Study structure

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The Urban and Regional Planning degree course in Faculty 06 I ASL is interdisciplinary and linked to the two faculty degree courses in Architecture and Landscape Planning & Landscape Architecture, thus creating a basis for interdisciplinary thinking and action. This meets today's requirements for the profession, which is characterized by broadly diversified, interdisciplinary and constantly changing tasks.

We teach and research spatial design in architecture, urban planning and landscape planning in an interrelated context. The goal of developing space and society in a sustainable way unites all three disciplines.

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Bachelor Urban and Regional Planning

The aim of the 6-semester Bachelor's degree course in Urban and Regional Planning is to acquire knowledge and skills that provide a sound basis for the Master's degree course and enable students to work in limited fields of planning in a structural-spatial or strategic-conceptual context or other related fields of activity.


The training of planning and design skills forms the core of the curriculum throughout the entire course of study.

Basic skills are learned that are a prerequisite for planning and designing:

understanding spatial thinking and causal relationships,

the design of spaces and processes,

the use of technical and communicative instruments, whether by hand, computer or model making

as well as the successful presentation of their own work.

Study structure

Our module structure allows you to choose and combine modules, which increases as you progress through your studies, in order to combine the competence fields of knowledge, understanding and skills in a meaningful way.

The introductory studios and project modules teach essential key skills:

  • the ability to work in a team and manage time,
  • the ability to work conceptually, creatively and scientifically,
  • communication, integration and presentation skills

At the same time, a broad, ASL-spanning basic education in the four fields of study takes place:

  • General sciences
  • Fine arts, design and performance
  • Instruments, processes and technology
  • Planning objects and planning levels

Fundamental subject-specific knowledge in the two areas of urban and regional planning required in professional practice is built up continuously:

  • the planning-conceptual and planning-scientific orientation of the planning (urban and regional development)
  • the design-related, creative orientation (urban development)

Excursions, exchange programs & practical experience

Even in the introductory phase of the degree course, excursions open up a critical view of practice. Exchange programs with international universities offer the opportunity to deepen your studies abroad and promote relationships with students from other countries. The practical semester supplements and deepens the course and enables students to get to know the working world in an office, a nature conservation authority or another relevant institution.

While the theoretical-systematic courses offered in the first three semesters of study are predominantly compulsory, an increased proportion of compulsory elective modules after the third semester of the Bachelor's degree makes it possible to specify the course content with individually chosen areas of interest.

The interdisciplinary introductory studio in the first semester serves as an introduction to the basics and diversity of planning and design. The studio work focuses on conceptual and creative thinking, design and presentation as well as communication within the team and with the outside world.

The aim of the introduction is to teach the common content-related basics and initial methodological knowledge - such as perspective drawing or the basics of computer work in CAD or layout programs - for the three disciplines of architecture, urban planning and landscape planning.

The introductory project in the 2nd semester expands the skills learned on the basis of a subject-related task with comparatively simple structural-spatial or conceptual contexts.

In the 3rd-6th semester, project modules are offered in the compulsory elective area, which combine the learning objective of design and planning skills with various subject-related focal points.

A practical project module with accompanying seminars is integrated into the 5th semester of the Bachelor's degree course, which serves to combine theory and practice and a personal analysis of strengths and weaknesses. It is organized and supervised by the department. In this module, students get to know the demands of practice by working in an office and can make valuable contacts for the time after graduation.

At this point, students have the experience and knowledge gained during four semesters of study at their disposal and can therefore also be entrusted with independent tasks at the practice locations. Subsequently, as part of the Bachelor's thesis, there is the opportunity to specifically expand on the interests, deficits and potentials identified in the practical project.

The project module in the 6th semester usually prepares students specifically for the topic of their final thesis (Bachelor's thesis). The further course of study and the final Bachelor's thesis are designed in such a way that the interests developed in the practical project at the latest can be intensified.

General

A degree programme consists of modules that are defined in the examination regulations and described in more detail in the module handbook. In terms of content and time, it makes sense to study these modules in a certain order. There is a sample study plan for each degree program, which shows you an ideal course of study. If you study in this way, you can complete your studies within the standard period of study. This is not always possible, so there may be individual deviations from the suggested course. When planning, you should bear in mind that not every module is offered in the winter and summer semesters and that some modules build on each other or have other participation requirements. The Student Advisory Service will help you to plan your studies individually.

Sample study plan

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