Faculty of Planning

Master's in Urban Design

MUD is intended for individuals who have a strong interest in the practice of shaping the physical form of urban areas and in the design of public places.

India’s rapid urbanization and the resultant fast paced transformation of urban areas particularly poses great challenges to the existing approaches to design of public domain in cities. This also creates an opportunity to imagine the future scenarios of cities with a strong focus on design with functionality, livability, and sustainability.

Design studios are at the centre of the MUD program which engages multiple design topics that cut across a variety of scales and urban scenarios. The studio exercises are structured around real-life projects emerging from the public discourse within a given city. These projects will be predominantly concerned with the design of new neighbourhoods, urban regeneration, and design of public places.

As there is a growing interest in improving quality of our cities, there is an urgent need for professionals who can imagine and improve the everyday urban life of the urban dwellers through better design of the physical environment. MUD program pedagogy reciprocates this dynamic urban scenario in preparing design professionals equipped to take on this urban challenge.

On successful completion of the program, the students will be awarded the degree of Master of Urban Design.