MSc Integrated Urban Development and Design (IUDD) at Bauhaus-Universität Weimar

IUDD is a project-related, application-oriented and research-based international Master's, running since 1999, that teaches strategies and digital instruments for sustainable urban development. Students use algorithmic design, analysis models and AI methods for urban analysis and simulation, and graduate with the M.Sc.

Faculty: Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism  |  Duration: 4 semesters (2 years)  |  Study mode: full-time; English-taught  |  Intake: Wintersemester  |  Location: Weimar, Thüringen, Germany

What you will study

Theory fundamentals and a 12 CP study project plus Digital Design Methods in the first semester (new curriculum from October 2025), a second 12 CP study project in the second semester, a supervised internship or partner-university period in the third semester within the Reflective Urban Practice focus, and the thesis in the fourth.

Career pathways

Graduates are employed in international architecture, planning and engineering offices, research institutions, international organisations and authorities.

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