UCD School of Geography, Planning & Environmental Policy

Erasmus is an EU-wide exchange program involving a number of different universities across more than 24 countries. Geography  currently has agreements with several universities accross Europe, including places like Germany, Italy, Slovenia, Spain, and Sweden. Planning also has a range of agreements within Europe and beyond. If you are interested in learning more about these exchanges, contact Veronica Crossa at 719-8343 or by veronica.crossa@ucd.ie.

In 2009 the School of Geography, Planning and Environmental policy established an exchange programme with one of the US’s largest planning programmes in the Department of Urban Planning and Policy, College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs (CUPPA) at the University of Illinois at Chicago. The exchange allows graduate students from each institution to progress towards their degrees while accumulating course credit at the exchange partner institution. For further information on the exchange programme please contact Paula Russell at 716-2772 or paula.russell@ucd.ie .

MEGAPOLITAN is an exchange program between Canada (Quebec City, Vancouver) and the EU (Dublin and Barcelona) which started in 2011 and which will expand until 2015. The Megapolitian exchange is for graduate students interested in comparative urban issues, particularly those centring on issues of the livability and sustainability of mega region. For more information on this opportunity, contact Brendan Williams at 716-2753 or Brendan.Williams@ucd.ie.

Network for European and U.S. Regional and Urban Stidies (Neurus) is an international network of universities aimed at increasing collaborative work on urban and regional development issues. The network is comprised of 13 universities across different regions in the world, including North America, Asia and Latin America. For more information on this network contact Zorica Nedovic-Budic at 716-2753 or zorica.nedovic-budic@ucd.ie. 

University of Connecticut is a  member of Universitas 21 offering a wide range of undergraduate and graduate degrees, including programmes offered through the Center for Integrative Geosciences. Contact: Veronica Crossa at 719-8343 or by veronica.crossa@ucd.ie.

The University of Hong Kong is the territory's oldest university. Today, it is a dynamic, comprehensive, university of world-class standing with ten Faculties and numerous research centres. City University of Hong Kong offers professional education that prepares its students for the challenges and exciting opportunities opening up throughout the world in business, science and engineering, energy and environment, law, creative media and social sciences.