MIT School of Architecture and Planning

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The MIT School of Architecture and Planning is one of the five schools of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. The school consists of 2 departments and grants the S.B., S.M., and the Ph.D. degrees. The current Dean of Architecture and Planning is Professor Adèle Naudé Santos.^[1]

Contents 1 Architecture 2 Urban Studies and Planning 3 Affiliated laboratories and centers 3.1 Media Laboratory 3.2 Center for Real Estate 3.3 Center for Advanced Visual Studies 4 External links 5 References

[edit] Architecture

The Department of Architecture

[edit] Urban Studies and Planning

The Department of Urban Studies and Planning (DUSP)

Founded in 1933, DUSP has four specialization areas: City Design and Development; Environmental Policy; Housing, Community and Economic Development; and the International Development Group. There are also three cross-cutting areas of study: Transportation Planning and Policy, Urban Information Systems (UIS) and Regional Planning.

DUSP offers a two-year Master in City Planning (MCP) degree and a PhD in Urban and Regional Studies or Urban and Regional Planning. Under special circumstances, admission may be granted to candidates seeking a one-year Master of Science (SM) degree. DUSP also offerr a Bachelor of Science (SB) in Planning, a five-year SB/MCP, and minors in Public Policy and in Urban Studies and Planning.

[edit] Affiliated laboratories and centers

[edit] Media Laboratory

Main article: MIT Media Lab

The Media Laboratory

[edit] Center for Real Estate

The Center for Real Estate

[edit] Center for Advanced Visual Studies

The Center for Advanced Visual Studies

[edit] External links

• Official website

[edit] References

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