Program Overview

Program Overview

The Master's program in Urban Design is a multidisciplinary, cooperative approach to urban development, bringing together architecture, urban and regional planning, sociology, and landscape architecture. In cooperation with Tongji University in Shanghai, China, students have the opportunity to complete the degree program as a double master's degree.

Program Details

• Degree: Master of Science
• Standard period of study: 4 semesters
• Credit points: 120
• Program start: Winter semester
• Admission: Restricted admission
• Language of instruction: English

Admission Requirements

The formal admission requirement for the consecutive master's program in Urban Design is a first university degree in architecture, urban or regional planning, landscape architecture, or a closely related subject qualifying the applicant for professional work. Applicants are required to provide proof of English skills at CEFR level B2 or equivalent.

Program Structure

The Urban Design program is divided into compulsory, compulsory elective, and elective components. The compulsory component encompasses a total of 78 credit points, including projects and master's thesis. The compulsory elective component includes 30 credit points, and students must complete a total of 12 credit points in the elective component.

Content and Modules

The master's degree program in Urban Design consists of modules that combine curriculum content on a specific topic and often include various study and teaching formats such as lectures, practical tutorials, seminars, and practical projects. A current overview of all modules in the program is available in TU Berlin's module transfer system (MTS).

Internships

Before starting the program, one or more internships totaling at least 640 hours must have been completed. Professional work done before and during the previous university degree program can be counted towards this.

Stays Abroad

Parts of the program can be completed abroad, either in the form of study abroad or internships. General information regarding stays abroad can be obtained from the TU Berlin International Office and the Career Service.

Acquired Skills

As a graduate of the master's program in Urban Design, students are familiar with transdisciplinary working methods and have an extended understanding of design. They can graphically convey and visualize information that shapes urban space, and their solutions include aspects such as knowledge generation and knowledge materialization as well as societal transformation.

After Your Studies

Typical fields of work for graduates include urbanization processes, dynamic and rapid urban growth, critical and creative consideration of changing social conditions, urban structuring of existing and new settlements, and designing public spaces under consideration of ecological, cultural, social, political, technological, and financial conditions. Another focus of work includes scientific studies on urban development issues.