EXHIBIT 23.1

                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

We consent to the  incorporation  by  reference  in the  following  registration
statements of URS Corporation on:


     Form S-8 (File No.  2-99410) for 50,000 common  shares  related to the 1985
     Employee Stock Purchase Plan filed August 1, 1985,

     Form S-8 (File No.  33-42192) for 261,177 common shares related to the 1985
     Employee Stock Purchase Plan filed August 31, 1991,

     Form S-8 (File No.  33-61230) for 500,000 common shares related to the 1991
     Stock Incentive Plan filed April 1, 1993,

     Form S-8 (File No. 333-24063) for 750,000 common shares related to the 1991
     Stock Incentive Plan, filed March 27, 1997,

     Form S-8 (File No.  333-24067)  for 250,000  common  shares  related to the
     Employee Stock Purchase Plan, filed March 27, 1997,

     Form S-8 (File No.  333-24069)  for  55,000  common  shares  related to the
     Non-Executive Directors Stock Grant Plan, filed March 27, 1997,

     Form S-8 (File No.  333-48793)  for 300,000  common  shares  related to the
     Employee Stock Purchase Plan, filed March 27, 1998,

     Form S-8 (File No.  333-48791)  for 1,000,000  common shares related to the
     1991 Stock Incentive Plan, filed March 27, 1998,

     Form S-3 (File No.  333-59203)  for the  resale of certain  common  shares,
     filed July 16, 1998,

     Form S-8 (File No.  333-91053)  for 6,900,000  common shares related to the
     Employee  Stock  Purchase Plan and the 1999 Equity  Incentive  Plan,  filed
     November 16, 1999,

of our report  dated  December 18, 2001,  relating to the  financial  statements
which appear in this Form 10-K.


San Francisco, California
January 15, 2002
                                                  /s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP