Sustainable Regional Development

Admission requirements for the Master of Sustainable Regional Development

• To be admitted to the master's programme you must have completed (or be about to complete) an undergraduate degree with a grade of at least „good“ (2.5 or better).
• Your undergraduate degree should be in one of the following subjects: Agricultural Science, Horticulture, Forestry, Landscape Architecture, Landscape Planning, Spatial Planning, Geosciences, Economic Geography, Economic and Social Sciences, Political Science, Environmental or Nutritional Sciences or another comparable domestic or foreign degree.
• The prerequisite for admission to the master's degree program is usually 210 ECTS. Students may also enter the program with 180 ECTS; you can make up the missing credits from theory or practice.
• If your undergraduate degree certificate is not yet available, you can submit it by the end of the first semester.
• Courses are held in English. Foreign students who do not have a bachelor's degree (or an equivalent qualification) in English must therefore provide proof of sufficient knowledge of the English language (at least level B2). For students who also know German, it is possible to take some of the German-language electives in some of the other master’s programmes (such as the German Master Regionalmanagement).

Missing credits (ECTS) can be made up as follows:

Missing credits from your undergraduate degree must be completed and submitted by the end of your master's programme. For this purpose, you can take elective modules from the following options during your studies and in addition to the regular semester courses:

• Subject-related courses offered by the HSWT (bachelor's and master's programme)
• Subject-related modules offered by the Virtual University of Bavaria (VHB)

Application with a foreign degree

Applicants who have obtained their first degree abroad need a "Vorprüfungsdokumentation" (VPD) from uni-assist to apply for the Master of Sustainable Regional Development. The submission of a uni-assist test report is not sufficient. Please plan extra time for this VPD step.