Institute of Urban & Regional Development
The Institute of Urban & Regional Development is the College of Environmental Design’s interdisciplinary research hub. IURD brings together faculty, students, community partners, and experts to co-design tools, invent strategies, and propose policies on local, regional, and global scales.
IURD is home to the Abbey Master of Real Estate Development + Design, the Master of Urban Design, and the BA in Sustainable Environmental Design.
Our Programs
ABBEY MASTER OF REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT + DESIGN (MRED+D)
The interdisciplinary Abbey Master of Real Estate Development + Design goes beyond the fundamentals — finance, law and entitlements, construction, economics and market analysis — to place special focus on design, sustainability and resilience, and equity and inclusion. It is offered on campus both as a one-year full-time program and a two-year part-time program.
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MASTER OF URBAN DESIGN
The Master of Urban Design degree program is a one-year, advanced, interdisciplinary program for those with a prior professional degree in architecture, landscape architecture, or city and regional planning. MUD students learn to work effectively in teams across a large range of scales and develop a deep understanding of urban places and the forces that shape them.
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BA IN SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN
The multidisciplinary sustainable environmental design major offers students a critical understanding of the sustainability challenges facing urban regions in California and around the globe, and equips them with the technical, analytic and design tools key to devising creative solutions.
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