Pioneer Planning School in Bangladesh
Urban and Rural Planning Discipline (URPD) is the first planning school in Bangladesh for undergraduate level education. It is one of the four Disciplines with which Khulna University started its academic programmes.URPD was established in Khulna University in 1991 with a view to producing qualified planners that Bangladesh severely lacks. Urban and Rural Planning is an interdisciplinary field of study which aims at producing skilled practitioners imbued with the most up-to-date planning techniques. It offers four years Bachelor Degree, two years Master Degree, and PhD in Planning. The ongoing degree programmes focus on creating a sense on contemporary patterns of urban and rural development, and the processes that contribute to change across cities and rural areas.URPD promises to offer both planning and development solutions to manage human activities encompassing the social, political, cultural, economic, and technological factors into an interdisciplinary framework.The academic programmes provide opportunities for students to develop and demonstrate the knowledge and understanding in conducting professional activities in major streams of urban and rural development planning.
