Degree programme Landscape architecture (Master)

Important information

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Admission 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

Aptitude assessment

• 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

German language requirements

International applicants and German applicants with foreign school leaving certificate please find information here: language requirements.

Application hints and tips

If, at the time of the application, proof of the first degree that qualifies for a profession cannot yet be provided, applicants will be admitted to the aptitude test procedure and the numerus clausus selection procedure if 80% of the achievable points of the university degree can be proven by a certificate of the university of origin (Examining Office), on the basis of a completed module exam, assignment paper or colloquium. The form can be found on the web pages of the Admission Office.

General information for the degree programme

The four-semester programme conveys knowledge, abilities and skills for planning, design and development of open spaces and landscapes in different scale levels. It qualifies for a self-sufficient and responsible planning, design and scientific work. Graduates will be able to cope with the central working fields of Landscape architecture, among them landscape design, landscape planning, landscape construction, plant use, urban planning, history of landscape architecture and landscape heritage. Contrary to the trend of specialization the programme offers the chance of a broad range of qualifications.

A key aspect of the planning-oriented studies for landscape architects at the TU Dresden is the connection of artistic, creative, scientific, ecological, planning and technical course components, which can be supplemented by relevant courses in other disciplines. Particulary noteworthy is the close networking with the urban planning and architecture programme.

Project courses are important components at all stages of this programme, among them two mandatory modules in landscape design and landcape planning and four projects with individual electives in landscape design, landscape planning, landscape construction, plant use, urban planning, history of landscape architecture or landscape heritage.

Mandatory moduls in legal bases and management capabilities are part of the progamme as well. An extensive supply of mandatory electives allows an individual focus and profiling.

A professional internship of 11 weeks is included in the four semester programme.