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Master’s · Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Environmental Planning M.Sc.

Technische Universität Berlin · Berlin · Official programme page

22 facts from 11 official pages · last checked 8 November 2026

Reviewed by Dennis Maaß, admission and immigration expert
Published 8 November 2026 · Last reviewed 8 November 2026

Key facts

Length, deadlines and costs

Language
English
Source
“Language of instruction English”

www.tu.berlin/en/studying/study-programs/all-programs-offered/study-course/environmental-planning-m-sc · checked 8 November 2026

Study mode
On campus
Source
“As a student of a Berlin university, your primary residence must be located within the university's catchment area.”

www.tu.berlin/en/studying/organizing-your-studies/re-registration-co · checked 8 November 2026

No TU Berlin page offers this programme as distance learning; enrolled students must register a primary residence in Berlin or Brandenburg. Students of extra-occupational (continuing education) master's programmes are exempt from that rule.

Attendance
Full-time
Source
“The program can be completed as part-time studies. The respective advisory services can assist with drawing up individual course schedules.”

www.static.tu.berlin/fileadmin/www/10000000/Studiengaenge/StuPOs/Fakultaet_VI/EN/EnvironmentalPlanning_M.Sc._2017_EN.pdf · checked 8 November 2026

The regulation allows the programme to be completed part-time.

Length
4 semesters
Source
“Standard period of study 4 semesters”

www.tu.berlin/en/studying/study-programs/all-programs-offered/study-course/environmental-planning-m-sc · checked 8 November 2026

Credits
120 ECTS
Source
“Credit points 120”

www.tu.berlin/en/studying/study-programs/all-programs-offered/study-course/environmental-planning-m-sc · checked 8 November 2026

Intakes
Winter
Source
“Program start Winter semester”

www.tu.berlin/en/studying/study-programs/all-programs-offered/study-course/environmental-planning-m-sc · checked 8 November 2026

Non-EU deadline
15 May 2027 (winter 2027)Applications open 1 April 2027.
Source
“Application for English-language master's programs with restricted admission: 01.04.2027 until 15.05.2027”
“Applications with international academic credentials have the same deadlines as non-international applications (see below). To apply, you must also submit a VPD (preliminary review documentation) from uni-assist.” page

www.tu.berlin/en/studying/applying-and-enrolling/dates-deadlines · checked 8 November 2026

Applicants with foreign certificates have the same deadline as everyone else but must also hold a uni-assist VPD by then; uni-assist needs four to six weeks (it advises eight), so the VPD has to be requested well before. There is no conditional or provisional admission: every requirement must be proven by the deadline.

Non-EU tuition
None
Source
“There are no tuition fees to pay at TU Berlin. The only exceptions to this are continuing education master's programs.”

www.tu.berlin/en/studying/organizing-your-studies/financing-your-studies · checked 8 November 2026

Application fee
€75 one-off uni-assist handling fee for the first chosen course of study in a semester; the same fee applies to the VPD procedure TU Berlin uses€30 one-off each additional chosen course of study in the same semester
Source
“Cost for the first chosen course of study: EUR 75.00 For each additional chosen course of study: EUR 30.00 … he costs are the same for all forms of application, whether standard or VPD procedure”

www.uni-assist.de/en/how-to-apply/apply-online/pay-submit/ · checked 8 November 2026

TU Berlin charges no application fee of its own; applicants with foreign certificates must pay uni-assist's handling fee for the mandatory preliminary review documentation (VPD).

Places
Restricted (limited places)
Source
“Admission Restricted admission”

www.tu.berlin/en/studying/study-programs/all-programs-offered/study-course/environmental-planning-m-sc · checked 8 November 2026

Places for non-EU applicants
Separate quota · 8% of the available study places (preliminary quota under § 15 BerlHZG) · inside the quota as in the main procedure: 80% of places by the faculty's selection-procedure score, 20% by waiting time
Source
“8% of the available study places are reserved for applicants of foreign nationality and stateless persons who meet the academic requirements, provided they are not considered equivalent to German citizens. … 80% of the available study places will be allocated by the result of the selection process and 20% by waiting time”

www.tu.berlin/en/i-a-office-of-student-affairs/masters-application-enrollment/allocation-of-study-places · checked 8 November 2026

Applicants who hold EU, Icelandic, Liechtenstein or Norwegian nationality, and non-EU nationals treated as equivalent to Germans, are ranked on the main list instead. A master's applicant may submit only one master's application per semester at TU Berlin.

Admission

What you need to apply

3-year bachelor’s
Case by case
Source
“In the programs indicated in (1) no. 1, coursework encompassing at least 90 credits must have been completed in modules related to environment and planning”

www.static.tu.berlin/fileadmin/www/10000000/Studiengaenge/StuPOs/Fakultaet_VI/EN/EnvironmentalPlanning_M.Sc._2017_EN.pdf · checked 8 November 2026

The Application and Admission Regulations require 90 credit points in environment and planning modules but set no minimum total number of credit points or semesters for the first degree, so a three-year 180-ECTS bachelor's is not excluded if it contains those 90 credits.

Subject background
A first university degree in ecology and environmental planning, ecology, environmental planning, landscape planning, landscape architecture, urban and regional planning, geography (physical geography and GIS), environmental sciences, ecology/nature conservation, urban space planning, environmental policies or a closely related subject, with at least 90 credit points in modules related to environment and planning.
Source
“In the degree programs listed or closely related programs, you must be able to show proof of coursework totaling at least 90 credit points in modules related to the environment and planning at the time of your application.”
“In the programs indicated in (1) no. 1, coursework encompassing at least 90 credits must have been completed in modules related to environment and planning and evidence thereof submitted at” page

www.tu.berlin/en/studying/study-programs/all-programs-offered/study-course/environmental-planning-m-sc · checked 8 November 2026

English
Level C1. IELTS 7 · TOEFL iBT 95 · TOEFL band 5 · PTE 76. Cambridge: C1 Advanced with grade A, B or C. Also accepted at this level: UNIcert III, Oxford Test of English C1 (at least 141 points in every competence area), DAAD ZEMS language assessment C1 in all competence areas, ZEMS English-LV C1.2 (grade 2.0 or better). TOEFL test centre code for TU Berlin applications: 2727.. Exemption: Only the German Abitur is listed as an exempting qualification (advanced English course with at least 11/15 points for C1, or English taken for at least seven years with at least 11/15 points for B2); beyond that "further exempting proofs may be determined and checked by the persons responsible for the study programme", for example an English-language school-leaving certificate giving access to higher education
Source
“The Environmental Planning master's program is taught in English. Applicants are therefore required to provide proof of English skills at CEFR level C1 or equivalent.”
“Min. 4.5 (87+) Min. 5 (95+) … B2 First (min.B) C1 Advanced (A-C) … Min. 6.5 Min. 7 … 65 76 approx. $250 US … All certificates should not be older than 2 years.” page

www.tu.berlin/en/studying/study-programs/all-programs-offered/study-course/environmental-planning-m-sc · checked 8 November 2026

Scores come from TU Berlin's central overview of accepted English certificates, which has two columns: "Recommended score for level B2+" (TOEFL iBT 4.5 / 87+, IELTS Academic 6.5, PTE 65, Cambridge B2 First grade B, Oxford Test of English B2.2 with 126 points, UNIcert II) and "Recommended score for level C1" (TOEFL iBT 5 / 95+, IELTS 7, PTE 76, Cambridge C1 Advanced A-C, Oxford C1 with 141 points, UNIcert III). Neither the TOEFL iBT Home Edition nor the Duolingo English Test appears anywhere in TU Berlin's list, so toeflHomeEdition and duolingoAccepted are left undefined rather than set to false. For a TOEFL certificate TU Berlin asks applicants to use uni-assist test centre code 2727. Certificates must not be older than two years. The 2017 Application and Admission Regulations originally required B2 ("English language proficiency at Level B2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages or an equivalent standard. A language proficiency level higher than B2 is recommended.") and an amendment printed in the same document raises it to C1; the programme page gives C1, so C1 is recorded.

German
Not needed when applying. During studies: None; basic German is advised before the programme starts
Source
“Proof of German skills is not required. Foreign applicants are advised to acquire basic German skills, however, before beginning the study program.”

www.tu.berlin/en/studying/study-programs/all-programs-offered/study-course/environmental-planning-m-sc · checked 8 November 2026

Selection
Restricted admission with a ranked selection procedure run by Faculty VI; the regulations set out the application, admission and selection modalities and the programme page refers applicants to them. No interview or portfolio is required.
Source
“You can find more information about the application, admission, and selection procedures in the application and admission regulations of the degree program (see the link "Study and examination regulations").”

www.tu.berlin/en/studying/study-programs/all-programs-offered/study-course/environmental-planning-m-sc · checked 8 November 2026

India, Pakistan, Nigeria

Rules for applicants from India, Pakistan and Nigeria

English test waiver
No waiver stated for India, Nigeria or Pakistan: plan for an English test
Source
“English language skills are required for all English-language degree programs.”

www.tu.berlin/en/i-a-office-of-student-affairs/masters-application-enrollment/admission-requirements/language-skills · checked 8 November 2026

TU Berlin's central list of exempting proofs covers only the German Abitur and, at the programme's discretion, an "English-language school leaving certificate opening access to higher education"; it does not give applicants from India, Nigeria or Pakistan a country-based waiver, and a medium-of-instruction letter is not on the list. The Urban Management programme states the point explicitly: applicants from countries where English is the official language or the language of instruction still have to take a test. Individual programmes differ (Ecology and Environmental Planning, Urban Ecosystem Sciences, Geodesy, Computational Neuroscience and Global Production Engineering publish their own rules), so check the programme record.

Rules that name these countries

The rules for your country across all universities, and the visa rules on English tests, are on the India, Pakistan and Nigeria pages.

More on this programme

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