Sneek peek into CEPT University
0 Comments | DNA : Daily News & Analysis; Mumbai, Jun 21, 2010
The Centre for Environment Planning and Technology (CEPT) needs no formal introduction. CEPT is not only known for its beautiful campus surrounded with lush green foliage, but also for its illustrious alumni and for various programmes offered in the university.
A sneak peek into the history of CEPT reveals that the School of Architecture was established in 1962. Ten years later, the School of Planning was established and in 1982, the School of Building Science and Technology was set up, followed by the School of Interior Design in 1991. CEPT offers both undergraduate and post graduate programmes in the areas of natural and developed environment of human society and other related disciplines. The university is involved in the constant process of making innovative changes in the curriculum. Considering the growing changes and demands in the disciplines that are taught at CEPT, various experts from the industry regularly teach at the university, as visiting faculties.
CEPT has ten faculties of various disciplines. While the undergraduate programmes receive grants from the state government, the five post graduate programmes receive grants from AICTE, GATE. CEPT is one of such universities where students can pursue and obtain two degrees in two similar programmes of their choice by spending one more year. The programmes which are offered at CEPT include, Master of Planning, (Urban and Regional Planning, Environmental Planning, Infrastructure Planning, Rural Planning and Management.
The duration for the doctoral programme is three years, and is offered in all areas of developed natural environment. The unique feature of this programme is the requirement of one major area in which students will carry out a detailed research, culminating in thesis and two minor areas in which students will prepare several term papers.
As part of its International tie ups, CEPT has student exchange programmes, joint studios and research activities, with many international institutes and universities. As part of these programmes, faculty members and students are provided with an opportunity to spend one academic semester in institutes which include Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, Austria, and Washington University Seattle, USA. These are just to name a few, there are many such colleges across the globe where students and faculty members go to as part of the tie ups.
If the infrastructural facilities are anything to go by, then CEPT is spread over 8000 square meters and has studios, lecture halls, theatre, libraries and computer centres. It has now acquired additional land from AES about 25 acres to keep a scope for its further development.
Their library has a collection of 37,000 books and 110 periodicals for all faculties and has an extensive slide and video film collection. Being a member of INFLIBNET, it has the advantage of having access to books in other
libraries as well.
Apart from computer laboratories, there are structural laboratory, environmental science laboratory, photography and documentation laboratory, remote sensing laboratory and digital image processing laboratory. There are also energy simulation laboratory and geographical information system laboratory. For the benefit of the students, CEPT organises workshops like sculpture, ceramics and graphics
interior design schools