Urban Planning Accreditation

The UWM Master of Urban Planning Program is fully accredited by the Planning Accreditation Board (PAB). The Planning Accreditation Board’s mission is to promote excellence among planning programs and ensure high quality education for future urban planners.

The PAB’s website emphasizes five core values to further this mission:

• Stewardship: preserving the knowledge base of the urban planning profession with which the PAB has been entrusted and supporting the innovations that enhance this knowledge base over time.
• Collaboration: advancing the dialogue and partnerships between the academic and practitioner communities.
• Communication: articulating the value of an accredited urban planning education to students and the communities they will study and serve.
• Integrity: maintaining a commitment to fairness, transparency, consistency and state-of-the-art accreditation practices.
• Leadership: providing leadership in sharing and encouraging instructional innovation.

Importantly, the PAB also strengthens links between university planning programs and planning practice through its partnerships with the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP), American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP), and American Planning Association (APA).