Architecture – Typology, M.Sc.
Architectural and urban planning tasks are always confronted with political, cultural, technical, economic, social and ecological changes. In the internationally oriented, English-language master's program in Architecture Typology, you will learn how to combine these very different, sometimes contradictory requirements and goals in the design process into a holistic architectural solution. In addition, a special focus of the course is on the building typology. In order to be able to meet current challenges, building typologies are rethought and tools are developed that enable differentiated answers to complex questions in the respective context. This is done using established typological analysis and design methods as well as new, experimental, digital and speculative practices of typification.
Programme facts
| Degree | Master of Science (M.Sc.) |
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| Duration | 4 semesters, 120 ECTS |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Required English | C1 |
| Start | Winter semester |
| Application | Via uni-assist, winter semester until 15.06 |
| Admission | Admission restriction (NC): a competition of school grades |
| Tuition fee | €0 per semester for international students |
| Semester contribution | €379.06 per semester |
What the tuition fee consists of
Will I get in
The programme has an admission restriction: the average grade of your certificate, converted to the German scale, decides. The cut-off changes every year — last year's value shows the order of magnitude, not a promise.
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 course is divided into a compulsory area, an elective area and an elective area. The compulsory area has a scope of 84 credit points (CP), which includes three large design projects and the master's thesis. In addition, elective modules totaling 24 CP must be selected from a specified catalogue. The free elective area comprises 12 CP.
The full curriculum and the programme's parameters are part of programme selection: we compare them with your profile.
Pick programmesCareer
The focus of your work after completing your master's degree in architecture and typology is design, construction and type planning. After graduation, there is at least two years of practical work experience before you are allowed to register on the list of architects in a federal state.
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As an architect, you can be employed in an architect's office or work as a freelancer. In addition, there are employment opportunities in the public sector, for example in construction management or in construction companies and housing associations.
Cost of study
| Tuition fee of the federal state (Berlin), international students | €0 |
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| Semester contribution | €379.06 |
Requirements and application
| Previous education | The formal entry requirement for the consecutive master’s degree in Architecture Typology is a first professional university degree in a degree in architecture. |
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| Language | English C1 — confirmed by a certificate when you apply |
| Application | Via uni-assist, winter semester until 15.06 |
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.
- 2Documents and translationsCertified translations of the certificate and transcript, an APS if required. 3–4 weeks.
- 3Application via uni-assist until 15.06uni-assist checks documents for 4–6 weeks — send them well before the deadline.
- 4Admission, 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.
Questions about this programme
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Don't postpone the application
The deadline is 15.06.2027 (244 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.