As usual, the compulsory courses  Regional Planning Practice, opens an external URL in a new window, and Spatial Development Planning, opens an external URL in a new window (preparatory seminar for Project 2) take place in the Bachelor's program. This semester, Regional Planning Practice will focus on the province of Upper Austria. For lateral entrants, there will also be an Orientation Phase, opens an external URL in a new window in the summer semester, as well as the Planning Studio, opens an external URL in a new window.

This semester, for the first time, elective module 13 "Climate-sensitive spatial planning" will be offered. The elective module consists of the VU Climate-just spatial planning - discourse on the (climate) crisis in planning", opens an external URL in a new window and the project "Climate-just spatial planning - from the tipping point to the planning turnaround"., opens an external URL in a new window In this course, integrative spatial planning documents created in the context of student projects are blended by the students with information from climate modeling and tested and evaluated for their climate suitability on the basis of self-developed criteria. Based on this subsequent evaluation of their own planning decisions under the aspect of climate protection, the planning is revised with the objective of "100 percent priority for climate protection".

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For the Master programme the Diploma Seminar, opens an external URL in a new window will be offered again. Registrations are possible from 15.02.2023.

In summer there will be a transdisciplinary  "WHOSE CLIMATE? – Claiming*Spaces" SummerSchool", opens an external URL in a new window on the topic of gender and climate at the landuni Drosendorf.

In addition, the field trip Experiencing Japan Part 2: Discovery, opens an external URL in a new window to Tokyo will take place in September 2023. All student who have completed Part 1 "Hospitality" are guaranteed a spot in the field trip.

The following courses are offered in the master's elective:

EM 2 (Spatial planning in rural and alpine areas)
VU Planungsprozesse für ländliche und alpine Räume, opens an external URL in a new window (core subject)
SE Strategien für den ländlichen und alpinen Raum, opens an external URL in a new window (core subject)

EM 4 (Mobility and Energy Spatial Planning)
VO Energieraumplanung, opens an external URL in a new window (core subject)
EX Energieraumplanung in der Praxis, opens an external URL in a new window (supplementary subject)

Focus courses (supplementary subjects)
VU Erneuerbare Ressourcen im Raum, opens an external URL in a new window (EM 3 and EM 4)
UE Raumplanungsbotschafter:innen für Schulen, opens an external URL in a new window (EM 3 and EM 5)
EX Experiencing Japan Part 2: Discovery, opens an external URL in a new window (EM 1 and EM 3)
EX Entwicklungsperspektiven Stadtregion Brünn, opens an external URL in a new window (EM 1 and EM 3)
PR "WHOSE CLIMATE? – Claiming*Spaces" SummerSchool , opens an external URL in a new window (EM 3 and EM 5)

The registration periods start uniformly on 15.02.2022 at 09:00!
We look forward to seeing you in one course or another in the upcoming semester!