exchange programme for uppd cept university
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SCUOLA DI ARCHITETTURA URBANISTICAINGEGNERIA DELLE COSTRUZIONIPOLITECNICO
MILANO 1863
Bilateral Agreement Extra UE: 4 positions
Technical Information
CEPT Universityhttps://cept.ac.in/
Promoter: Massimo BricocoliLanguage: English
Urban Planning and Policy DesignFounded in 1962, in Ahmedabad (India) by Balkrishna Doshi, 2018 Pritzker Prize laureate, as “School of Architecture” (SA), its expanded five faculties as “Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology” fully flourished to become “CEPT University” by 2010.CEPT University plays a leading role in Indian academic education of five significant disciplines: Architecture, Urban Planning, Technology, Design, and Management. The university focuses on building professional capacities through specific design activities, engaging students with contemporary city issues. The Faculty of Planning has a constructive impact on Indian local and national public planning, current participatory projects, and policymaking. Study Planning at CEPT provides tools to work on a large scale on the most relevant topic for cities development. It gives relevant academic approaches and pragmatic teaching, within a successful collaboration between experts, students and government bodies. Studying at CEPT represents a deep immersion in a vital context, in continuous change; where to build a different, articulated and relevant approach to the design issues.
Points of strength
CEPT University has keen attention to the pedagogical aspects and sensible tectonic method to design. Its approach is cross-cultural, with a humanistic focus on design, and it challenges students with practical issues of the city. The university is an outstanding exchange centre among international universities and researchers; it is a fluid hub of up-to-date thinking in India.
Call for International Mobility for ay 2021/22