The society organizes annual meetings, most importantly the National Urban Conference (Országos Urbanisztikai Konferencia) and honors leading urbanists, as well as municipalities with remarkable development with its János Hild Award.

The founding members of the society came from a wide range of scientific fields, including demographists, sociologists, architects, transportation specialists, hygienists and politicians.

After a brief crises the MUT restarted its meetings, conferences and it also participated in the new democratic government's adversary council, the National Forum on Urban Issues (Nemzeti Településügyi Fórum), which reviewed newly proposed urbanism-related laws.

In a resolution issued in 2024 the MUT called for a number of changes in the government's plans for the transformation of the brownfield territories of Rákosrendező train station to a business centre with high rising buildings.

Founded in 1968, the most important prize of the Hungarian Society for Urban and Spatial Planning was named after János Hild, one of the first city planners of Hungary.

National Urbanist Conference took place in the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, where about 230 guests, as well as 80 round table participants and presenters gathered.