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UIC Urban Planning & Public Affairs
We are the University of Illinois System's home for the study of public policy and contemporary urban challenges.
Explore majors and minors designed to help you make the places we live better.
CUPPA's two undergraduate majors, public policy and urban studies, will give you tangible skills when you graduate.
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In CUPPA, we offer degrees in fields of study that can change your life and change the world.
It's more than just a graduate degree. It's a new way to see the world.
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Explore the beauty of our UIC campus in the heart of downtown Chicago and meet 11 inspiring students who are taking full advantage of all that UIC has to offer as Chicago’s ground-breaking public research university. Meet CUPPA Public Policy Minor Maxxwell Guffey and see where you belong at UIC.
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Nov
12
2024
Prospective Undergraduate Info Session
Tuesday, 12:00 pm–12:30 pm
Nov
12
2024
ADMITTED TRANSFER Undergraduate Info Session
Tuesday, 4:00 pm–4:30 pm
Nov
13
2024
Chicago's Modern Mayors: A Conversation with Dick Simpson
Wednesday, 4:00 pm–6:00 pm
The Newberry Library, Ruggles Hall
Nov
13
2024
Prospective Undergraduate Info Session
Wednesday, 4:30 pm–5:00 pm
Nov
15
2024
GIS Day at UIC
Friday, 9:00 am–5:00 pm
Richard J. Daley Library, First Floor, Room 1-470
Nov
19
2024
"I do not want your cookies:" People with Disabilities’ Experiences of Claiming Power on Advisory Committees to Improve Accessibility in Their Communities
Tuesday, 12:00 pm–1:00 pm
Daley Library, Room 1-470
