Bon voyage a Paris!
Four Hunter Urban Policy and Planning graduate students will study in Paris this fall as part of an exchange program with France’s leading urbanism school, the École d’Urbanisme de Paris.
The students will learn the latest French and European city planning methods in English-language courses while dorming at student residences or apartments around the city. The students are Anthony Amato MA ’25, Noelle King MA ’26, Dimitris Koutoumbas MA ’25, and a fourth who chose not to be named. Amato, for example, is an expert on housing who has worked in the NYCHA legislative office for the last year.
“Paris has become a leading European city for planning innovation with impressive efforts to increase cycling, upgrade transit, and create the next generation of open spaces and parks,” said Professor of Urban Policy and Planning Nicholas Dagen Bloom. “Our graduate students will be studying at the premier French planning institute, giving them access to cutting-edge research and practice that they can bring back to New York.”
The École d’Urbanisme de Paris trains students for several fields of urban planning and development, including planning, construction, management, and the use of cities and urban areas.
The 315-student EUP describes itself as the first school of its kind in France and one of the largest urban-planning schools in Europe. It offers a master’s degree in Urban Planning and Development and several other diplomas.
The exchange is part of the CUNY-Paris Program, which enables undergraduates and graduate students of any major to study in Paris for a full semester or academic year while paying regular CUNY tuition.
The new partnership comes from a collaboration among Hunter’s Office of Education Abroad, Hunter’s Department of Urban Policy and Planning, and the CUNY-Paris program, which is administered by Queens College.
“We are excited to support more graduate students studying abroad, as there are few global programs that serve this specific population,” said Director of Study Abroad Sarah Craver. “Our collaboration with Urban Policy and Planning, as well as with the CUNY-Paris program, will allow students to explore international opportunities that enrich their academic and professional growth.”
