- English-taught
- Winter semester intake
SPRING – Spatial Planning for Regions in Growing Economies (M.Sc.) (M.Sc.)
at TU Dortmund in Dortmund
At a glance
- Language
- English-taught
- Duration
- 4 sem
- Intake
- Winter semester
- Tuition
- €0 public university
- Semester fee
- not confirmed
● Open: apply now applicants from Philippines/Ghana/Tanzania/Brazil/Chile · Winter semester
Focus areas: Natural-resource planning · Physical-infrastructure planning · Socio-economic development planning · Partner-specific tracks (e.g. urban planning, climate adaptation, governance)
A two-year, fully English joint master (running since 1984) on spatial planning in developing and emerging regions, awarded as M.Sc. Regional Development Planning and Management jointly with the year-2 partner university. Year 1 is at TU Dortmund; year 2 is at a partner university in Ghana, Tanzania, the Philippines, Chile or Brazil. Combines development theory, planning methods and practice-oriented field studies. Application is by e-mail directly to the SPRING office, not via uni-assist. Note: SPRING is designed for planning professionals, typically with 2+ years of relevant work experience, and follows a split-location structure (first year at TU Dortmund, second year at a partner university in your home region). It is distinct from the platform's typical quantitative/tech-focused MSc profile.
Admission requirements
- Prior degree
- Bachelor/Diploma with ≥240 ECTS in spatial/regional/urban planning or a planning-relevant discipline (geography, economics, architecture, agriculture, infrastructure planning). Civil engineering NOT accepted.
- Minimum grade
- ≥3.0 ('satisfactory'); grades significantly above average preferred
- English
- TOEFL 550 (paper) / 213 (CBT) / 80 (iBT), or IELTS 6.0, or English-medium schooling/degree
- German
- not required
- Prerequisite credits
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- Professional experience in a planning-related field desirable (approx. 2 years)
- Strong commitment to regional development planning
- Also required
- Application by e-mail to the SPRING office with a fixed document set (application form, Europass CV, certificates, transcript, 2 recommendation letters, English test, high-school certificate)
Deadlines & timeline
| Who | Intake | Deadline | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| applicants from Philippines/Ghana/Tanzania/Brazil/Chile | Winter semester | Apply directly to the respective partner university by September 15. | |
| all others | Winter semester | no fixed date | Apply by e-mail to the SPRING office; confirm the exact annual cutoff with the office. |
Fees & funding
- Tuition
- €0 per semester
- Semester contribution
- not confirmed
- Semester ticket
- included (Deutschland-Semesterticket)
⚠ SPRING charges tuition: the standard TU Dortmund €0 tuition does NOT apply (the 0 stored in this record is a schema-required placeholder, not a confirmed fee). Sources conflict: DAAD states €300/semester incl. Deutschlandticket at TU Dortmund; one aggregator states €550 first-year tuition. Year 2 is at a partner university with separate fees (varies by country: Ghana €3,355.50, Philippines ~€2,632, Tanzania ~€2,960, Chile €2,500, Brazil ~€2,819). Confirm exact fee structure with the SPRING office before relying on any figure: https://raumplanung.tu-dortmund.de/en/prospective-students/master-spring/
Scholarships are listed per university: see TU Dortmund scholarships.
How to apply
- uni-assist
- not required
- Official page
- raumplanung.tu-dortmund.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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