Transforming City Regions M.Sc. at RWTH Aachen University

Transforming City Regions (TCR) is a unique, interdisciplinary Master program with a strong focus on the European dimension in territorial development. This course of study was designed to respond to the environmental, social, technological, and economic challenges facing evolving European cities and regions . TCR follows a technically advanced and solution-oriented approach, so you can understand economic efficiency and recognize societal needs.

Faculty: Chair and Institute for Urban Design , which is part of RWTH’s Faculty of Architecture  |  Duration: 4 semesters (2 years)  |  Study mode: full-time; English-taught  |  Intake: Winter Semester  |  Location: Aachen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

What you will study

Transforming City Regions is structured in four semesters. The first three semesters follow the same general structure – half of the credit points are available through integrated projects, which investigate complex urban problems – starting from the urban, and moving to the regional and European scale.

Career pathways

civil society organisations and NGOses in different cultural contexts and within wide spectrum of urban issues. The contents and qualification goals and the modules of this program do not take into account the requirements for the professional chambers of urban planners nor those set by European or international training guidelines.

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