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Master’s · Architecture & Urban Planning

Urban and Regional Planning M.Sc.

Technische Universität Berlin · Berlin · Official programme page

22 facts from 10 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
German, then English
Source
“Language of instruction German / English”
“Die Lehr- und Prüfungssprachen des Masterstudiengangs … sind Deutsch und Englisch.” page

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

The regulation names German and English as the languages of teaching and examination, with the language given per module; the programme page says the programme "is taught in German" and that English is useful but not an admission condition. No page gives a sequence or a share, so the value is a schema compromise: German dominates and some modules are in English. Recorded here because TU Berlin lists the programme among its English-taught offerings.

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
“Der Studiengang kann als Teilzeitstudium absolviert werden, bei der Erstellung eines individuellen Studienverlaufsplanes sind die entsprechenden Beratungsstellen behilflich.”

www.static.tu.berlin/fileadmin/www/10000000/Studiengaenge/StuPOs/Fakultaet_VI/StadtRegionalplanung_M.Sc._2023.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/urban-and-regional-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/urban-and-regional-planning-m-sc · checked 8 November 2026

Non-EU deadline
15 Jun 2027 (winter 2027)Applications open 1 April 2027.
Source
“Application for German-language master's programs with restricted admission: (including Urban Ecosystem Sciences as well as Urban and Regional Planning) 01.04.2027 until 15.06.2027”
“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. TU Berlin splits master's deadlines by language of instruction and names this programme in the German-language group.

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/urban-and-regional-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
Accepted
Source
“berufsqualifizierender Hochschulabschluss in einem … mindestens sechssemestrigen Studiengang der Stadt-,”
“a first university degree from an at least six-semester study program” page

www.static.tu.berlin/fileadmin/www/10000000/Studiengaenge/StuPOs/Fakultaet_VI/StadtRegionalplanung_M.Sc._2023.pdf · checked 8 November 2026

Six semesters is exactly a three-year bachelor's, so a 180-ECTS degree meets the requirement; the subject has to be urban, regional or spatial planning or closely related.

Subject background
A first university degree from an at least six-semester programme in urban, regional or spatial planning or a closely related subject, qualifying the holder for professional work.
Source
“The formal admission requirement for the consecutive master's program in Urban and Regional Planning is a first university degree from an at least six-semester study program in urban, regional, or spatial planning or a closely related subject qualifying the applicant for professional work.”
“(1) Zugangsvoraussetzungen sind neben den allgemeinen … Zugangsvoraussetzungen nach §§ 10 bis 13 BerlHG ein erster … berufsqualifizierender Hochschulabschluss in einem … mindestens sechssemestrigen Studiengang der Stadt-,” page

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

The selection procedure awards points for subject-related professional experience or internships of eight weeks to six months (40 points) under the programme's internship guideline.

English
Level B2. Required only of applicants whose mother tongue is not English. The regulation names no test score; TU Berlin's central overview of accepted certificates applies (TOEFL iBT 4.5 / 87+, IELTS Academic 6.5, PTE 65, Cambridge B2 First grade B for level B2+).
Source
“Bewerberinnen und Bewerber, deren Muttersprache nicht Englisch ist, müssen den Nachweis englischer … Sprachkenntnisse auf dem Niveau B2 des Gemeinsamen … Europäischen Referenzrahmens für Sprachen erbringen.”
“Knowledge of English is useful as some courses/modules are offered in English. However, this is not a condition for admission to studies.” page

www.static.tu.berlin/fileadmin/www/10000000/Studiengaenge/StuPOs/Fakultaet_VI/StadtRegionalplanung_M.Sc._2023.pdf · checked 8 November 2026

Conflict: the binding Zugangs- und Zulassungsordnung of 2023 requires English B2 from every applicant whose mother tongue is not English, while TU Berlin's programme page says English is useful but not a condition of admission. The regulation wins, so applicants from India, Nigeria and Pakistan should plan for a B2 certificate. German quote because the regulation has no English version; the gaps are the PDF's two-column layout.

German
When applying: German at DSH-2 level or an equivalent certificate from TU Berlin's accepted list (TestDaF 4x4, telc Deutsch C1 Hochschule, Goethe-Zertifikat C2, DSD II, Studienkolleg FSP Deutsch and others). During studies: None beyond the admission requirement
Source
“If you are applying with a foreign school-leaving certificate, you must provide proof of German skills at a specific level”
“Only the following certificates are acknowledged. Other proofs cannot be accepted. DSH-2 with registration at German Rector's Conference DSH-3 with registration at German Rector's Conference” page

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

The programme page does not name the level; the central master's language page lists the accepted certificates, which all sit at DSH-2 / C1 level. Applicants who hold a German higher education entrance qualification are exempt.

Selection
Restricted admission with a ranked selection procedure: the overall grade and the subjects of the previous degree, plus points for subject-related professional experience or internships (up to 40 points for eight weeks to six months, more for longer) under the programme's internship guideline. Applications must include the transcript showing credit points per module and module descriptions.
Source
“2. für fachbezogene berufspraktische Erfahrungen (vgl. Praktikumsrichtlinie Stadt- und Regionalplanung) mit einer”

www.static.tu.berlin/fileadmin/www/10000000/Studiengaenge/StuPOs/Fakultaet_VI/StadtRegionalplanung_M.Sc._2023.pdf · checked 8 November 2026

German quote because the regulation has no English version; the quote is cut off by the PDF's column break.

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
“Bewerberinnen und Bewerber, deren Muttersprache nicht Englisch ist, müssen den Nachweis englischer”

www.static.tu.berlin/fileadmin/www/10000000/Studiengaenge/StuPOs/Fakultaet_VI/StadtRegionalplanung_M.Sc._2023.pdf · checked 8 November 2026

The only exemption in the regulation is having English as a mother tongue. English is an official language in India, Nigeria and Pakistan but it is not generally the mother tongue, so applicants from those countries should expect to prove B2. No country-based or degree-based waiver is published. German quote because the regulation has no English version.

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

Every value was read on an official page and is stored with a verbatim quote; open “Source” to see it. “Not stated by the university” means none of the pages we checked says, and lists those pages. Rules change: confirm with the university before you apply or pay.