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Interdisciplinary thinking: Stanford scholars and students imagine truly ‘human cities’

Through Stanford’s Human Cities initiative, students explore how cities can evolve into places where the focus is on people and sustainable living.

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Urban Studies Fellowship

The Urban Studies Summer Fellowship provides undergraduates with the opportunity to complement their academic studies with a full-time, paid internship...

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Study abroad!

Many overseas campuses offer courses that count for credit toward the Urban Studies major or minor.

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Congratulations, Urban Studies Class of 2018!

Best of luck to our newest alumni! What can you do with a degree in Urban Studies?

Learn about the careers our alumni have pursued.

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2018 - 2019 Courses:

Smart cities, sustainable cities, just cities, and more.

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Featured Student

Pablo Haake

Urban Society and Social Change

Cohort: 2018

Email: pdhaake@stanford.edu

Hometown: Davenport, Iowa

Year expecting to graduate: 2019

Recent News

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2018 Grad Sungmoon Lim Wins Thesis Prize

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Urban Studies Faculty Affiliate Clayton Nall Reveals Highways' Impact on Cities

Featured Courses

Senior Research in Public Service

URBANST 198 | Hurd, C.
Tuesday 6:30pm - 9:20pm

Shades of Green: Redesigning and Rethinking the Environmental Justice Movements (CSRE 125E, EARTHSYS 125, EARTHSYS 225)

URBANST 125 | Phukan, I., Gonzalez, D.
Tuesday Thursday 11:30am - 1:20pm

Political Power in American Cities (AMSTUD 121Z, POLISCI 121, PUBLPOL 133)

URBANST 111 | Nall, C., Krass, M.
Tuesday Thursday 9:30am - 11:20am

Junior Seminar: Preparation for Research (SOC 202)

URBANST 202 |