GENERAL INFORMATION

The School is located along E. Jacinto St. and Magsaysay St.  The three-story building is the MMINUTE Building which hosts the offices of the Dean, Faculty Room, Office of the Research and Publications, Office of Training and Extension Services, Library and the Graduate and Administrative Offices, while the Pre-Fab building serves as classrooms for the students.

Since June 2000, the U.P. School of Urban and Regional Planning has been offering the Diploma, Master of Arts  (M.A.) and  Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) programs following the ladder structure. Courses taken in the lower degree (e.g. Diploma) are credited in the next higher degree (e.g. M.A.). The School also offers Diploma and M.A. Programs in Transportation Planning.

SURP also offers the M.S. in Regional Development Planning as a joint offering of U.P.  SURP and the University of Dortmund in Germany.  This two-year program is aimed at regional and district development planning, with emphasis on rural areas.  The first year of the program is spent at the University of Dortmund, and the succeeding year at the U.P. SURP. 

The School actively engages in research, either independently or in cooperation with government and private institutions. 

The School is very active in training and extension work, maintaining a working relationship with several government inter-agency planning committees.  Much of its training and extension work helps improve the quality of planning at the national and local government levels.

The School is headed by Dean Candido A. Cabrido, Jr. who exercises general supervision and control.  He is assisted by the College Secretary, Prof. Rosario D. Jimenez, who takes charge of administrative matters related to the academic personnel and the Administrative Officer, Mrs. Minerva B. Vergel de Dios, who takes charge of administrative matters relating to non-academic personnel. There are also three directors who help in policy formulation and program development, namely:  Dr. Marideth R. Bravo, Director of Graduate Studies; Prof. Ernesto M. Serote, Director of Training; and  Dr. David Leonides T. Yap, Director of Research and Publications.

At present, the School has seventeen (17) full-time faculty members,  three (3) lecturers, five (5) research and extension personnel, and  ten (10) administrative staff.