International Programs

The School of Planning is one of the most international academic units on the University of Cincinnati Campus. All faculty members have worked abroad, and eight were born overseas. More than one third of all graduate students are international, coming from more than fifteen countries around the globe.

The School's philosophy is to enable all undergraduate and graduate students to have an international experience, which means it presents students with as many opportunities as possible to experience other nations and cultures at a variety of price points. These range from a travel quarter, to an academic of quarter study abroad (Belgium, the Netherlands and Turkey), to short courses abroad (Brazil and Italy), and to an intensive full summer working on a project on site for a foreign municipality (Greece). A significant number of international planning courses are also offered within the School.

In addition, the School operates two programs in collaboration with the US Peace Corps: one for returned volunteers (the Peace Corps Fellows Program) and another sandwich program, which combines studying for the MCP with Peace Corps service (the Masters International Program).