The ultimate aim of education at School of Planning is to make aware of multidimensional issues of contemporary society and to meet the challenges arising out of resolving these issues. It deals with accumulated knowledge helping students to translate these into actions, appropriate to their own time. In process, it is dynamic analysis of culture, values , knowledge and methodology.

School of Planning, CEPT aspires not only to train competent technocrats but also in increasing students sensitivity to the emotional, spiritual, cultural and aesthetic dimensions. The students are equipped to understand the complex societal forces that would increasingly bear on them when they begin their professional life and to cope with them successfully.

I take immense pleasure in introducing the School of Planning of the CEPT family. The School of Planning was established in 1972 and it heralded a new philosophy of planning education and attempted to make a departure from the prevailing trends in planning education and mainstream planning practice. The emphasis on the broader development issues and focus on the economic and social dimension of development of School of Planning was aimed to foster a new mode of planning, which sought to break away the realms of planning practices by public agencies to encompass larger societal concerns of growth, distribution and management of changes as well as policy formulation at the national and state level.

Postgraduate education and training has become the fastest growing aspect of higher education in India as more students decide to engage in various courses and research. All the courses offered at School of Planning are firmly rooted in a strong research culturePostgraduate students have access to leading academics working at the frontier of their subjects. There are opportunities to participate in specialist courses and multi-disciplinary research.

School of Planning has excellent facilities through its libraries, laboratories and research and consultancy. However, postgraduates also benefit from good accommodation, social, cultural and sports facilities that are available in the School and the City.

At the School of Planning we provide an excellent range of specializations in planning field based on high quality research. We hope you will explore the opportunities available here and join our community.