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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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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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Congratulations, Urban Studies Class of 2017!

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.

Urban Studies faculty and grads at 2017 graduation

2016-2017 Courses:

From Ancient Urbanism to Smart Cities, and beyond

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Luis Ornelas

Urban Society and Social Change Portrait of Luis Ornelas

Urban Studies combines all of the positive aspects of the various fields of study that appeal to me-- including history, sociology, and public policy-- into a single discipline that when applied to the real world leads us as students to ask important questions about our society.

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