Location
New Delhi
Description
Urban Planning is a discipline, which synthesizes inputs from various disciplines into an integrated plan of action for shaping the natural and built environment in order to achieve a desirable quality of life in urban areas by keeping the resource constraints in view.
This degree programme is designed to prepare students in the skills of analysing the physical, social, cultural, economic and ecological dimensions of urban settlements, comprehending their problems, and evolving measures to tackle them in a planned manner. Along with a group of core courses common to all planning programmes, specializations are built around courses such as the themes mentioned below. Constant review and upgrade of the programme content is carried out.
The programme focuses on various forms of planning processes and products, and exposes the students to new techniques such as project planning and informational technology including remote sensing and the GIS. The programme includes studio exercises in plan preparation through live case studies related to comprehensive and micro level urban development issues, and problems related to various cities and towns in the country.
Themes
- Metropolitan planning
- Design of human settlements and conservation
- Urban networks and services
- Urban development management
- City planning models
- Basic needs
- Community planning and urban informal sector
- Ecology and resource development
- Urban fringe development, urban regeneration, and urban land management
Target audience
Students that have already completed a Bachelor degree (more information below)
Admission requirement
Students that have already completed a Bachelor degree in either:
- Planning
- Architecture
- Civil Engineering
Can also have a master’s degree in either:
- Geography
- Economics
- Sociology
Frequency
Annual
Language
English or Hindi
Application procedure
Requests for application form by post must be accompanied by a crossed demand draft of Rs.750 (Rupees seven hundred fifty only) on any nationalized bank and drawn in favour of SCHOOL OF PLANNING AND ARCHITECTURE payable at NEW DELHI. All such requests are to be addressed to the Registrar of the School. Payment by cheque is not acceptable.
Candidates, who have appeared in the prescribed qualifying examinations and whose results have not yet been declared, may also apply.
The Application Form along with the Prospectus and Information Bulletin will be issued as per press notification published by the SPA in the newspapers.
Scholarship
A limited number of scholarships.
Tuition and cost
Available on homepage.
Deadline
Exact dates for various purposes will be mentioned in the information sheet attached with the application form.
Contact
Professor and Head of the Department of Urban Planning
(Dr.) Sanjukta Bhaduri
s.bhaduri@spa.ac.in
Professor of the Department of Urban Planning
Kavas Kapadia
k.kapadia@spa.ac.in
Assistant Professor of the Department of Urban Planning
Shri M. Palaniappan
m.palaniappan@spa.ac.in