Hi,

Eligibility criteria regarding your course -

The basic eligibility for admission in Master of planning in Urban and Regional Planning program is,

• The candidate must have passed B.Planning/BE Civil/B.Arch/or Masters in Economics, Geography, Sociology
• With a minimum 55% score from a recognized Indian University or International University.
• It must also be recognised by UGC/IGNOU/AIU or associations like AACSB, AMBA, EQUIS.
• Candidates belonging to SC/ST, reserved list will be given relaxation of 5% in every institute.
• Candidates with GATE scores are not required to write any entrance exam.
• Candidates with no GATE scores must attend the entrance exam conducted by the respective university/Institution.

Admission procedure -

• Some Institutes provide exemption from entrance exam for applicants with GATE exam scores
• Admission will be calculated based on academic records and GATE score, that is 80% weightage to GATE score and 20% weightage to 10+2 and UnderGraduate / PostGraduate marks.
• If the candidate has no GATE scores, then the admission will be calculated based on academic records and entrance test scores.
• That is, 80% weightage to marks obtained in the Entrance exam and 20% weightage to 10+2 and UnderGraduate / PostGraduate marks.

Entrance exam - GATE

ALL THE BEST !

There are many books for Urban Designing. You can refer to Kevin Lynch's two major works Image of the City and Good City form will give you a good orientation towards the subject. Another books you can study are-

How to Study Public Life: Methods in Urban Design by Jan Gehl and Birgitte Svarre.

Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design by Charles Montgomery

The Planning Game: Lessons from Great Cities by Alexander Garvin

Hello,

The best books to refer for concept building are-

1)Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design by Charles Montgomery

2)How to Study Public Life: Methods in Urban Design by Jan Gehl and Birgitte Svarre.

3)The Planning Game: Lessons from Great Cities by Alexander Garvin

4) Image of the City By Kevin Lynch

5)Good City by Kevin Lynch

Hope this helps.

Hello aayushi, hope you are doing well!

Firstly no field is bad if you have interest in it. And here I will tell you all about urban design and it's scope in India. If you want to go ahead with urban designing, you will be getting jobs like urban planner, urban designer, etc. Honestly, this field is not well developed in India. It's is like it in a nascent stage. This field is much defined in USA, Europe, Hongkong, etc. The salary in this field is an average of 37,940 per month. For being placed well in future, bachelor's degree is not enough. It is recommended to have a master's degree as well. Course for the degree of urban design includes subjects like industrial design, animation software, sociology and history in architecture.

Hope this was helpful, feel free to ask more!

Hi AAyushi,

CEPT University, Ahmedabad is very well-reputed in terms of placements as the department for the same is efficient at their work, which is providing placements to their students.  Placements are provided in companies such as HDFC, Reliance Realty, DLF among many others.

The total fees for the five-year Bachelor of Urban Design UG course is Rs. 16 Lakhs. However, it is advisable to go for a Master's degree to get a better starting package. The Master of Urban Design course is a two-year PG course at Rs. 7.56 Lakhs total fees.