Conservation and Landscape Planning
M.Sc.
Overview
Which further expertise and skills will I acquire?
Graduates will be able to define, to develop and to implement innovative strategies, methods and measures for the protection of biodiversity using the instruments of conservation biology, with a strong focus on landscape planning. They have broad and in-depth knowledge of plant and animal ecology, and can apply this knowledge in conservation strategies and spatial planning. Thus, graduates are able to develop and to implement tasks within the field of nature conservation. This includes the preparation of surveys and expert reports, i.e. the analysis, modelling and management of trends in species and habitats, and the planning of conservation or restoration.
Through a series of study projects the students enhance their subject-specific expertise, social competence and other personal skills. In addition, the internship enables them to understand habitats and species relevant to nature conservation in a foreign country. They become familiar with (inter)national conservation regulations, as well as procedures and instruments of landscape planning in Germany and abroad. They can implement essential methods of landscape planning and nature conservation such as assessment, prediction and goal setting for projects in their host country.
Graduates are therefore qualified to take up leading positions in state, private and freelance nature conservation and landscape planning, or to work as professional researchers in the corresponding fields. The Master's degree is the standard degree of university studies at TUM and qualifies students for both practical and research purposes and entitles them to do a doctorate.
Which professional opportunities can I take up with this qualification?
After completing the Master's Program, various employment opportunities open up in public, private and freelance landscape, environmental planning and research. Professional options are offered by environmental consultancies and public administration as well as associations and international non-governmental organisations.
Structure
The Master's Program Nature Conservation and Landscape Planning takes a project-based approach. The first two semesters focus on individual projects in the fields of landscape planning and nature conservation, which are supplemented by elective modules. This provides a high degree of freedom of choice when developing an individual study profile. The third semester consists of an internship abroad, in which the theoretical knowledge will be applied in practice. The fourth semester is dedicated to the Master's thesis.
The prescribed study period of the Master's Program is four semesters in total. By including competences that have already been achieved in a bachelor's program of more than six semesters, the duration of the master's program can be adapted to the pre-studies. The prescribed period of study is thus reduced to two or three semesters (e.g. for an eight-semester Bachelor's degree in the field of landscape planning), the total duration of study for the Bachelor's/Master's degree remains 10 semesters.
Costs
Tuition
HK$64,898.24
(international)
HK$689.54
(home)
Funding
Admissions
Qualifications
Selection takes place through an aptitude assessment procedure. Aptitude assessment is a two-part procedure after the submission of an official application to a program. In this procedure, the TUM school or department determines whether you meet the specific requirements for its master’s degree program.
In the initial stages, the grades you obtained during your bachelor's program, as well as your written documents, will be evaluated using a point system. Depending on the amount of points accumulated, applicants are either immediately admitted, rejected or invited to an admissions interview.
Language requirements
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