Sudan (University of Medical Sciences and Technology) The World Cities Day
UMST University faculty of engineering
Department of Architecture
, participated in the UN HABITAT Urban October workshop held on the 31th October 2022
The department of architecture at UMST participated in the workshop based on the invitation submitted to the department. requesting the participation of students in the World Cities Day, Urban October, under the theme; Mind the Gap Leave No One and Place Behind. Students from ten different universities in Khartoum city participated in the workshop. The participation of UMST was as follows:
1/ Dr. Hanan Mohamed Hassan El-Sawahli
2/ Lecturer Rahig
3 / Twelve students as representatives of the fourth year – Batch 3
The role was as follows:
– Dr. Hanan El-Sawahli gave an opening speech on the role of the Universities in terms of involving students in projects concerned with floods and environmental issues, as well as a group supervisor in the workshop.
– Lecturer Rahiq was a group supervisor in the workshop.
– The participation of the students was about how to solve the planning issues and problems pertaining to flood risk management in given neighbourhoods prone to flooding. The students presented an honorable picture of the university and the college.