic Geography and Spatial Management.

Understand changing human populations – past, present and future. Equip yourself with advanced demographic research skills. Learn more at the Demography (Social - Formal) from London School of Economics and Political Science.

The Urban Studies programme offered by Lingnan University develops advanced research expertise in urban studies through interdisciplinary analysis of cities, housing, and social challenges.

In the Planning phd programme from University of Liverpool, you will be joining a team that has close links with schools across Europe, the Americas and Pacific Asia. 

The international Doctoral Programme Urban Studies at University of Milano - Bicocca is networked with a number of outstanding European Universities: University of Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin, Delft, Lièges, London, Leuven, Oulu, Paris, Wien. 

The Urban Planning, Design, and Policy programme from Politecnico di Milano was initiated in 2013 through the merging of two earlier programmes both based in the Department of Architecture and Urban Studies

Research traditional economics such as spatial, urban and real estate economics, and approaches within regional science and local economic development. Learn more at the Economic Geography programme from London School of Economics and Political Science.

The Department of Urban Planning at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is at the intersection of unique academic, regional, geographic and professional resources that create a learning environment unlike any other. 

The Urban and Architectural Management and Valuations programme of the Polytechnic University of Catalonia was created as a consequence of the fusion of the Doctoral Programmes of Urban Management and Real Estate Valuations, coinciding with the creation of new doctoral studies within the UPC.

The Spatial Planning programme from University of Porto is designed to foster advanced knowledge in the field of spatial planning, aiming at explaining, resolving and supporting future public policy agendas. 

The aim of the study Transport Means and Infrastructure programme at University of Pardubice is the preparation of highly educated graduates who are able to solve the scientific and research tasks of basic and applied research related to issues of technical practice, especially in vehicles, electrical and electronic systems in transport and transport structures.

The Urban and Regional Planning PhD program from the University at Buffalo, designed to nurture distinguished scholars and researchers, offers research and learning opportunities encompassing the field of urban and regional planning. 

This Urban and Regional Planning programme is offered by the Department of Urban and Regional Planning within the Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment at the University of Johannesburg.

As a student in this Urban Education doctorate at New York University, you'll have access to renowned urban research institutes.

The Urban Science doctoral track is specifically designed for students who want to focus on urban science through a cohesive array of in-class and experiential learning activities, while pursuing their PhD at New York University.

Urban Studies and Planning at the University of Sheffield an ambitious interdisciplinary research agenda which is driven by the need to examine how knowledge about the world is turned into actions designed to make it a better place.