Urban Design, B.Sc.
How does the city of the future looks like? How do we plan the built environment in the face of major challenges such as climate change and digitalization? How do we develop sustainable strategies and innovative mobilities in existing or yet to be planned urban environments?
The Urban Design course is aimed at students who are interested in these questions and want to actively participate in the design and planning of built living environments.
Urban design combines practical planning skills with interdisciplinary knowledge and the ability to be creative. The aim of the course is to teach students the complex processes and tools of urban development and landscape planning. At the same time, they learn to creatively design new urban environments as answers to the challenges of the present and future (e.g. climate change, sustainable development, digitalization).
Programme facts
| Degree | Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) |
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| 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 15.06 |
| Admission | Admission restriction (NC): a competition of school grades |
| Tuition fee | €0 per semester for international students |
| Semester contribution | €297.20 per semester |
| Campus | Campus Oldenburg |
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
Urban Design ist interdisziplinär konzipiert. Es verbindet Kompetenzen aus den Bereichen Architektur, Städtebau, Landschaftsplanung, Geo-, Sozial- und Umweltwissenschaften. Innovativ und offen wollen wir nachhaltige Wege zum Entwerfen unserer urbanen Welten in Stadt und Land entwickeln.
The full curriculum and the programme's parameters are part of programme selection: we compare them with your profile.
Pick programmesCareer
Today and in the future, an increasing demand for competent designers and planners of urban spaces in the private and public sectors can be expected. The degree in urban design opens up career prospects for you in the public service in construction and planning offices as well as in private architecture and planning offices.
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Further fields of activity can be found in the areas of urban research, in the real estate industry and in development companies. The interdisciplinary training also opens up careers in NGOs that deal with future issues relating to the development of urban and rural areas.
Chamber approval as a “town planner” or “town planner” is possible in the federal states of Bavaria, Bremen, Hamburg, Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein after three years of full-time study and proven two years of professional experience. In Thuringia, three years of full-time study plus four years of professional experience or four years of full-time study plus two years of professional experience are required. In all other federal states, at least four years of full-time study plus two years of professional experience is the prerequisite for chamber registration as an “urban planner”.
Cost of study
| Tuition fee of the federal state (Lower Saxony), international students | €0 |
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| Semester contribution | €297.20 |
Requirements and application
| Previous education | You should bring this with you Interest and curiosity in questions about urban and rural areas Creative, communicative and organizational talent Commitment to future issues such as climate change, sustainability or digitalization |
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| Language | German 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.
- 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 15.06uni-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.
Questions about this programme
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When do I need to apply?
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.