Planning Thesis

Thesis semester as the final semester, gives an opportunity to students to put their learning of previous semesters together. In this process, each student is required to undertake a research project of their interest concerning subjects relevant to the field of planning. Through the thesis, students synthesize the knowledge and skills acquired during the learning of various theories and practices throughout the course and apply it for strategy formulation for a live planning challenge.

Each student is allocated individual thesis supervisor(s) who guide him/her through the semester. The thesis is monitored continuously and periodically, through internal marked reviews, to check the consistency of work, the relevance of the analysis with respect to the project scope, and the progress towards logical proposals. The final output is firstly in the form of an extended abstract, which once approved is followed by the submission of a detailed report and drawing/visuals which is presented to an external jury panel consisting of experts from the relevant field.