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Programme
During the first year you will acquire advanced knowledge and skills in urban design and
planning in the broader sense. During the second year, you will work on an individual
graduation project in the graduation laboratory Urbanism on a topic that reflects the
research portfolio of the Urbanism department.

Academic year 2023-2024

First year

1st semester 2nd semester

1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter

R&D Studio: Analysis R&D Studio: R&D Studio: Spatial Electives

and Design of Urban Designing Urban Strategies for the (15 EC)
Form Environments Global Metropolis
(10 EC) (10 EC) (10 EC)

History and Theory of Sustainable Urban Research & Design

Urbanism Engineering of Methodology for
(5 EC) Territory Urbanism
(5 EC) (5 EC)

The first three compulsory quarters each offer a research and design project, which is
supported by courses on the history and theory of urbanism, urban engineering, research
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and design methodology.

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First semester
The first quarter is titled ‘Analysis and Design of Urban Form’ and takes the perspective
from urban design and landscape in understanding and designing relations between urban
form and carrying spatial structures.

‘Designing Urban Environments’ is the title of the second quarter that takes the outlook
from environmental design and technology into the processes of how to make and organize
sustainable urban space and communities.

Second semester
In the third quarter ‘Spatial Strategies for the Global Metropolis’ space is perceived on the
level of spatial planning and strategy and is about the design and evaluation of spatial
strategies that address the (re-)organization of networks, programmes and urban patterns
at the regional scale. All explicitly address societal and scientific approaches to issues
relating to urbanisation and associated debates.

The fourth quarter is free for electives that can also be chosen within the department.

Second year

3rd semester 4th semester

1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter

Graduation Orientation Graduation Lab Graduation Lab Urbanism (30 EC)

(3 EC) Urbanism (15
EC)
Or:
Graduation Joint
Exploration Interdisciplinary
(12 EC) Projects
(15 EC)*

During the second year, you will work on an individual graduation project in the graduation
laboratory Urbanism on a topic that reflects the research portfolio of the Urbanism
department.
The second years starts with the graduation orientation course to set up the individual
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graduation project accompanied with the graduation exploration course. Instead of the
graduation exploration course, students can also choose to join one of the joint

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interdisciplinary projects (JIP). Students who join a JIP obtain 18 EC in total in the 3rd
semester.

Detailed information on graduation and graduation studios

Cross domain graduation studios

Master students Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences can, also choose during
their second year for one of the cross-domain graduation studios. Students from the
Urbanism track can choose for:

City of the Future

Metropolitan Ecologies of Place

* Students who join a JIP obtain 18 EC in total in the 3rd semester 1st quarter.

EC = European Credits
One academic year = 60 EC (1680 hrs study)
Total amount of credits MSc programme = 120 EC

Additional information
For more information on all courses, please visit the study guide.
First semester
Second semester

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