URP Ph.D. Student Resources
This page is a reference for current doctoral students in planning. It contains links to resources for planning courses, scheduling exams, advancing to candidacy, and completing the dissertation. If you are a prospective student, please see the admissions page. (Application deadline is January 9th; contact us regarding applying after the deadline).
Program Requirements
- Program Requirements-| .pdf file
- Compliance Form [5 page .doc file]
- Planning Theory Exam guidelines [1 page .pdf file]
- Comprehensive Exam guidelines [2 page .pdf file]
- Enrollment requirements for Qualifying Exam, Advancement to Candidacy, and Dissertation Defense [2 page .pdf file]
- Overview of the doctoral program requirements [1 page .pdf file]
Rackham Graduate School Resources
- Home page
- Online admissions application process
- Printable Forms | including candidacy form [pdf]
- Publications | Rackham Graduate School Academic Policies
- Fellowships, Grants, and Awards
- Candidacy Information | candidacy deadlines
- Doctoral Degree: The Steps | degree deadlines
- Rackham Fee Totals (RFTs)
- Dissertation Handbook
Other Resources at U-M
- U-M Library Home | search tools | online journals
- AAE Library | urban planning research tools
- Office of the Registrar
- Knowledge Navigation Center
- Sweetland Writing Center
- English Language Institute
- Office of Financial Aid
- Wolverine Access
- cTools
- UM SiteMaker
- TCAUP Research Administration
- Information Technology Central Services (ITCS)
Outside Resources
- Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP)
- ACSP student network
- ACSP conferences
- ACSP academic job listings
- Doctoral planning students listserv (light-heartedly known as the "PhD bowling league")
- American Planning Association
Contacts
- Professor Scott Campbell
- Coordinator of Doctoral Studies, URP
- (734) 763-2077
- Lisa Hauser
- Program Assistant, URP Ph.D.
- Contact person for prospective and current Ph.D. students
- (734) 763-1275
- Professor Jonathan Levine
- Chair, Urban & Regional Planning Program
- (734) 763-0039
- Stacey Shimones
- Program Administrator, MUP & Real Estate Development
- Beverly Walter
- Program Assistant, MUP & Real Estate Development Admissions
Please send corrections or additions to this page to Scott Campbell
