EXHIBIT 23.1




Coopers                                      Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.
& Lybrand                                    a professional services firm


                       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.  2-63576) for 41,825  common  shares  related to the
         1979 Stock Option Plan filed February 8, 1980

         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. 33-41047) for 1,000,000 common shares related to the
         1979 Stock Incentive Plan filed June 7, 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-4/A  (File No.  333-37531)  for up to  5,200,000  common  shares
         related to the acquisition of Woodward-Clyde Group, Inc., filed October
         10, 1997

of our  report  dated  December  19,  1997,  on our  audits of the  consolidated
financial  statements of URS Corporation and its  subsidiaries as of October 31,
1997 and 1996,  and for the years ended October 31, 1997,  1996 and 1995,  which
report is included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.


                                   /s/ Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.


San Francisco, California
January 16, 1998


Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P. is a member of Coopers & Lybrand International, 
a Swiss limited liability association.