The University of Maryland and the School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation offer comprehensive career and placement services for its students. We boast a 95% job placement rate for our graduates.
The Architecture, Planning, Preservation, and Real Estate Development Career & Internship Fair will be held on Friday, March 7, 2025 from 1:00 - 5:00 PM at the Riggs Alumni Center in College Park, Maryland.
The School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation offers information on writing resumes, cover letters, and preparing for interviews and offers a job fair every spring. The University of Maryland's Career Center offers additional services as well.
The Urban Planning Program offers a presentation on career planning each fall and taps URSP alums to provide resume feedback for our students. Individual assistance is also available by appointment with Kristen Stack.
The University of Maryland switched from the Career4Terps online career management platform to Handshake. Students, employers and alumni have access to this platform online or through the app. Visit UMD's Career Center Handshake webpage for details.
Urban Studies & Planning Program students can search for jobs based on their discipline below:
Where Our Alumni Work
Graduates from the Urban Planning Program have gone on to careers in both the public and private sectors at such organizations as:
National Capital Park and Planning Commission
Montgomery County Department of Planning
Prince George’s Department of Planning
Maryland Department of Planning
Department of Transportation
Baltimore Department of Planning
Arlington County, VA
Maryland Transportation Authority
General Services Administration
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Four Square
Ayres Saint Gross
Venice Collaborative
Williams International
Brailsford and Dunlavey
Montgomery Housing Partnership
AARP
Community Housing Partners
Enterprise Community Partnership
Jones Lang LaSalle
Port of Miami
Baltimore Economic Development Corporation
Philadelphia City Planning Commission
PNC Real Estate
Urban Concepts
Past Events
Your resume offers you the opportunity to introduce your skills and qualifications to an employer in an organized, easy to read manner. Your portfolio allows you to present your work through the careful selection of drawings, images, text and photographs. We offer workshops on developing your resume and portfolio each semester. Please see below for the resume and portfolio workshop recordings:
Resume Workshop 09.15.20
Resume & Portfolio Workshop with NOMAS
MAPP+D Alumni Network - Resume and Portfolio Clinic 02.08.21