Master’s Degree Programs at the UA Ruhr

The UA Ruhr offers diverse opportunities for graduate students to become involved in metropolitan research. The following overview shows English-language Master’s degree programs at the respective universities and also indicates several of the programs that are mainly taught in German.

RUHR-UNIVERSITY BOCHUM

  • M.Sc. Transformation of Metropolitan Spaces
    International Double Degree Master with the College of Architecture and Urban Planning at the Tongji University in Shanghai, China.

    Thematic priorities
    • spatial analysis competencies
    • planning and governance competencies
    • intercultural competencies

The following German-language study programs at the Ruhr-University are directly related to metropolitan research:

TU DORTMUND

  • Spatial Planning for Regions in Growing Economies (SPRING)
    Master’s program in cooperation with Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Kumasi, Ghana; School of Urban and Regional Planning, University of the Philippines, Manila, Philippines; Ardhi University, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile

    Thematic priorities:
    • concepts and theories of spatial planning
    • planning in developing countries
    • socio-economic development planning

The following German-language study programs at the TU Dortmund are directly related to metropolitan research:

TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT DORTMUND: MASTERSTUDIENGÄNGE ZUR METROPOLENFORSCHUNG

UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG-ESSEN

  • M.Sc. Sustainable Urban Development
    Master’s program aimed at research in planning, engineering and natural sciences

    Thematic priorities:
    • sustainable urban planning
    • logistics, energy systems, energy economy, technology management
    • urban ecology and climatology

The following German-language study programs at the University of Duisburg-Essen are directly related to metropolitan research: