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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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Aug
23
2024
UIC Weeks of Welcome
8/23/24, 12:00 am–9/21/24, 11:00 pm
Sep
17
2024
Great Cities Institute's Latino Research Initiative Summit 2024
Tuesday, 8:00 am–2:00 pm
UIC Student Center East
Sep
17
2024
Urban Studies and Public Policy Information Session for Prospective First Year Students
Tuesday, 4:30 pm–5:00 pm
Sep
19
2024
CUPPA Draft Strategic Plan Town Hall In-Person
Thursday, 3:00 pm–4:00 pm
CUPPAH Lower Level
Sep
20
2024
Virtual CUPPA Draft Strategic Plan Town Hall
Friday, 11:00 am–12:00 pm
Sep
21
2024
UIC Open House
Saturday, 9:00 am–2:00 pm
UIC Student Center East
