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Research Seminar & Student Colloquium
Check the sidebar or Research Seminar page for the latest research seminar information. The Student Colloquium is an opportunity for all PhD students to connect with each other, present their research, and inspire ideas and collaborations.
Key Persons
- Program Director: Professor Qing Shen qs@uw.edu
- Program Advisor: To Be Named urbdp@uw.edu
- Program Administrator: To Be Named cbe-academic-affairs@uw.edu
- Administrator of the Department of Urban Design and Planning: Edith Olguin editho@uw.edu
- Student Representatives of 2025: Insha Akram inshaakr@uw.edu & Zeyu Wang zeyuw1@uw.edu
Spaces
- The shared PhD lounge in Gould Hall 117 and your Husky Card should give you admission. Let the Program Advisor know if you have problems getting in. Please lock the two doors when you’re leaving.
- Private rooms for meetings: If you need private rooms for group or committee meetings, Gould 442 is for PhD meetings. Please see Room Calendars for availability and booking. For office hours, you can get access to Gould Hall 410 L/K/H (ask UDP administrator for access) and Gould 410 Meeting Room (reservation website).
Useful Resources
Academic Progress
- Coursework Checklist: plan and track completion of course requirements
- Candidacy Checklist: plan steps leading and following candidacy
- Graduation Checklist: to help navigate the sometimes complicated steps around your dissertation and graduation in the quarters leading up to graduation
Coursework
- Official Course Evaluation Catalog
- Seattle Campus Time Schedule
- Courses and Syllabi in the Department of Urban Design and Planning
- Registration Policies and Procedures
Appointments, Awards, and Fellowships
- Teaching Assistant Appointment Policy
- Graduate Funding Information Service
- Graduate School Presidential Dissertation Fellowship in the Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Social Professions
- Distinguished Dissertation Award, the Graduate School
- ACSP Barclay Gibbs Jones Award
- List of Fellowships, UW Graduate School
Welling-Being and Diversity
- CBE Mental Health Support
- CBE Equity Council
- Graduate Student Equity & Excellence
- Disability Resources for Students
- Graduate Appointees’ Health Insurance
Teaching
Career Development
Related Centers and Programs within UW
- Clean Energy Institute
- Computing for the Environment
- Center for Studies in Demography & Ecology
- Pacific Northwest Transportation Consortium (PacTrans)
- eScience Institute (Data Science)
- Center for Statistics and the Social Science (CS&SS)
- Change (Technology for Social Goods)
- Design Use Build (DUB)
- Washington Center for Real Estate Research
- Program on Climate Change (PCC)
Graduate Certificates
- Certificate in Climate Science
- Certificate in Clean Energy Science, Engineering, and Society
- Certificate in Climate and Health
- Certificate in Science, Technology, & Society Studies
- PhD Track in Statistics and the Social Sciences
- Ph.D. Concentration in Public Policy & Management
- Concentration in Qualitative Methods
- Certificate in Demographic Methods
- Certificate in Housing Studies
- Certificate in Real Estate