The Department of Architecture at the University of Technology has been given the Master's of degree for postgraduate a student “ Mohammed Kareem Salman “  about the thesis entitled  ((  Formal transformations in urban centers which has held at the discussion hall of department .

The searcher have been focused Formal transformations in urban centers, has many dimensions in the development and integration of the urban structure of these centers. Therefore, the study dealt with many of the proposals and studies on urban centers and theories of its composition as well as transformations that occur within the centers and their distances and manifestations and causes, it was noted that these changes occur in a way that lacks the correct diagnosis and what is the reason behind the occurrence of these transformations. Thus, the research reached its cognitive problem, which revolves around the problems of determining the components of an integrated urban structure for urban centers, this requires research into its formal transformations .for that, the main objective of the research (Achieving a comprehensive theoretical framework on urban centers, their components and their transformations) The rest of the research objectives focused on identifying the factors influencing the achievement of an integrated urban structure and extracting the most important elements that are reflected in these formal transformations .

The discussion committee consisted of :-

• Proffesr Sanaa Sate’e Abas                             ( chief Committee ) .
• Asst Prof Mohammed Khasim                                           ( Member ) .
• Lecturer Dr. Mufeed Ehsan Shouk ( Member ) .
• Asst Prof Khansa Ghazi Rasheed                              ( Supervised ).