At a glance

Language: English-taught
Duration: 4 sem 120 ECTS
Intake: not confirmed
Tuition: €0 public university
Semester fee: not confirmed

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.

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
English: 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: not required for admission
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.

Deadlines & timeline

Deadlines are not yet confirmed for this programme. They likely follow the university's general Master's deadlines. Verify with the faculty before planning your application.

Fees & funding

Tuition: €0 per semester
Semester contribution: not confirmed
Semester ticket: included (Deutschland-Semesterticket)

€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.

Scholarships are listed per university: see RWTH Aachen scholarships.

How to apply

uni-assist: not required
Application portal: online.rwth-aachen.de
Official page: www.rwth-aachen.de

EU applicants and holders of German degrees usually apply directly via the university's Campusportal instead of uni-assist; the deadline table above says which route applies to you.

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