Transforming City Regions RWTH Aachen University

Overview

Transforming City Regions is one of a handful of new programs at RWTH Aachen University that have been designed in order to respond to challenges affecting cities and regions in Europe. Thanks to the program’s distinctively project-oriented focus, you will acquire a solid and highly up-to-date understanding of your field and be able to use different tools and methodologies to provide solutions for transforming European cities and regions. This course of study not only stands out for its interdisciplinary approach, but also for its strong ties to the renowned RWTH engineering tradition.

This program features a prominent European perspective – as reflected in the course content, structure, teaching staff, and student profile. Moreover, the methods, attitudes, and values underpinning TCR represent a uniquely European perspective. The course of study is further enhanced by close cooperations with other European universities, institutions, organizations, and companies. Europeanisation therefore characterizes the entire program.

Careers

Thanks to interdisciplinary approach and European perspective the graduates will be prepared to work for:

• private sector: development agencies, investment banks, technical infrastructure companies, territorial analyses, urban planning offices, companies dealing with structural funds etc.,
• public authorities and institutions, including local, regional, national, European and global level, as well as
• civil society organisations and NGOses in different cultural contexts and within wide spectrum of urban issues.

The contents and qualification goals and the modules of this program do not take into account the requirements for the professional chambers of urban planners nor those set by European or international training guidelines. This means you are not guaranteed a place on the city planner lists of chambers of architects.