The Master Program

The Master of Environmental Planning is two-year program awarding a 'Master of Science' (MSc) for students with a strong background in Landscape Planning, Urban and Regional Planning, Spatial Planning, Geography, Geo Sciences, Ecology, Environmental Sciences, Politics, Regional Sciences, or related disciplines. The program is designed to deepen and expand the knowledge and skills learned during one’s undergraduate studies and thus requires some basic knowledge in the main fields covered in the master's program.

The program provides a thorough education in landscape planning and environmental assessment, economics of environmental protection and conservation, and the application of geoinformation and remote sensing methods.

The essentials in these fields are conveyed in mandatory core courses in the first term. They are deepened and expanded in two study projects which form the core of the program. In each project, students will work in small groups on a research topic involving an innovative planning or research task in a practically-oriented manner.

Work in these projects allows students to develop in management, communication and analytical skills –expertise which is essential for planners and is highly valued by employers.

The large number of choices complementing mandatory core courses allows for a specialization according to individual desires. Since the program is closely geared to the master’s programs of Landscape Architecture and Urban Ecosystem Sciences, exchange with these programs is possible. 

The program is internationally oriented, which means that mandatory core classes and most of the choice courses are taught in English. Thus, it will become a vivid platform for meeting and interacting between German and foreign students in the field of environmental planning. Contacts these students will be able to establish will endure after graduation, and will prove beneficial in their future careers.

With the Master of Environmental Planning, students are offered a program which is  highly innovative and stringent, but at the same time enjoyable, and leaves adequate room for personal development.

Further information on core and elective courses (modul descriptions) can be downloaded from MOSES [2].