# Transforming City Regions (MSc) at RWTH Aachen

RWTH's English-taught urban and regional planning master, focused on the transformation of city regions. It is RWTH's nearest equivalent to development-planning programmes elsewhere - note that RWTH does not run TU Dortmund's SPRING programme.

University: RWTH Aachen University (Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen) (https://studygermany.dev/universities/rwth-aachen.md)
City: Aachen (https://studygermany.dev/cities/aachen.md)
HTML page: https://studygermany.dev/programmes/rwth-aachen-msc-transforming-city-regions/

## At a glance

- Degree: MSc
- Language of instruction: English
- English requirement: IELTS 6.5 / TOEFL iBT 90 (RWTH working standard; exact score for this programme not confirmed). MOI certificates are not accepted; exemption only for degrees from UK/IE/US/CA/NZ/AU.
- German requirement: not required for admission
- ECTS: 120
- Duration: 4 semesters
- Intake: not confirmed
- Tuition: €0 per semester (public university)
- Semester contribution: not confirmed
- Semester ticket included: yes (Deutschland-Semesterticket)

Fee notes: €0 tuition for all students including non-EU/EEA - NRW public universities charge no tuition (contrast: TUM in Bavaria charges non-EU Master's students €4,000-6,000/semester). Semester contribution is approx. €330/semester: components are confirmed (ticket portion €208.80 from WS 2025/26) but the exact WS 2026/27 total is not yet verified on the AStA page, so no hard number is published here. It includes the Deutschlandsemesterticket, delivered digitally via the naveo app - valid Germany-wide on regional transport plus Zuid-Limburg in the Netherlands (Maastricht, Parkstad, Sittard-Geleen), with specific AVV cross-border lines into Belgium.

## Admission requirements

- Prior degree: Bachelor in Planning, Architecture, Geography or a closely related field (not confirmed on the programme page this pass)
- Minimum grade: not confirmed
- Also required: Admission type (open vs NC vs aptitude procedure) not confirmed for this programme - verify on the official page. Admission hinges on the Module Matching Form against RWTH's required modules - rejections are administrative and objective. Master's applicants apply directly via RWTHonline - uni-assist is NOT used. No application fee. APS certificate required for applicants from India, China and Vietnam. RWTH framework deadlines: non-EU ~1 March (winter) / ~1 September (summer); EU/EEA 15 July / 15 January - intake and exact dates for this programme not confirmed.

## Application deadlines

Not confirmed. Verify with the faculty.

## How to apply

- uni-assist required: no
- Application portal: https://online.rwth-aachen.de
- Official programme page: https://www.rwth-aachen.de/go/id/sgnq

## External resources

- [Official programme page](https://www.rwth-aachen.de/go/id/sgnq)
- [Apply via RWTHonline](https://online.rwth-aachen.de)



## Provenance

Last checked: 2026-07-10

- RWTH Aachen - Transforming City Regions M.Sc. official programme page: https://www.rwth-aachen.de/go/id/sgnq
- AStA RWTH Aachen - semester contribution (€0 tuition; Deutschlandsemesterticket bundled): https://www.asta.rwth-aachen.de/en/semester-contribution/
- Inferred - ECTS/duration assumed RWTH-standard 120/4 (programme page not read for this field): https://www.rwth-aachen.de/go/id/sgnq