Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP)
The Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ASCP) is an established organization known for the Journal of Planning Education and Research and an annual conference. Its webpage provides links to accredited and unaccredited programs offering credentials in urban and regional planning provides links to accredited and some unaccredited member programs in the United States and Canada. The list is not comprehensive, but it does cover many major programs. Site not updated frequently, and many links have changed or disappeared since last site review.
http://www.acsp.org/org/links_to_planning_schools.htm

Asian Planning Schools Association (APSA) Planning Schools
Based in Hong Kong, non-profit professional organization that has a list of planning schools in Asia.
http://www.hku.hk/cupem/apsa/

Australian Institute of Landscape Architects (AILA) Accredited Schools
This site includes accreditation procedures and reports in addition to a list of accredited Landscape Architecture degrees (Graduate Diploma, Bachelor, Masters or PhD) offered by Australian universities. The site does not indicate when it is updated (University of Melbourne pages were not working as of June 2004).
http://www.aila.org.au/education/INDEX.HTM

Canadian Institute of Planners Recognized University Programs
Accreditation group for planners that works with PAB, the USA Planning Accreditation Board.
http://www.cip-icu.ca/English/academic/rec_uni.htm

Centre for Education in the Built Environment (CEBE)
Based in UK, this Subject Centre of the Higher Education Academy offers support of "built environment academics in maintaining and enhancing the quality and effectiveness of their teaching" through professional development, assessment, networking, research projects, and a research clearinghouse.
http://cebe.cf.ac.uk/

Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) Courses and Colleges
Located in U.K., this is a professional organization whose recognition is sought by schools in U.K., Hong Kong, and Australia.
http://www.cih.org/education/courselist.htm

College and University Home Pages
Site has over 3,000 links to schools around the world. The site is not specifically an urban studies site, but it is useful in locating urban studies schools or programs.
http://www.mit.edu:8001/people/cdemello/univ.html

Gotham Center for the History of New York City
Under the direction of Mike Wallace, the City University of New York (CUNY) hosts this organization that conducts ongoing urban-related seminars and lectures in New York City. While this is not a degree program, it demonstrates experimental methods in teaching urban studies topics to the public and scholar alike. Visit the website for more information and current events.
http://www.gothamcenter.org/

Landscape Architecture Accreditation Board Accredited Programs
USA accreditation organization of the American Society of Landscape Architects.
http://www.asla.org/nonmembers/accredited_programs.cfm

National Architectural Accrediting Board Inc.
The National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB) is the sole agency authorized to accredit USA professional degree programs in architecture, recognizing only Bachelor or Masters degrees. Has updated lists of accredited programs in the USA and Canada.
http://www.naab.org/

National Association of Schools of Public Administration and Public Affairs (NASPAA) Roster of Accredited Schools
Accredits Masters degrees in Public Affairs and Administration. The site has a PDF list of the Annual Roster of Accredited Programs.
http://www.naspaa.org/accreditation/public/public.asp

Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Visiting [Accreditation] Board Reports
Accredits architectural programs around the world, especially in the U.K. and the European Union.
http://www.riba.org/go/RIBA/Also/Education_2428.html

Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Accredited Course Search
RICS is a "global ‘standards and membership’ organisation for professionals involved in land, valuation, real estate, construction and environmental issues" covering 300 degree-level courses approved in 120 countries. Use thier search engine to find accredited (402) and non-accredited courses.
http://forums.rics.org/CourseSearch/courseSearch.aspx?CourseTypeID=1

Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI): Planning Schools Offering RTPI accredited courses
A professional planning organization, RTPI accredits courses in the U.K. and one in Hong Kong at the undergraduate and postgraduate level.
http://www.rtpi.org.uk/careers-and-membership/plan-ed.html

Urban Design: Practices, Pedagogies, Premises - Master of Urban Design (Conference Proceedings)
This comparative report of Master's Degree programs in urban design was created for an April 2002 conference at Columbia University in New York City, New York. Eight major universities participated in the intensive program comparison. There is a wealth of detail on the vision, construction, and implementation of a Master's-level urban design degree program in the conference proceedings, documentation packages, questionnaires, and comparison report.
http://www.vanalen.org/forums/urban_info.htm
Comparative Report
http://www.vanalen.org/forums/_graphics/Briefing%20Materials.pdf