Anna University School of Architecture and Planning

School of Architecture and Planning

Motto	Labor omnia vincit
Type	Public
Established	1957
Dean	Monsingh Devadas
Location	Chennai , Tamil Nadu , India
Campus	Urban
Affiliations	Anna university
Website	http://www.annauniv.edu/sap/

School of Architecture and Planning (SAP) is one of the four constituent colleges of Anna University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It was established as a Department of Architecture of the University of Madras in 1957 and was located in the Alagappa College of Technology. The department was later renamed as the School of Architecture and Planning, and shifted to its own independent campus in 1968. It is now a constituent college of Anna University.

SAP is headed by Dr. Ranee Vedamuthu as its Dean. The School functions as two departments- Department of Architecture and Department of Planning headed by Dr. P Meena Kumari (i/c) and Dr. Abdul Razak respectively. The School conducts undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Architecture and a postgraduate course in Planning. SAP also offers Ph D programs in Architecture and Planning and MS degree (through research). The School has state of the art facilities and its own library with a collection of publications of about 15,000 which include books, Journals, thesis reports and back volumes. The Library has now become a resource center for Architectural colleges of Tamil Nadu as well as for other States.

SAP has a Centre for Human Settlements (CHS) which is an autonomous Centre of the Anna University. It was established in the year 1980 and is headed by Dr. S R Masilamani. It is an interdisciplinary Centre offering Consultancy, Training, Research and Extension services in the areas related to Urban and Regional Planning, Development and Management.

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