Master’s degree
Masterstudium Architektur
Master's in Architecture
Munich University of Applied Sciences · Fakultät für Architektur · Munich, Bayern, Germany
- Official award
- Master of ArtsM.A.
- Pathway
- Not classified
- Format
- On campus4 Semester
- Tuition
- Not published
About this program
Four-semester full-time master's with project studios, specialist projects, theory seminars and key competences; students choose a Vertiefung and finish with a design-plus-theory master thesis.
Intended audience: Holders of a bachelor's degree in architecture seeking a four-semester master's.
- Subject
- Architecture
- Formal specialization
- Conservation and adaptive reuse, Sustainable architecture
- Department
- Fakultät für Architektur
- Awarding body
- Hochschule München
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
- Pathway not classifiedNo source we could read states the professional status of this program. It is left unclassified rather than guessed from the degree name.
- Previous architecture degree required
- Yes
- Applicants without an architecture degree
- No
- Further professional requirements
- The 16 weeks of full-time practice in architecture offices after the bachelor's must be submitted by the end of the second semester; the page notes the activities mirror those asked for entry in the architects' list (LP 1-9).Source
| Route | Duration | Credits | Requirement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prior architecture degree (advanced standing) | 4 Semester | – | Bachelor in architecture with at least 180 ECTS and final grade 2.5 or better (or equivalent foreign degree); portfolio; 16 weeks of professional practice proven by end of 2nd semesterSource |
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.
No accreditation, validation or registration-pathway record for this program has been verified yet. That does not mean none exists; check the national authority and the institution.
Study structure
- Delivery
- On campusTaught at the listed campus.
- Study mode
- Full-time
- Duration
- 4 Semester
- Studio requirements
- Projektstudios: architectural and urban design tasks
- Internship or placement
- 16 weeks of professional practice in architecture offices, to be proven by the end of the 2nd semester.
- Thesis or dissertation
- Masterthesis in the 4th semester: design project plus related theoretical work.
- Intakes
- Winter semester, Summer semester
- Campus
- Hochschule München, KarlstraßeKarlstraße 6, München
Teaching language
- Taught in
- German
- English
- English teaching not verifiedAn English-language website does not mean a program is taught in English.
- Differences by campus or pathway
- Teaching language is not stated explicitly; international applicants must show German at level B2 or better.
- Published language requirements
- German B2 (Goethe-Institut) or better if applicable
Admissions
- Portfolio
- Portfolio requiredPortfolio (PDF, max 20 MB) giving an overview of studies; admission interview (Aufnahmegespräch) in Karlstraße 6. Winter semester 02 May - 15 June, summer semester 15 November - 15 January (no year printed).
- Interview
- Interview required
- Previous qualification
- Bachelor in architecture, min. 180 ECTS, grade 2.5 or better
- Documents
- CV, portfolio, proof of 16 weeks professional practice if available, uni-assist VPD for foreign degrees
- 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.
The institution does not publish tuition for this program on the pages we checked. Ask for current fees, what they include and whether studio, materials, printing, software, equipment and field-trip costs are extra.
Sources and verification
Not published on the program’s source pages: tuition, accreditation or validation record.
Sources and how this was checked
Last checked 19 October 2026. Each fact carries a verbatim quote that is re-checked against the live page. Research methodology.
Sources (checked 19 October 2026)