Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy

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Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy

The exterior of the Civic Square Building
Type	Public
Parent institution	Rutgers
Affiliation	Planning Accreditation Board (1987–present) Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration (2011–present) Council on Education for Public Health (2016–present)
Dean	Stuart Shapiro
Academic staff	52
Administrative staff	103
Undergraduates	758
Postgraduates	378
Location	New Brunswick , New Jersey , United States 40°29′37″N 74°26′36″W / 40.493704°N 74.443457°W / 40.493704; -74.443457
Colors	Scarlet[1]

The Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy of Rutgers University (The Bloustein School) serves as a center for the theory and practice of urban planning, public policy and public health/health administration scholarship. The school is located in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and was named in honor of the former Rutgers University president, Edward J. Bloustein (1971 to 1989). Through its academic programs and research centers, the Bloustein School engages in instruction and research, combined learning and application (for example, it holds "studios" in which students practice engaged scholarship by working with community stakeholders on urban planning and policy issues in communities throughout the United States). The school's strengths and the specializations of its faculty are vast and many of its faculty members are the founders of theories or practices that are now commonplace in urban planning and policy.^[2] Areas of expertise for Bloustein faculty members include transportation planning and the environment, urban and community health, workforce development, and social justice.

The school offers undergraduate degree programs in health administration, planning and public policy, public health, public policy, and urban planning and design; master's programs in urban planning, public policy, health administration, and public informatics; and a Ph.D. program in urban planning and policy development. Joint and dual degree master's programs in law, business administration, infrastructure planning, food and business economics, and public health are also offered.^[3] The school does not currently offer any degrees online.

The school's planning program is accredited by the Planning Accreditation Board, its graduate policy program is accredited by the Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration,^[4][5] the Masters in Health Administration is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Management Education and the undergraduate public health program is accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health.