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International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED 97) - FIELDS - level 3 - Detailed fields

Code	Abbreviation	Name	Valid from	Valid to	Family
5627	ISCED_O3	International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED 97) - FIELDS - level 3 - Detailed fields	01.01.2008	09.09.9999	Education

Code List Item:

Architecture and town planning

Code	Name	Valid from	Valid to
581	Architecture and town planning	01.01.2008	09.09.9999

Definition of item:

Architecture is the study of the art, science and techniques of building design. It
encompasses both utilitarian ends - such as the soundness of the structure and the
functional and economic efficiency of the building - and aesthetic considerations. Town
planning is the study of the regulated growth and improvement of towns in both
functional and aesthetical points of view. Programmes with the following main content
are classified here:

Architectural urban design and planning
Architecture
Building design
Cartography/Land surveying
City planning
Community development
Landscape architecture
Structural architecture
Surveying
Town and country planning
Urban planning

Inclusions:

Study of cartography and surveying is included in this field

Exclusions:

Study of interior design is excluded from this field and included in field 214 ‘Design’.
The laying out and construction of parks and gardens is excluded from this field and
included in field 622 ‘Horticulture’.

Correspondences

International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED 97) - FIELDS - level 2 - Narrow fields

Architecture and building