The Urban Planning and Design Institute of Shenzhen (UPDIS) is a comprehensive urban planning and design company with 400 employees. As the first planning institute in Shenzhen, UPDIS has helped guide the city’s development as it grew from 200,000 people 30 years ago to an estimated 15 million people today. About 40% of our projects are in Shenzhen (China’s first Special Economic Zone, just across the border from Hong Kong), with 60% elsewhere in China. Projects have ranged from regional planning and long range comprehensive planning, to statutory planning and detailed urban design projects to sector specific projects such as power supply and underground space planning.

The Internship: As almost all of our employees are Chinese educated in China, we desire fresh outlooks and ideas on urban strategies and designs that improve the competitiveness of cities while enhancing the quality of life for its citizens here. The selection of projects that the intern will be involved in will depend upon the interests and skills of the student—but may involve urban design, research into best practices, master planning…