We ...

• are the Environmental Planning Department of the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow; a department within the Strathclyde Business School.
• are devoted wholly to research and teaching within the field of environmental planning and development; we exist to accumulate, distill and extend knowledge of urban and regional planning and to train graduates for professional careers in increasingly diversified fields, within the United Kingdom, in Europe and overseas
• our Research Assessment Exercise rating for the quality of research activities [1992-1996] is "3a" indicating that the majority of research is of national, and some of international quality

• offer professional courses which are accredited by the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) at both undergraduate and postgraduate level.
• offer specialist postgraduate courses geared to urban regeneration
• are recognised by the Economic and Social Research Council for the receipt of Advanced Coursework Awards for our MSc's in Environmental Planning Urban & Regional Planning AND in Urban Development
• offer a Joint Honours award in Geography and Planning, which together, with a 12 month postgraduate course in Urban and Regional Planning leads to professional accreditation by the Royal Town Planning Institute;
• offer short professional courses and seminars tailored to suit clients need whether at home or overseas
• have an active research programme with specialisation in local economic development, planning practice and international strategy
• have grants from S.E.D. for Urban Development Course
  

• have some 200 students following our courses and classes in 1999/2000
• have an active Graduates Association which aims to provide networking facilities for our graduates and also offers contact with the professional world of practice to our students
• have graduates in every Continent and are proud of the various career paths and diversity of our graduate destinations

• Co-operate :
• by hosting the 9th AESOP Conference on Urban Regeneration in Glasgow in 1995 ; this event was deemed a significant success and attracted some 250 international delegates to the University of Strathclyde
• by hosting the National Young Planners Conference in 1999 which attracted 150 students and student members of the RTPI
• by initiating and contributing Directors to the formed European Urban Institute

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