The premiere architecture and planning institute, CEPT University, has students increasingly flocking to European countries for its overseas Summer School programme in 2015.

Last year, a few courses were conducted in Nepal, China, Hong Kong, Italy and Sri Lanka.

For the University’s second batch of Summer School 2015, a large part of the students have chosen European nations including Portugal, Denmark, Netherlands, Spain besides regular destinations like Nepal, Italy, Singapore, Hong Kong, among other Asian and African nations.

Under the programme, students try to explore new ideas and methods to get a hands-on experience and understand critical sites and real life challenges. About 800 students from architecture and technology institutes are likely to enroll for CEPT's Summer School Programme.

The programme is designed to provide a dynamic and multicultural learning environment. The first batch started last year with about 450 students participating in the six-week programme beginning mid-May.

“Our vision is to make education choice-based. And travel-based courses under the Summer-Winter School Programmes provide much-needed hands-on experience to the students of different faculties,” said A Srivathsan, academic director at CEPT University. In 2013, CEPT introduced the Summer and Winter Schools (SWS): it conducted its first Winter School programme in 2013 with 750 participants, and second in 2014 with 950 participants.

“These programmes differ from the regular semesters in terms of structure, approach and content. It attracts smart students who are clear about their career goals and with this programme can get closer to that goal,” adds Srivathsan.

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