Architecture Schools

Master’s degree

Master Architecture, Building and Planning - Architectural Urban Design and Engineering (Architecture)

Eindhoven University of Technology · Department of the Built Environment · Eindhoven, Netherlands

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Official award
Master of Science (MSc)MSc
Pathway
ProfessionalStated for Netherlands
Format
On campus2 year (120 ECTS)
Tuition
€2,694per year, 2026-2027

About this program

The Architectural Urban Design and Engineering specialization of TU/e's ABP master's trains students as architects or urban designers, with a customized program that gives access to the Register of Architects.

Subject
Architecture
Formal specialization
Architectural design
Department
Department of the Built Environment
Awarding body
Eindhoven University of Technology

Qualification and professional pathway

Pathway is classified only from a statement on an official page. A degree title such as B.Arch, BA, BSc, M.Arch or MSc does not decide it, and no degree by itself grants permission to practise as an architect.

Degree level
Master’s degreeA postgraduate degree. Entry requirements differ widely: some accept graduates of any subject, others require a prior architecture degree.
Pathway
Professional pathwayThe program itself is a professionally accredited or validated degree in the stated jurisdiction, as shown by the source quoted on the page. Further steps are normally still required before registration.
Why we classify it this way
The AUDE specialization offers a customized program that qualifies graduates for registration in the Register of Architects.“You can qualify to register as an: Architect Urban designer Architect and urban designer”Source
Previous architecture degree required
Not published
Applicants without an architecture degree
Not published

Accreditation, validation and recognition

Recorded for this program and campus, with the authority’s role. Institutional recognition, degree-awarding authority, program accreditation, professional validation and eligibility toward registration are different things; none of them is full professional registration.

  • Verified in official recordArchitectenregister (Dutch Register of Architects)Eligibility toward registrationFull statusNL

    Scope: Masteropleiding Architecture, Building and Planning, mastertrack Architecture

    Further requirements: Two-year professional experience period (beroepservaringperiode) after the master's, unless an exemption applies.

Study structure

Delivery
On campusTaught at the listed campus.
Study mode
Not published
Duration
2 year (120 ECTS)
Credits
120 ECTSCredit systems differ between countries and institutions.
Intakes
Not published
Campus
TU/e campus

Teaching language

Taught in
English
English
Taught in EnglishAn English-language website does not mean a program is taught in English.

Admissions

Portfolio
Not published
Interview
Not published
Official instructions
Application instructions

Fees and costs

Original currency is authoritative. Each price keeps its basis (per year, per credit, whole program), academic year and student category, and is never converted. Annual tuition and whole-program tuition are different figures.

ItemAmountApplies toDated
Statutory tuition fee (TU/e applies the same fees to part-time and full-time students)Tuition · mandatory€2,694per year, 2026-2027EU/EEA, Swiss or Surinamese nationality and no previous comparable degree in Dutch higher education19 October 2026Source
Institutional tuition fee, master studentsTuition · mandatory€21,700per year, 2026-2027Institutional fee: students without EU/EEA, Swiss or Surinamese nationality, or with a previous comparable degree in Dutch higher education19 October 2026Source
Application fee for students with a foreign education, per applicationApplication fee · mandatory€100one-time, As published 2026-10-19Students with a foreign education19 October 2026Source

No total is shown: the sources do not state a whole-program figure and the published duration and fee basis do not support a calculation.

Sources and verification

Not published on the program’s source pages: full-time or part-time options, intakes, portfolio requirement, whether a previous architecture degree is required.

Sources and how this was checked