Course
Architecture
Offered by Faculty of Architecture
QS Architecture & Built Environment
Well-regarded German architecture facultyQS World Rank: Top 500 (2026)
TU Dresden’s Faculty of Architecture is a long-established school in a city with outstanding historic architecture and very low living costs; teaching is mainly in German.
Key advantages
- Historic architecture setting
- No tuition fee
- Very low living costs
- Established design tradition
- Strong research in heritage
- Small, supportive community
- Programme & duration
- M.Sc. Architecture: 2 years (full-time; German-language teaching)
- Tuition (international)
- No tuition fee for international students; semester contribution of roughly €300 per semester including a transport ticket (indicative; verify on official website)
- Intakes
- Winter semester (October); some programmes also admit for the summer semester (April). Applications usually close between January and May.
- English requirement
- German: TestDaF / DSH (usually level C1) required for German-taught tracks; English alone is not sufficient
- Entry requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in architecture with a strong design portfolio. German language proficiency (usually C1) generally required; CV, motivation letter, portfolio and references; APS certificate for applicants from India.
Employability & placement
Graduates work in architecture, restoration and urban planning practices across Germany.
Student experience
Dresden is a beautiful, affordable city in eastern Germany with a strong microelectronics and engineering sector. TU Dresden is one of Germany’s ‘Universities of Excellence’ and charges no tuition fee for non-EU students.
Research strengths
Research in heritage conservation, urban design and sustainable building.