Spatial Planning for Regions in Growing Economies (SPRING)

TU Dortmund University · Dortmund, Germany

Level
Master's
Award
Master of Science
Language
English
Duration
4 semesters
Study mode
Full-time
Campus
Dortmund
Apply by
Register by 1 March 2027
Starts
Winter semester

TU Dortmund University does not publish a fee for this programme on its own. Its published rate for master's programmes is €0 – €1,940 a year for international students.

Entry requirements and how to apply

Entry requirements
Bachelor's degree or its equivalent with significantly above-average grades in either spatial planning, regional planning, urban planning, or a discipline with a planning-relevant focus professional experience in a planning-related field a strong commitment to further work in regional development planning is desirable
English language requirement
B2 required, please provide an official language certificate, e.g.: TOEFL iBT (since 2026): 4 Reading: 4 Listening: 4 Speaking: 4 Writing: 4 TOEFL iBT Home Edition (since 2026): 4 Reading: 4 Listening: 4 Speaking: 4 Writing: 4 TOEFL iBT (before 2026): 72 Reading: 16 Listening: 18 Speaking: 19 Writing: 19 IELTS Academic: 5.5
German language requirement
No minimum language level required
Application period
The following is valid for applicants from: all countries For the winter semester: until 1 March
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About this programme

The SPRING programme combines teaching in urban and regional planning as well as related fields of housing, infrastructure and land management with field studies aimed at elaborating urban and regional plans in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Employing a postcolonial lens on spatial planning, SPRING enables students to understand planning as an activity that is context dependent and place specific. Furthermore, SPRING students acknowledge the broad range of planning systems and approaches globally, as well as multiple everyday practices of city-making. They are able to reflect on existing urban and regional planning systems and approaches as well as informal practices in a comparative manner. Based on this, they are able to manage participatory processes and devise planning strategies and concepts that are scientifically sound, locally adapted and future oriented. The SPRING programme provides students with the following set of competences: to understand concepts, strategies and practices of urban and regional planning, and to critically reflect on their transferability to other places based on postcolonial planning approaches to critically assess planning processes against the backdrop of globalisation, rapid urbanisation and climate change to translate the needs of target groups — differentiated by gender, age and socio-economic situation — into spatial plans, projects and programmes to draw up spatial plans and shape policies on the basis of comprehensive knowledge in the

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