Urban Design and Urban Planning

Overview

The Mission (2015-2020)

The Urban Design program is the academic discipline concerned with interpreting the spatial organization and dynamics of urban areas. The interest is in comparing, evaluating, and inventing new ways to maintain the balance between public and private, the built and natural environment, and local and global perspectives.
The Department of Urban Design and Urban Planning is the home of both professions and offers a prime professional degree in urban planning and a post-professional degree in urban design. Urbanism movements are underpinned as practical action to shape the urban environment in sustainable ways through local community participation and several stakeholders. The participation takes place in the evaluation process of academic performance.

The Objectives

Our students should be able to:

  • Interpret the basic principles of urban planning and different theories of urban design and urban planning.
  • Analyze the link between urban planning, urban design, and the architecture design process through field study.
  • Apply the gained skills through a number of real projects in order to improve society's and students' response. Areas of Study The department handles the following main courses in two academic years: urban planning, urban design, city planning, landscape architecture, architecture design, environmental studies, urban socio-economics studies, and urban economic. The graduates have unique job opportunities in Regional Strategic Planning, Detailed Planning, Urban Design and Landscape Architecture, as well as Architecture projects.

Areas of Study

The department handles the following main courses in two academic years: urban planning, urban design, city planning, landscape architecture, architecture design, environmental studies, urban socio-economics studies, and urban economic. The graduates have unique job opportunities in Regional Strategic Planning, Detailed Planning, Urban Design and Landscape Architecture, as well as Architecture projects. 

Career Opportunities

The graduated has unique job opportunities in Regional Strategic Planning, Detailed Planning, Urban Design and Landscape Architecture, as well as Architecture projects.

Facilities and Laboratories

  • Three lecture-rooms with capacity 100 students for each one.
  • Five drawing studios of 70 students for reach one.
  • A library contains several books and journals of architecture and urban design references.
  • A Computer lab for software applications.

Scientific Degrees

  • Bachelor of Architectural Engineering, Urban Planning and Design Degree Branch.
  • Diploma in  Urban Design Studies.
  • Diploma in Urban Planning.
  • Diploma in Environmental Studies.
  • Master of Engineering Science.
  • Maser of Urban Planning.
  • Master of Urban Design.
  • Master of Environmental Studies.
  • Doctor of Philosophy.

Heads of Department