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Our university's Department of City and Regional Planning (at the Faculty of Architecture and Design), has been elected as a member of the Association of European Planning Schools (AESOP). The full membership of TEDU CRP, which is accepted as the fourth and the youngest planning school in Turkey, provided that it meets certain standards and above in planning education, started as of April 2022.
The official charter of the Association of European Planning Schools (AESOP) was signed in 1987 in Dortmund, Germany. The aims of the association, which has membership options in different categories are possible be summarized as;
• to represent the interest of planning schools in Europe in national and international administrations and organizations, particularly within Europe
• to promote the development of teaching and research in the field of planning
• to facilitate cooperation and exchange between planning schools in Europe, and to encourage the harmonization and equivalence of their degrees
• to articulate a European dimension within planning education as part of the process of institutional cooperation and integration within Europe, bearing in mind also the prospect of increasing professional mobility within Europe
• to foster and enrich higher education in planning across Europe by mutual support, including facilitating dialogue, exchange visits, and the spread of information
• to defend the cause of expanding and enhancing higher education in planning and
• to promote a progressive approach to planning education in schools of planning by experts with a rounded view against rival claims from older-established academic units and from other disciplines and professions
The new AESOP Regulation was adopted by the AESOP Council of Representatives in Oslo on 5 May 2012 and updated in accordance with Belgian law on 20 December 2017.
AESOP membership, which is one of the most important organizations in City and Regional Planning Education, is an important step in achieving the strategic development goals of TED University & the department, and in increasing the quality of education and international recognition.