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About Master SPRING

The second year at the partnering universities

Students choose their second year destination during the first semester at TU Dortmund University. SPRING staff from our partnering universities in Brazil, Chile, Ghana, the Philippines and Tanzania guide them during this process by considering their academic and professional backgrounds as well as their future planning interests and endeavors.

Each of the SPRING partnering institution has a special academic expertise, which is reflected in the respective curriculum and the course offer. The specialization or study focus vary from

  • Urban Planning at Ardhi University (ARU)
  • Sustainable Development Planning and Management at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST)
  • Environmental Economics in Planning at the Universidad Austral de Chile (UACh) (currently not available)
  • Special Problems in Regional Planning (Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction and Management) at the University of the Philippines (UP-SURP)
  • Planning, governance and public policy for sustainable urban agglomerations at the Federal University of ABC (UFABC)

The table below displays the area of specialization of each partnering university as well as modules offered and their respective courses.

Module Content

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana 

Sustainable Development Planning and Management

Module

Courses
7a: Planning and Research Methods   
  1. Spatial Statistics
  2. Planning Surveys and Research Methodology
 
8a: Policy Planning and Implementation in Ghana  
  1. Governance of Development
  2. Planning Practice in Ghana
 
9a: Development Workshop  
  1. Development Workshop
 
10a: Master Thesis  
  1. Master Thesis Writing
 

University of the Philippines, Manila, The Philippines 

Special Problems in Regional Planning (Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction and Management)

Module

Courses
7b: Planning and Research Methods   
  1. Research Methods in Planning
  2. Planning and Analysis Techniques
 
8b: Policy Planning and Implementation in the Philippiners  
  1. Planning Process
  2. Special Problems in Regional Planning (Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction and Management)
 
9b: Development Workshop  
  1. Planning Workshop
 
10b: Master Thesis  
  1. Master Thesis Writing
 

Ardhi University, Dar es Salam, Tanzania

Urban Planning

Module

Courses
7c: Planning and Research Methods   
  1. Research Methods
  2. Planning and Management in Information Systems
  3. Professional Practice
 
8c: Urban Planning and Management in Tanzania  
  1. Urban Planning and Management Theories
  2. Urban Land Management and Development (elective)
  3. Urban Housing Development and Management (elective)
  4. Urban Infrastructure Planning and Management (elective)
  5. Gender and Urban Development (elective)
 
9c: Urban Planning and Management Workshop  
  1. Urban Planning and Management Studio
 
10c: Master Thesis  
  1. Master Thesis Writing
 

Universidade Federal do ABC, São Paulo, Brazil

Planning, governance and public policy for
sustainable urban agglomeration

Module

Courses
7d: Planning and Research Methods  
  1. Methods in Planning Research
  2. Public Policy Analysis: methods and applications
 
8d: Planning, governance and public policies for sustainability  
  1. Planning, governance and public policies - theory and its application in Brazil
  2. Sustainable urban and regional development in the global South
 
9d: Workshop on sustainable urban and regional development  
  1. Applied Research Workshop I - preparing
  2. Applied Research Workshop II - field work and report writing
 
10d: Master Thesis  
  1. Master Thesis Writing
 

Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile

Environmental Economics in Planning

(currently not available)

(DAAD EPOS scholarship is not applicable for Chile and the language of instruction is Spanish)

Module

Courses
7e: Planning and Research Methods  
  1. Qualitative Methods in Research
  2. Quantitative Methods in Research
  3. Geospatial Analysis in Planning
 
8e: Policy Planning and Implementation in Chile  
  1. Regional Planning and Environmental Management
  2. Decentralised Development Planning  
  3. Theoretical Foundations for Development Planning
  4. Regional and Local Dynamics of Development Intervention
 
9e: Development Planning Workshop  
  1. Workshop 1: Analysis
  2. Workshop 2: Planning
  3. Workshop 3: Implementation
 
10e: Master Thesis  
  1. Topic Identification and Research Proposal
  2. Master Thesis Research Project
  3. Final Presentation and Thesis Defence
 

SPRING Contact

TU Dort­mund Uni­ver­sity
Department of Spatial Planning
SPRING
August-Schmidt-Straße 6
44227 Dort­mund
Germany

Phone: +49 231 755-6075
E-Mail:
General: springtu-dortmundde
Application: application.springtu-dortmundde
Instagram: spring_tu.dortmund

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Calendar

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09-28 – 10-01 | start 02:00 pm

Seminar place allocation Master for WiSe 2022/23

LimeSurvey
09-30 | 12:08 pm

End of semester SoSe 2022
10-01 | 12:06 pm

Start of the semester WiSe 2022/23
10-10 | 12:00 am

Beginning of lecture period WiSe 2022/23
10-10 | 09:00 am

Presentation of master projects and studios - WiSe 22/23

GB III, room 516, attendance is mandatory

Location & approach

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The facilities of TU Dortmund University are spread over two campuses, the larger Campus North and the smaller Campus South. Additionally, some areas of the university are located in the adjacent "Technologiepark".

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