THE DEPARTMENT OF URBAN PLANNING AND ENGINEERING
Who We Are
Since its establishment in 1989, the Department of Urban Planning and Engineering at Pusan national University aims to cultivate talent and intellect to develop the insight, knowledge, and technical skills needed to deal effectively with the challenges of contemporary urban life – the impact of rapid urbanization; continuing inequities and social injustice; the scarcity of resources; and the vulnerability to climate change. To cope with the complex nature, the program prepares students with a comprehensive understanding, in both theory and practice, of multiple forces that shape the well-being of regions, cities, and neighborhoods. Our pedagogic endeavor encourages students to explore, learn and thrive in various processes of shaping an urban environment.
History
MAR 1989. | The Department of Urban Engineering established |
MAR 1994. | Master’s degree [M.S.] program offered |
MAR 1996. | Doctor’s degree [Ph. D.] program offered |
MAR 2014. | Undergraduate program [CK-1] granted |
MAR 2015. | Department classification changed to School of Urban, Architecture, and Civil Engineering |
MAR 2016. | Graduate program [BK21+] granted |
VISION & PRINCIPLES
The department is the leading community of students, researchers, and faculty dedicated to enhancing the quality of life and sustainable development by creating critical links between the environment, society and its people.
Excellence in Curriculum
Pursue higher education through strengthening our fundamental courses, specializations and opportunities to collaborate in multi-disciplinary environment.
Proactive Learning Experience
Create various learning opportunities and proactive environment for students to engage in research, scholarly events, and field practice.
Defining Best in Practice
Provide students with better career guidance that enhances the students’ aptitude and competence to reinforce the role of urban specialists.
Enhanced Network of Opportunities
Reinforce the opportunities for students to engage with regional, national, and global community to expand our interactions with different actors of a society.
GRANTS
Creative Korea [CK-1] APR 2014 – FEB 2019
CK-1 grant offers various scholarship opportunities and extracurricular activities to undergraduate students. CK-1 has been making steady progress in providing educative opportunities to promote creativity across disciplines including architecture, architectural engineering, civil engineering and urban engineering. The collaboration highlights a set of advanced topics including – disaster prevention and management, urban regeneration, housing and real estate development, urban cultural resources, energy plants and infrastructure management – to engage students, scholars, and professionals in rethinking a wide spectrum of built environment in global context.
Brain Korea [BK21+] MAR 2016 – AUG 2020
BK21+ grant offers various scholarship opportunities, extracurricular activities, and research opportunities for graduate students. By the theme “Urban planning education program for urban safety and climate change adaptation”, the team leads specialists to emphasize the value of sustainability and safety in cities as a solution to urban issues in the field of transportation, urban life, and urban natural disaster through planning approach. In order to establish a safe city, the team selected Land Use Planning, Transportation Planning, and Urban Design as essential academic fields.
SPECIALIZATIONS
In addition to the core curriculum, the department offers seven specializations associated with professional planning practice. Sustainable development is the overarching concept for these specializations. Each emphasizes equity, environmental quality, economic viability, and social participation and grapples with the interconnections among these dimensions of sustainability. Envisioning better futures, livability, and environmental protection are all part of smart growth strategies for sustainable regional growth.
Regional Planning & Geographic Information Science
This specialization centers on preventing centralization and promoting balanced regional development, allocating resources, anticipating infrastructure and public service needs in region, ensuring proper settlement and quality.
Transportation & Infrastructure Planning
This specialization centers on continuing to reduce vehicle miles traveled, interaction between land use and transportation, ensuring that urban residents live in walkable environments, and among many others.
Community & Economic Development
This specialization centers on understanding the complexity of social and economic factors that are intertwined in urban environment and analyzing the economics at different levels using proper data and technique to make necessary policy implementation.
Housing Policy & Real Estate Development
This specialization centers on providing and managing affordable public housing, improving housing equity, planning and development of real estate in both public and private sectors, and making necessary policy implementation for better quality of life.
City Design & Development
This specialization helps students create valued and meaningful places that contribute to larger social, economic and environmental goals, collaborate with many stakeholders to mediate urban issues through design by providing livable, sustainable and resilient urban places.
Sustainable Land Use Planning
This specialization centers on community land use planning set in the context of regional growth or decline. The planning process providers comprehensive planning to accommodate the growth in a way that preserves and enhances local quality of life.
Climate Change & Natural Hazard Resilience
This specialization centers on helping the public, non-profit and private sectors become more resilient in the face of natural hazards and disasters, and adapt to the effects of a changing climate.