Urban and Regional Planning

Overview

Mission

The department believes on creativity and aim to construct air quality, traffic monitoring and water quality labs in order to improve the quality of education and status of teaching and research in the field of Urban and Regional Planning. The Urban and Regional Planning programme of the University of Peshawar, through different seminars, model making workshops and other interactive modules of learning, is uplifting the vision of students towards the tangible and intangible goals of spatial development planning, making better professionals to work in a dynamic job market worldwide.

Job Fields

Students who graduate from the Department of Urban and Regional Planning can find employment in various fields such as public corporations at international national provincial levels and district level, such as World Bank, Asian Development Bank, Development authorities Housing and physical Planning departments, Planning consultancies, Public Policy units, local governments, NGO’s, armed forces & civil aviation authority.

Aspirations

• We are engaged in close interaction with related disciplines like Architecture, Civil Engineering, Economics, Environmental Sciences, Geography, Human and Community Development, Sociology, Urban Design, Transportation Planning & Traffic Management, Disaster Management etc.

• We foster the international exchange of planning ideas and experience through teaching, research, public service, and active roles in governmental organizations.

• We maintain a high level of research activity focusing primarily on planning related issues.

• We organize field surveys and study tours to familiarize students with ample examples of planning foundation in Pakistan.