Architecture Planning and Design Courses from Manipal University

Faculty of Architecture Planning & Design (FAPD) has been providing world class education under multicultural environment since 1978. Its aims to foster creative, innovative and intellectually vibrant learning with a global outlook that would establish academic and professional excellence in architecture. FAPD is an elite institution with state of the art facilities, dedicated and experienced faculty members believing in student centric practices where teaching is no longer confined to the four walls of the class room. The quality of life at FAPD enriches the students and helps moulding them into responsible and professional citizens of tomorrow. Welcome to the exclusive world of Faculty of Architecture Planning & Design Faculty of Architecture Planning & Design (FAPD) has been providing world class education under multicultural environment since 1978. Its aims to foster creative, innovative and intellectually vibrant learning with a global outlook that would establish academic and professional excellence in architecture. An elite institution with state of the art facilities, dedicated and experienced faculty members believing in student centric practices; at (FAPD), teaching is no longer confined to the four walls of the class room. The quality of life at (FAPD) enriches the students and helps moulding them into responsible and professional citizens of tomorrow. Welcome to the exclusive world of Manipal School of Architecture & Planning In the 32 years of its existence, the newly established Faculty of Architecture Planning and Design has seen a tremendous growth from a humble beginning under the Department of Civil Engineering offering specialization in Architecture into an institute. It came into existence in 1978 with just a few students. It started the B. Arch degree under the Mysore University. It came under the newly established Mangalore University in 1980 as Department of Architecture. In October 2003, Manipal University renamed the Department of Architecture as Faculty of Architecture and Head of the Department as Dean. The Council of Architecture, the regulatory body for architects in India, in the year 2009 expressed its concern regarding autonomy of Faculty of Architecture and in 2010 it emphasized for an independent school of architecture and planning with the increase in the number of students. On 15th December, 2010 it became the 22nd institute of Manipal University under Prof. (Dr) N.K .Garg, the Dean, Faculty of Architecture and he became the first director of Faculty of Architecture Planning and Design Presently Faculty of Architecture Planning& Design has an intake of 120 students in the Bachelor of Architecture programme, 40 in Bachelor of Interior Design and an intake of 20 students in the Master of Architecture programme. It attracts students from all over India, and foreign countries like Australia, Europe and Gulf. It has highly qualified and experienced teaching staff. The Faculty of Architecture Planning and Design offers students an extensive range of facilities and equipment to support their architectural studies