Sustainable Landscape Design and Development

The Master’s programme is open to highly-qualified international applicants with a three-year Bachelor’s degree in the field of landscape architecture and planning and related subjects such as architecture, urban design and planning, and environmental planning.

In order to apply to the Master’s programme, you need to fulfil the following criteria:

• You need to have acquired a Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in landscape architecture or in any related field, such as architecture, urban design and planning, environmental planning, etc.
• The grade point average (GPA) of the prior academic degree needs to correspond to a German GPA of at least 2.3.
• All non-EU applicants have to certify their academic documents via an acknowledged agency (uni-assist) to prove that they are entitled to study in Germany: <https://www.uni-assist.de/en/>
• All EU applicants upload their application at the university's Master's programme portal: <https://kis-portal.th-owl.de/qisserver/pages/cs/sys/porta...
• Along with your degree, grade and English skill certificates mentioned above, it’s mandatory to submit the following documents (total size may not exceed 10 MB) for your uni-assist application, otherwise, it will be incomplete and therefore denied:
• A curriculum vitae (CV, PDF, one page DIN-A4)
• A letter of motivation (PDF, one page DIN-A4) is necessary. Please refer to why you want to participate in this Master’s programme; point out a perspective of where you picture yourself in the future and reflect on the following aspects (These references are important as they will serve as the basis for the reflection part of the internship report in third semester.):
• 1. Why do you want to enrol in the SLDD Master’s programme?
• 2. How can you demonstrate your motivation to participate in the SLDD Master’s programme (i.e. experiences from prior Bachelor’s programme, internships, design and planning competitions, or other professional experience)?
• 3. What are your expectations of the SLDD Master’s programme and of your future profession? Which professional developments are you seeking during the programme and the internship, and what qualification are you aiming to acquire after your graduation?
• A portfolio with work samples (PDF, max. seven pages)
• The applications will be evaluated by a committee, which then determines the suitability of the applicants for this Master’s programme.