At a glance

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

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.

Admission requirements

Prior degree: Bachelor in architecture, urban/regional planning, or landscape planning
Minimum grade: not confirmed
English: C1 CEFR required (higher than TU Berlin's usual B2 standard) — unless your first degree was taught in English
German: not required
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.

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 — 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.

Scholarships are listed per university: see TU Berlin scholarships.

How to apply

uni-assist: required (the deadline table shows who this applies to)
Application portal: www.uni-assist.de
Official page: www.tu.berlin

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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