Course General Description

In the recently revised bachelor's programme, students tackle spatial issues in all their geographical, physical and social dimensions. The bachelor's programme extends from the preparation and assimilation of spatial information and its methodical re-casting as knowledge, via the assessment and critical reflection of spatial qualities and demands, through the drafting of spatial concepts and the development of approaches and strategies to their implementation and evaluation. The formation of communicative planning processes and the creation of the necessary legal certainty surrounding planning are two further significant aspects of spatial planning skills; and the discipline has to take explicit account of social diversity. Because of the many different aspects of spatial planning and the ways it is used, it connects with a number of areas in technology, social and natural sciences. With its aim of coordinating spatial developments and areas of activity, spatial planning as a specialist extracurricular subject has both an explicitly interdisciplinary and a trans-disciplinary role, bringing together as it does a wide range of different participants.

School General Description

TU Wien conducts research, teaching and learning under the motto 'Technology for people' for over 200 years. TU Wien has evolved into an open academic institution where discussions can happen, opinions can be voiced and arguments will be heard. Although everyone may have different individual philosophies and approaches to life, the staff, management personnel and students at TU Wien all promote open-mindedness and tolerance. TU Wien is actively and responsibly involved in the creation of technical, economic, cultural, social and ecological structures. In order to enable universities to perform their specific social tasks – scientific research and teaching, as well as promoting public awareness.