Study requirements
Requirements for the Master's programme:
• first in Germany recognised university degree that qualifies for a profession in Landscape Architecture or Landscape Planning, Open Space Development and Landscape Development or an equivalent (related in terms of its content but differently called) degree programme and
• particular suitability with respect to planning or designing and scientific skills and a strong motivation and
• particular suitability by broad knowledge and expertise in at least three of the following subject areas with at least 13 credit points each:
- Landscape Planning
- Landscape Architecture / Open Space Development
- Landscape Engineering
- Plants Use
- Preservation of Garden Monuments / History of Landscape Architecture
German language requirements
International applicants and German applicants with foreign school leaving certificate please find information here: language requirements.
Step 1: Online application for the degree course
- Please visit the online application page once the application period has started.
- After answering the questions in the application section, you will be guided to the corresponding application portal.
- After you have entered your data, you need to submit your online application.
- You will then be asked to print out your cover letter with your application number.
Step 2: Application for the Aptitude test or NC selection
For your application for the aptitude test or selection procedure required for your degree programme, you must send the following documents to the address below within the specified period. Please be advised that your application number from the online application is included in your application documents.
Required documents
a) General documents
• your online application - filled in and signed
• Copy of the higher education entrance qualification (usually Abitur certificate); if available, certificate of the higher education entrance examination (copy of the original and the translation in either German or English)
• Officially certified copy of the original and officially certified translation (German or English) of the degree certificate of the required first university degree. If the first university degree is not yet available: Confirmation from the first university that at least 80% of the work required for the current university degree programme has been completed, as well as information on the current average grade for degree programmes with entry restrictions (form on the Admissions Office website)
• Certificate of enrolment of the last semester studied, stating the semester of study
• If you are not yet enrolled at TU Dresden, a certificate of your academic achievements from your previous university stating all courses of study including semesters
• Copy of passport (for international applicants)
• Original certificate of the Academic Evaluation Centre of the German Embassy (APS) for Chinese and Vietnamese applicants
• Officially certified copy of proof of sufficient German language skills according to our notes on required german language skills
b) Special degree-specific documents
• Application for the suitability assessment on the website of the faculty
• Presentation of an own project, plan or draft as proof for the suitability (A3 sheet)
• Up to two pages of summary or extract from a self-written subject-related scientific text as proof for the suitability (A4 sheet)
• Educational background in tabular form as well as account of motivation
• Appropriate documents or certificates to prove a particular suitability
Deadlines and address for submitting your documents
- Registration for aptitude test
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1st June - 15th July
- Application address
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TU Dresden
Fakultät Architektur
Institut für Landschaftsarchitektur
Master-Studiengang Landschaftsarchitektur
01062 Dresden
Germany
- Application deadline
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EU applicants:
1st April - 15th July
Non-EU applicants:
1st April - 31st May
- Application address
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TU Dresden
c/o uni assist e.V.
D-11507 Berlin
Further links and information
- Additional information
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• Basis for the selection procedure: TU Dresden Regulations for Award of Master's degrees (Mastervergabeordnung der TU Dresden)
• Notes and Rules of Procedure for the Aptitude Test [Eignungsfeststellungsordnung] on the webpages of the faculty - Link to the degree program
- Landscape architecture