1. Faculty of Management
Master’s in Habitat Management
CEPT University

2. CEPT University, a 50 year old
institution
 is committed to building
thoughtful professionals with indepth understanding of human
settlements
 focuses on creating understanding
of designing, planning,
constructing and managing
human habitats.
The Faculty of Management is
newly established. A two year
master’s course in Habitat
Management

3. THE NEED
• Economic growth and urbanization
over time have led to significant
and concentrated urban
settlements.
• An increase in urban population
has led to an expansion of human
habitats in various forms.
• We believe that better
management can make Indian
cities, towns and buildings more
livable, efficient and robust than
they are today.

4. THE NEED
• These habitats need attention to
maintain the existing structures
and manage the future
expansion.
• Professionals with state-of-the-art
training and skills are needed in
the government, private and
non-profit sectors.
The program offers a blend of
understanding of
urban management practices and
of
core-management principles

5. THE MHM Program
• MHM aspires to bring about
notable changes in urban India
by creating a pool of
professionals of high quality
that are dedicated to
management of human
habitat.
• Utilizing the specialization of
CEPT in habitat and built
environment sector, the MHM
program is built around
interdisciplinary skills needed
to educate and create
professionals.

6. THE MHM PROGRAM OPENS UP CAREER OPTIONS IN
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local and state governments;
development authorities and agencies;
project management firms;
engineering, architecture and planning firms;
international development organizations;
development financing organizations
non-profit development agencies

7. CURRICULUM AND PEDAGOGY
electives
Winter/
Core courses
Studio
Site visits
and study
tours
summer
schools
internship
Guest
lectures

8. SEMESTERS
1
learning urban
context, settlements,
history,
communication,
accounting,
management
principles, utilitiesidentification of issues
and finding solutions
2
making operations
and management
plan for an urban
neighborhood ;
urban finance,
organisation
behavior, ethics and
governments, egovernance,
business skills
3
management
planning of a large
urban area, social
utilities, strategy,
marketing branding,
contract
management ,
project management
principles,
negotiations, conflict
management
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capstone project –
research thesis or
project work

9. HOW TO APPLY
• MHM is open to all graduates.
• Application forms are available
at http://cept.ac.in
• The admission process includes
a written test followed by an
interview

10. Thank you