Students enrolled in the Urban Development and Planning degree program must earn 30 credits per semester and 60 credits per academic year. The study period is 4 years, and a student must earn 240 credits by completion of the program.
For a student, 1 ECTS credit equals 30 academic hours, and the annual student workload is 1,800 academic hours for 60 credits. Of this, 40% consists of classroom hours and 60% of independent study hours. The credits to be mastered by the student during a semester include compulsory and elective courses specified in the course catalog.
The Urban Development and Planning degree program is in the field of architecture and construction. It covers a set of professional activities related to state, joint-stock, and private companies (firms), design organizations, production associations, management of various sectors and branches of the economy, determination of prospects for their socio-economic development, and development and implementation of organizational solutions based on development patterns and modern concepts.
Professional activity objects of the 60730900 – Urban Development and Planning degree program.
Ministry of Construction and Housing and Communal Services of the Republic of Uzbekistan and sectoral research institutes;
state and non-state organizations, enterprises and institutions, companies (firms), production associations, and other entities;
research institutes and design organizations developing master plans for cities, buildings and structures forming cities, and residential settlements;
organizations engaged in planning, construction, reconstruction, and renovation of urban territories (residential areas, administrative and green areas);
organizations engaged in operation and reconstruction of existing buildings and residential areas in cities, renovation of old areas, and their monitoring;
organizations providing urban improvement, landscaping, and sanitary cleaning services;
research institutes and design organizations developing plans for urban streets and roads and municipal engineering networks;
organizations involved in transport planning in city master plans and in the design, construction, and reconstruction of transport facilities;
industrial enterprises;
government authorities and state and non-state institutions of secondary and specialized professional education for solving complex problems.
Graduates of the 60730900 – Urban Development and Planning bachelor’s degree program, after completing the bachelor’s degree, have the right to work and solve complex problems in research institutes and design organizations, construction organizations, organizations engaged in long-term planning, construction, urban improvement and landscaping, sanitary cleaning services, renovation of old residential areas, operation and reconstruction of existing buildings and structures, planning and operation of urban streets and municipal engineering networks, and planning of public transport and design, construction, and reconstruction of transport facilities.