the Department of City and Regional Planning is one of the largest, oldest, and best known programs of graduate planning education and research in North America. We are located in the heart of the country's oldest state university, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, founded in 1793.

is the student government body for DCRP, serving the interests, needs, and concerns of the master's students and providing overall student support. It acts as a liaison between students and faculty, opening the lines of communication and promoting joint efforts in intellectual growth and public service.

It's time for a field trip! The best way to understand a community, and the challenges it faces, is to get out and see it.

We are pleased to report the official launch of the new Carolina Planning website!  This new web presence both extends the reach and impact of the Journal and provides unprecedented access to our archives, with over 500 original articles, commentaries, interviews, and book reviews from some of the most formative years of the planning field.

This was the first planning department to be established with its principal university base in the social sciences rather than in architecture or landscape design and to demonstrate the interdisciplinary union of social science, design and engineering. It has retained and strengthened that social science legacy through the multidisciplinary research and teaching programs of its faculty.

home of the Department of City and Regional Planning, is located at 205 East Cameron Avenue in the historic core of the Carolina Campus. The Italianate building was designed by William Percival and completed in 1861.