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BS Environmental Planning

Our Mission

Guided by National University’s commitment to nation-building and Dynamic Filipinism, the College of Architecture, Planning, and Sustainable Built Environment strives to:
  • Educate future architects and environmental planners through a rigorous and innovative curriculum that integrates design excellence, technological competence, and cultural sensitivity.
  • Foster critical and ethical thinking, empowering graduates to address the challenges or resilience, sustainability, and equity in the built environment.
  • Engage with communities, industry, and government in the co-creation of knowledge and solutions that improve quality of life.
  • Contribute to research and discourse that position Filipino architecture and environmental planning within global conversations while remaining grounded in local contexts.

Our Vision

The College of Architecture, Planning, and Sustainable Built Environment envisions itself as a leading center of architectural and environmental planning education in the Philippines—cultivating critical, ethical, and creative thinkers who advance resilient, sustainable, and inclusive built environments for the Filipino nation and beyond.

About the Program

The Bachelor of Science in Environmental Planning program is an interdisciplinary program designed to train ethical planners in creating sustainable, resilient human settlements within Philippine and global contexts. The curriculum integrates earth systems, climate change adaptation, and environmental impact assessments with national governance, planning theory, and Sustainable Development Goals. Students build technical mastery in spatial tools including GIS, cartography, CAD rendering, urban design, and integrated land use and transportation planning, while applying zoning ordinances, physical planning controls, and disaster risk reduction frameworks to safeguard natural and built environments.

Branch Availability

This program is offered at the campuses below. Select a campus to send your inquiry.

Program Education Objectives

Demonstrate proficiency in environmental planning principles, tools, and techniques.

01

Apply critical thinking, analytical skills, and innovative approaches to address complex environmental issues.

02

Uphold high ethical standards and exhibit a strong sense of social responsibility with an entrepreneurial mindset.

03

Work collaboratively with professionals from various disciplines & cultures, fostering teamwork and personal development.

04

Recognize the global nature of environmental issues and contribute to addressing environmental challenges.

05

Program Outcomes

Skills

Communicate orally and in writing, using both English and Filipino.

Work in multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural teams.

Articulate policies, strategies, practices and solutions in preserving and promoting Filipino historical and cultural heritage.

Articulate the latest developments in environmental planning and allied sustainable environmental design disciplines.

Show awareness, understanding and appreciation of professional, social, and ethical responsibility and civil liability of environmental planners.

Discuss broad and coherent knowledge and understanding in core planning practices.

Demonstrate knowledge pertaining to sound environmental planning, sustainable environmental design, development, conservation and management.

Conduct research for planning.

Assist, prepare and implement plans for the natural and built environments.

Analyze environmental planning issues and problems in the local, regional and global contexts and possess adequate knowledge of the history and theories of environmental planning.

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