在中国快速城市化的今天，规划师的地位举足轻重。高校是培养规划师的摇篮，如何更好地培养城市规划专业的高端人才，是每一所开设此专业的高校都必须深思的问题。相对中国来讲，美国高校对城市规划专业人才的培养开始更早，专业建设更完善，因此，研究与借鉴美国的城市规划教育教学模式，对高校城市规划专业教育的发展具有重大意义。

Urbanization in China develops rapidly and the urban planner holds an important position. Colleges and universities are cradles of the planner. How to cultivate professional high-end urban planning talents is focused by each college. Compared to China, the training of professionals in urban planning developed much earlier and better in colleges and universities of the United States. Therefore, research on their teaching mode is meaningful for the development of professional education of urban planning specialty.

北京工业大学教育教学研究课题——城市规划专业卓越工程师培养模式的研究与实践