MSc Urban Design at HafenCity University Hamburg

The MSc Urban Design addresses the interrelated social, ecological, political, economic and spatial issues of contemporary urban life through critical analysis and creative design. It is trans- and interdisciplinary, drawing students with backgrounds such as architecture, urban planning, sociology, anthropology, geography and cultural studies.

Faculty: Urban Design  |  Duration: 4 semesters (2 years)  |  Study mode: full-time; English-taught  |  Intake: Winter semester  |  Location: Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

What you will study

The programme has four semesters in five teaching areas of compulsory and elective modules. The Urban Design Project runs through all four semesters, supplemented by Methodology (Urban Territories), Urban Theory (Transformations), electives in Design, Discourses, Techniques and Skills, and interdisciplinary programmes. A semester at a partner university is optional in semester 3; the programme ends with the Master's thesis.

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