RUPS
Staff, alumni and current students gathered to celebrate the 50th anniversary of RUPS

The 50th year of the MSc Regional and Urban Planning Studies MSc (RUPS) was celebrated recently at the LSE, which over its history has educated over 600 students, from all around the world. Many of these have gone on to make significant contributions in the fields of planning, architecture and academia.  It was therefore an exciting occasion for the alumni to come together with current students and staff, and celebrate the programme as well as the long-lasting friendships it has inspired.

The day began with presentations from current LSE staff on a variety of cutting edge planning and housing issues facing London in 2016 and finished with a wonderful reminiscence of the programme’s foundations by the former director Professor Michael Hebbert who also concluded the discussion with his review of the development of planning education at the School.

The evening reception gave all the participants time to come together and rekindle old friendships, while also making new connections between the programme’s former and current students.

Current MSc Regional and Urban Planning students and staff along the Thames this fall
Current MSc Regional and Urban Planning Studies students and staff along the Thames this fall