UG Foundation Year (CFP)

CEPT Foundation Program (CFP) 2024-25

The CEPT Foundation Program identifies the common and specific sets of skills, abilities, and knowledge required by first-year undergraduate students across disciplines at CEPT and guides students to achieve excellence in these. Through its pedagogy, CFP works to instill a strong work ethic, useful in the transition from school to one’s professional career. The focus of the program ranges from observation, visualisation and drawing to analysis, interpretation and representation, and making; and to reading, research and written expression, with different emphases corresponding to the requirements of disciplines of design and the built environment. CFP offers an understanding of one's area of expertise while building the ability to dialogue across disciplines. It is a time open to exploration through a mix of highly structured exercises and opportunities to experiment and explore, as well as to engage with contemporary experts in the arts and social sciences.

Welcome Note

A warm welcome to CEPT Foundation Program (CFP), where you will spend the first year of your journey at CEPT University, acquiring foundational skills that will help you continue your professional education.

Both the semesters of the CEPT Foundation Program will be conducted on campus and students are required to be present throughout the duration of the academic year. There are also mandatory field trips during the academic year, intended to promote experiential learning.

The Monsoon Semester begins on the 28th August, 2024, with a welcome note by the President and the Provost at the BNB Lecture Hall, at 10.00 am. All students are expected to be present for it and parents are welcome. The session will be followed by an orientation session with the CFP faculty. The rest of the week i.e. 29th and 30th August , provides an introduction to the campus community and the way of functioning, and to the learning environment at CFP. All students are expected to be present.

Regular classes begin on the 2nd September, 2024. Please note that the Diwali Break this year is from the 28th October, to the 3rd November 2024.

We are looking forward to meeting you soon!

Please consider these specifications only if you are buying a new computer or tablet for your undergraduate studies and beyond. However, if your current device has similar or even lower specifications, it should still work fine.

Requirements

Kindly note that you will need to have the following before the beginning of the Academic Year:

1. Laptop and digitizer with stylus:

Recommended Laptop Configuration

• Intel i5/i7 (8th gen to 13th gen) OR equivalent Ryzen CPU OR M series Apple

Processor Machines (Mind you, these processors vary from being quad-core to octa- core, all of them are fine, but the higher the core count better the performance)

• 16 GB RAM (Recommended)

• 500 GB minimum HDD/SSD Space

• GTX 3050 / RTX 4060 8 GB or higher OR equivalent Ryzen GPU OR M series Apple Processor Machines (Most applications would be graphic intensive, having any dedicated graphics card in the machine would help with your workflow tremendously)

• A capable Full HD Display or Higher

Recommended Digitizers/Tablets

• 10" Full HD Screen size or higher for better drawing and visualization (go for more pixel density if possible)

• 64/128 GB or higher onboard storage space Suggested Products

1. Any iPad with Apple Pencil or equivalent

2. Galaxy Tab S7 or Higher with S Pen

Software Requirements

Attached below are some links to the software required for T1 Documentation and Compilation and throughout the year. Please use your University Email ID to avail discounts and/or education benefits based on each software company's policy.

1. Office Lens for Android

2. Office Lens for iOS

Or any equivalent Document/photo scanning app.

1. Adobe Creative Cloud (7 DayTrial)

   1. Photoshop

   2. Indesign Or

2. Affinity Suite (6 Months Trial)

   1. Affinity Photo 2

   2. Affinity Publisher 2

3. Autodesk AutoCAD (Student License)

4. Sketchup Pro Trial

Please look for student versions of this above-mentioned software, Autodesk provides free software to students after verifying proof of admission/Student ID card for their software lineup.

In case of any queries, please feel free to contact us at cfpadmin@cept.ac.in

LINKS:

1. Student Handbook
2. Academic Calendar 2024-25
3. CFP Student Weekly Timetable
4. List of Stationery