Nürtingen-Geislingen University offers at its campus in Nürtingen the internationally recognised bachelor degree program Landscape Architecture. It leads to the degree Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.).

The purpose of Landscape Architecture in Landscape Planning is to provide students with key knowledge and skills that will enable them to plan, design and execute landscape architectural projects with professional expertise. The program focuses on the acquisition of design, technical and methodological competencies and tools and their practice-oriented use in planning projects and an integrated practice-oriented module.

A basic understanding of landscape and urban planning issues will be conveyed along with qualified presentation skills. Aspects of environmental ethics, public participation and information and design and planning in a European context are integral components of the course. Apart from the classic planning tools, the students have to learn the use of CAD and GIS-systems and multimedial 3D-animations for planning purposes.

In their 6th and 7th semester, students choose between the electives "Planning and Designing" and "Disigning and Building".

Nürtingen-Geislingen University houses experimental gardens and parks for demonstration and teaching. The students can study more than 1.500 different plants and trees.

Language of Instruction

Lectures are instructed in German. For more information about the degree program and the curriculum please turn to the German site.

For classes taught in English please refer to our English Course Catalogue.