# Urban Design (MSc) at TU Berlin

TU Berlin's signature programme and unique on this platform: an English-taught, 120-ECTS urban design master from what is widely regarded as Germany's leading school for urban and regional planning, with an optional dual degree with Tongji University Shanghai. Based at TU Berlin's Charlottenburg campus — with Berlin itself, a city mid-transformation, as the standing case study, and the capital's planning offices, civic initiatives and international organisations as the professional ecosystem around it.

University: Technische Universität Berlin (https://studygermany.dev/universities/tu-berlin.md)
City: Berlin (https://studygermany.dev/cities/berlin.md)
HTML page: https://studygermany.dev/programmes/tu-berlin-msc-urban-design/

## At a glance

- Degree: MSc
- Language of instruction: English
- English requirement: C1 CEFR required (higher than TU Berlin's usual B2 standard) — unless your first degree was taught in English
- German requirement: not required
- 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 — Berlin is a city-state that charges no tuition. Semester contribution ≈€280/semester, but no hard total is published here: the Deutschlandsemesterticket portion (€208.80, WS 2025/26 onward) is confirmed system-wide, while the Studierendenwerk and student-body components are pending TU Berlin-specific confirmation. The contribution includes the nationwide Deutschlandsemesterticket (all Berlin ABC zones plus regional transport across Germany, delivered digitally in the S-Bahn Berlin app and re-fetched every month) — confirm the current arrangement at tu.berlin. The ticket price is recalculated from 1 July 2026 and may rise for WS 2026/27.

## Admission requirements

- Prior degree: Bachelor in architecture, urban/regional planning, or landscape planning
- Minimum grade: not confirmed
- Also required: Restricted admission (NC). ⚠ Deadline warning: TU Berlin's own DAAD listing stresses that this programme's application deadlines 'partly deviate and are significantly earlier' than the general dates — treat them as earlier than the 15 May NC standard and confirm at tu.berlin/go167 before planning. Apply via uni-assist + VPD (required from summer semester 2026); €75/€30 uni-assist fees; one master's application per semester; APS required for Indian applicants.

## Application deadlines

Not confirmed. Verify with the faculty.

## How to apply

- uni-assist required: yes (the deadline notes show who this applies to)
- Application portal: https://www.uni-assist.de/en/
- Official programme page: https://www.tu.berlin/en/studying/study-programs/all-programs-offered/study-course/urban-design-m-sc

## External resources

- [Official programme page](https://www.tu.berlin/en/studying/study-programs/all-programs-offered/study-course/urban-design-m-sc)
- [DAAD listing](https://www2.daad.de/deutschland/studienangebote/international-programmes/en/detail/4532/)
- [Apply via uni-assist](https://www.uni-assist.de/en/)



## Provenance

Last checked: 2026-07-17

- DAAD — Urban Design (TU Berlin), listing 4532: https://www2.daad.de/deutschland/studienangebote/international-programmes/en/detail/4532/
- TU Berlin — Urban Design M.Sc. (study course page): https://www.tu.berlin/en/studying/study-programs/all-programs-offered/study-course/urban-design-m-sc
- TU Berlin — master's application deadlines (Office of Student Affairs): https://www.tu.berlin/go167/