Architecture, B.Sc.
You study the Bachelor of Architecture in an inspiring coworking atmosphere in large studios together with students from the Bachelor of Urban Design and Planning.
In a family environment, with affordable apartments and a wide range of leisure activities, you will be prepared for a job with excellent future prospects by designing buildings and structures for structural engineering. You will learn to plan buildings from a design, urban, functional, technical and economic point of view and take into account ecological, legal and social factors of the construction task.
Programme facts
| Degree | Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) |
|---|---|
| Duration | 6 semesters, 180 ECTS |
| Language of instruction | German |
| Required German | C1 |
| Study mode | Full-Time |
| Start | Winter semester |
| Application | Via uni-assist, winter semester until 15.07 |
| Admission | No admission restriction: every eligible applicant is admitted |
| Tuition fee | €0 per semester for international students |
| Semester contribution | €290.88 per semester |
| Practical semester | Optional |
What the tuition fee consists of
Will I get in
Every applicant who meets the formal requirements is admitted — but places can run out before the deadline, so apply at the start of the window.
How the selection works and how strong the competition is — we go through it against your certificate when we select programmes for you.
Programme selection →What you study
The bachelor's degree in architecture at the BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg imparts initial design-practical and scientific-theoretical skills and knowledge about architecture in 6 semesters. In addition, key skills such as the ability to work in a team, presentation skills and free speech are studied. The students are enabled to work on common architectural practice and research tasks under supervision.
The full curriculum and the programme's parameters are part of programme selection: we compare them with your profile.
Pick programmesCareer
- Work in small regional architecture offices
- Collaboration in large architectural offices with a division of labor
- Employment opportunities in construction management, construction companies, housing associations and construction departments of large companies
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At the BTU, architects are trained in the bachelor's and master's degree programs as they are needed in practice and research.
Graduates of the bachelor's degree in architecture have the necessary skills to work in a small, regional architecture office as well as in a large architecture office with a division of labor at the highest level. In addition to this classic field of work, there are employment opportunities in construction management, in construction companies, in the construction departments of large companies and housing associations.
Cost of study
| Tuition fee of the federal state (Brandenburg), international students | €0 |
|---|---|
| Semester contribution | €290.88 |
Requirements and application
| Previous education | A school certificate that gives access to university in Germany — directly or after a Studienkolleg. |
|---|---|
| Language | German C1 — confirmed by a certificate when you apply |
| Application | Via uni-assist, winter semester until 15.07 |
The procedure and the set of documents depend on your certificate. We check the university's requirements against your documents and give you a list: what to submit, how to certify and translate it, where and when to apply.
Check the requirementsHow to get into this programme
- 1Check your certificate and its recognitionDirect admission, a year at a university at home, or Studienkolleg first — this decides the whole plan.
- 2German up to C1 and a certificateDSH or TestDaF has to be passed before you apply.
- 3Documents and translationsCertified translations of the certificate and transcript, an APS if required. 3–4 weeks.
- 4Application via uni-assist until 15.07uni-assist checks documents for 4–6 weeks — send them well before the deadline.
- 5Admission, visa, movingPlan 2–3 months for the visa and the blocked account in parallel.
How to apply
You can submit the application yourself or with our help — the university decides on admission in both cases.
Applications go through the university's portal or uni-assist. Typical mistakes:
- ×incorrectly made certified copies and translations
- ×a wrong set of documents
- ×the application submitted the wrong way
- ×errors or gaps in the application form
- ×the application submitted at the wrong time — too early or too late
An incomplete or incorrectly prepared application is excluded from the selection — it can no longer be corrected after the deadline.
StudyInFocus does not represent the university and does not influence the admission decision. We do not sell study places and do not guarantee admission — this is a service for preparing and submitting documents on the applicant's side.
If your level is not enough yet
The two most common stoppers are a language level below the requirement and a certificate without direct admission. Both can be solved, but they take months — plan them now, not after a rejection.
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Don't postpone the application
The deadline is 15.07.2027 (274 days left). Language, translations and the document check take months, not weeks. In 30 minutes we will build a plan backwards from the deadline and tell you honestly whether you can make it.