CEPT UNIVERSITY

CEPT University, originally founded as the School of Architecture in 1962 by The Ahmedabad Education Society, is located near University Area in Ahmedabad, India. It later expanded to include the School of Planning (1972), School of Building Science and Technology (1982), and School of Interior Design (1991), supported by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, the Government of Gujarat, and the Ford Foundation. Until 2002 it operated autonomously, recognized by the AICTE, and was affiliated with Hemchandracharya North Gujarat University from 2002 to 2005. It became a university in 2005 under the Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology University Act, and was renamed CEPT University in 2010. The institution now comprises Faculties of Architecture, Planning, Technology, Design, and Management, along with several research centres such as CRDF, CUE, CARBSE, DICRC, and CoE. In 2024, CEPT University was ranked 6th in India for architecture by the National Institutional Ranking Framework. Notable people associated with CEPT include B. V. Doshi, Christopher Benninger, Bimal Patel, and other prominent architects and planners.