Teaching

In the Urban-rural Planning Department of Southeast University, various series of courses such as theoretical thinking, technical literacy, media performance and business operation are integrated while taking the series of physical plan courses as the main line, and thus a space + urban-rural planning teaching system with the characteristics of Southeast University is formed. Based on the basic needs of China's urbanization practice, we aim to cultivate international first-class talents with comprehensive thinking and discrimination abilities under multi-dimensional value, practical operation ability to cope with the complex physical situations of China's urbanization, and exploration and innovation ability to lead the leading edge of urban and rural planning discipline.

Scientific research

The Urban-rural Planning Department of Southeast University has an academic tradition of being good at design and focusing on physical space, by always taking China’s urbanization process as the source of academic research. In the long-term research, it has established a system with a large number of localized planning theories and methods, and formed many advantageous research fields, including urban design, urban space theory, historic heritage protection, etc., which have produced extensive academic influence in the urban and rural planning academic circle in China. In recent years, through a wide range of interdisciplinary and in-depth international cooperation, we have been working hard to promote digital innovation in urban and rural planning research, taken an active part in global urban development issues, and providing Chinese insights, Chinese experience, and Chinese theory for the contemporary world to solve problems involved with