BUD: Bachelor’s in Urban Design — Higher Level Admission 2026
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Program brief
The Bachelor of Urban Design program at CEPT University envisions urban designers as key contributors to shaping functional, meaningful, and resilient cities. The program emphasises two core responsibilities — designing the public realm and guiding the private realm — to create sustainable, inclusive, and liveable urban environments. It positions urban design at the intersection of architecture, landscape, and planning, encouraging students to understand how these disciplines interconnect to shape the form, structure, image, and experience of the city. Through an intensive, studio-based curriculum, students explore the dynamic relationships between people, place, infrastructure, and ecology across multiple scales. They learn to design urban spaces — streets, public squares, neighbourhoods, and systems — that enhance the city’s image and enrich the everyday experience of its citizens while responding to social, cultural, and environmental contexts. Rooted in CEPT University’s deep expertise in human habitat studies, the program prepares graduates to envision and transform the future of urban India.
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Message from the Program Chair
Urban design focuses on structuring cities, shaping them, and giving character to public spaces. It deals with the design of the public realm while guiding the private realm
Program Structure
- Degree Title
- Bachelor of Urban Design
- Duration
- Five Years | Ten Semesters
- Total Credits
- 200 across Five Years
- Studios
Common Module:
- Drawing
- Model Making
- How Things Work
- Gauging Sizes
- Documenting and Representing
- Joining Elements
- Understanding Structures
- Basics of IOT
- Mapping and Data Representation
Discipline specific module:
- Seeing the city
- Observing the city
- Drawing the city
- Representing the city
- Designing in the city.
- Theory
- Reading Object Writing Craft
Students choose studios from the offered
- L2 Studios
Studios at BUD cover a vast range of topics focusing on:
- Street and Public Space Design
- Builtform and Urban Block Design
- Landscape and Ecology based Design
- Urban Construction
L2 Studios focus:
Exploring essential design skills, processes, and tools while developing technical proficiency and creative problem-solving abilities.- Courses
- History of Urban Form
- Construction & Technology
- Urban Design Theory
- Climate, Landscape and Ecology
- Behavioral Science
- Urban Planning and Policy
- L3 Studios
Studios at BUD cover a vast range of topics focusing on two thematic domains of Green Field Development and Brown Field Development:
- Neighbourhood Design
- Design in Heritage precient
- Resilience
- Redevelopment
- Ecology and Landscape
- Campus Design, etc
L3 Studios focus:
Applying critical thinking and analytical skills to explore physical, societal, cultural, and environmental concerns while engaging with industry practices, policies, research, and professional scenarios.- Courses
- Introduction to Urban Infrastructure and Urban Transport
- People, Culture, Society
- Urban Design Research Methods
- Economics and Governance
- Project Finance and Mechanisms
- Data Analytics and Information System
- Professional Practice
- Exchange Opportunities
Selected students can opt for exchange semester abroad in their 10th semester with limited available exchange seats.
- Research Immersion
Students can opt for either doing Directed Research Project (DRP) or studio project in their 10th Semester.
- Internship
Students undergo internship for a minimum of 18 weeks in the domain of urban design, planning, architecture, and landscape practices.
*The program structure and courses indicated above are based on previous years’ offerings and are subject to change.
