The School of Urban Affairs & Public Policy (SUAPP) offers a wide range of graduate and undergraduate degree programs for both full time and part time students. The faculty are internationally recognized in their fields.

Through engaged scholarship, place-based initiatives, and research units, both faculty and students provide research, outreach, and service activities to our local and regional community. The three major focus areas that comprise SUAPP are community based action research, civic engagement and leadership, and health.

Our Mission:

The School of Urban Affairs and Public Policy's academic programs and research centers prepare individuals to assume community leadership roles: provide assistance with issues confronting communities, and emphasize community oriented, multidisciplinary research within a global perspective.

SUAPP at the University of Memphis links existing units within the College of Arts and Sciences to create alliances that focus on urban and regional problems and creates an interdisciplinary body of knowledge. SUAPP contains four academic units.

Division of City & Regional Planning

Department of Criminology & Criminal Justice

Division of Public & Nonprofit Administration

Division of Social Work