About Master of Urban Design#


The rapid urbanisation in cities and the drastic change in urban areas is posing severe challenges for exisiting and future designs. Generally, the urban designs are varigated in both scale and type which calls for an added emphasis on their usefulness, livability and sustainability of any upcoming design inspirations. Urban Design is a specialized progam which is focused on bringing solutions to these shortcomings. It occupies a position of great importance in any society and this importance has been growing even more as a result of the rising catastrophies and disasters which have been affecting cities and communities around the world.To meet these concerns the Faculty of Architecture and Planning's Masters in Urban Design program seeks to impart within the students effective skills which go on ensure their effectiveness in this field. This post graduation is a two year program which seeks to provide a specicialised training through research and experimentation design to develop within the students a comprehensive understanding of this area of study. The Faculty of Architecture and Planning is equipped with state of art infrastructure for research and experimentation which seeks to provide students with the much needed practical exposure in this field, thus placing them a step ahead in their career. The program is taken under the instruction of highly trained professional faculties who get to provide students with the most contemporary practices in regard to this area of study.

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Master of Urban Design#Program Outcomes


Why Study Master of Urban Design#

Urban Design maintains a place of great significance as it seeks to provide practical solutions to city and urban management concerns. Through this program, the students get to receive a specialized understanding in line with this field and they develop into highly trained personnel who get to provide effective solutions to the most global challenges. The students who take up this course will get involved in a series of civil construction projects and city designing initiatives.
Project Manager

Project Manager

An ability to apply practical skills to real life site constructions.

Quality Surveyor

An ability to recruit contractors and other workers and allocate them duties.

Quality Surveyor
Construction Manager

Construction Manager

An ability to develop the technical, legal and financial issues required to complete a project.

Design Manager

An ability to collaborate with architectures and civil engineers for project work.

Design Manager
Planning Engineer

Planning Engineer

An ability to demonstrate growth in personal and professional responsibility.

Duration: 2 years (Semester System)


affiliation

Affiliation

Constituent College of Parul University

eligibility

Eligibility Criteria

The candidate shall have completed graduation from recognized university.

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Mode of Admission

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Master of Urban Design# feesFees

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Master of Urban Design#

₹ 1,00,000/- Annually*

* Tuition Fees may vary depending on the Country/ State in which the candidate has passed their qualifying examination.

Master of Urban Design# CurriculumCurriculum

Design Studio-I

Design Studio-II

Urban History and Development Theory-I

Urban Policy and Management Framework

Urban Design Methodologies

Urban Form Lab-II

Site Planning

Planning the City-I

Urban Form Lab-I

Urban History and Development Theory-II

Research Methods

Participatory Planning and Co-Design Tools

Elective-I 

Elective-II

 

Design Studio – III

Summer Training & Internship

Development Practice, Project Planning & Finance

Urban Design Thesis / Dissertation / Project

Urban Form Lab-III

City Futures Lab

Planning the City-II

Elective-III

Thesis Orientation

 

 

Master of Urban Design# Curriculum Laboratories


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Computer Labs

The faculty is equipped with a total of 15 computer laboratories which are strategically designed to provide students with the most vital practical training exposure. Each lab allows students to develop and shape

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Research and Development Lab

As a way of promoting research in civil engineering and other spheres of technology, a specific laboratory has been reserved for research and development where students can constantly engage

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Structural Engineering & Earthquake Engineering

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Surveying

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Concrete Technology

https://paruluniversity.ac.in/Geotechnical Engineering

Geotechnical Engineering

https://paruluniversity.ac.in/Environmental Engineering

Environmental Engineering

https://paruluniversity.ac.in/Fluid Mechanics

Fluid Mechanics

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