Factsheet
An interdiciplinary study program Academic education in the field of urban studies
An interdiciplinary study program
- Research on urban problems in contemporary cities in Europe
- Advanced knowledge in urban planning, urban sociology, urban design, landscape planning, spatial planning
- Research strategies and methods
- Intellectual framing on the international discourses in urban studies
- Personal academic development (also as a preparation for a PhD)
- Development of a European perspective on urban issues
- Transdisciplinary understanding of urban studies
Eligibility Various backgrounds and experiences
Eligibility
Graduates of architecture, landscape planning, regional/spatial planning, geography, social, political and cultural science, European studies and all related disciplines are eligible for the programm.
The approach is transdisciplinary and comparative. It combines urban design, urban planning, urban sociology, landscape planning and spatial planning.
Organization of the study programme 4 semesters
Organization of the study programme
- compulsory courses on European cities (12 ECTS)
- compulsory courses on Urban and Landscape Planning (9 ECTS)
- compulsory courses on Urban Sociology (6 ECTS)
- two compulsory research methodology courses culminating in a research exposé (6 ECTS)
- a comparative study project with an integrated research training in cooperation with a European partner university (12 ECTS)
- a language course in another Language than English (3 ECTS)
- electives courses (12 ECTS)
- a research project abroad or in Germany (27 ECTS)
- project supervision (3 ECTS)
- the thesis (30 ECTS).
Students are expected to obtain 30 ECTS credits each semester, a total of 120 ECTS. The first year will be spent in Weimar. The second year will consist of a semester abroad or in Germany working on an individual research project followed by a period of research and thesis writing in the forth semester.