INFORMATION FOR INTERNATIONAL LANDSCAPE GUEST STUDENTS

if you need information, signing of documents, help of any kind - feel free to contact the TUM Landscape Student Exchange Coordinator Andreas Printz: a.printz@tum.de

Information on the Projects/Studios in Landscape Architecture:
(look for the specific subpages below, starting approx. 1 month before start of lecture time)

Bachelor projects: → Overview of BSc projects/studios in Winter Semester ‘24/'25 
Master projects: → Overview of MA/MSc projects/studios in Winter Semester ‘24/'25 
(so sorry, both overviews for projects/studios is in large parts only in German. Please use a translator tool or try checking the websites below. The Student Exchange Coordinator may be helpful for a better general understanding of the projects/studios. For very detailed questions on the content or the technical organization around the projects feel free to contact the supervisors directly. You can anyway be sure that supervising will take place in English!)

Landscape Architecture
Landscape Architecture and Transformation (LAT)
Landscape Architecture and Public Spaces (LAO)
Landscape Architecture and Regional Open Space (LAREG)
Green Technologies on Green Architecture (GTLA)

Landscape Planning/Ecology
Chair for Strategic Landscape Planning and Management (SMLE)
Terrestrial Ecology (TÖK)
Restoration Ecology (RÖK)
Urban Productive Ecosystems (UPE)

Each homepage is individually structured. Feel free to respectively look up, down or to the side to find more/other project/studio information or taught courses according to your education level.

Maybe not all information is updated. In case ask at the respective chair or Andreas Printz

Projects/studios are offered at different levels. Choose the ones that are fitting to your level. In case you want to up- or downgrade for any reason, talk to the staff. However, BSc-students are normally not admitted to the Master projects (this is different as for the lectures).
Make sure you applied for projects/studios in time according to the information given! This might be important to organize the travel logistic to the project/studio site at the very beginning!
Make sure to be at the very first presentation of the project to understand what is it about and what is required. Working teams are usually built instantly after the presentation.
If you can not decide without getting full presentation information, tell the staff that you are interested and until you will have decided to participate or not. You will have to decide at least in the very first lecture week.

Check also the "Short design", "Short Exercises", "Kurzentwürfe" offers at the Landscape Architecture chair sites. Offering 1-2 ECTS for short design sketches  (e.g. 24h projects). Apply early - here courses often are full quickly.

# The Lectures
Also for the lectures it is recommended to be present at the very first lecture date. It is then, when an overview of content, methods, grade nature and expectations is given. Hint: visit more lectures than you booked. Include also possible alternatives. You can change your courses selection and drop later courses, you don't like/need, no problem (from our side). You can change your course selection from the original Learning Agreement according to the agreement of your home University. Talk to the Landscape Student Exchange Coordinator. Be sure to take a full module and not ‘only’ a lecture. Sometimes modules consist of different lectures, some of them even spread over two semesters. a single lecture of a combined module can not be represented in your Transcript of Records. Take care: sometimes “simple” lectures can also be full modules. If you are not sure about your choice, ask the lecturer or the Student Exchange Coordinator.
Electronic course application at our University is not a prerequisite or a key feature for the participation (except for some number limited courses, mostly for e.g. laboratory courses). In most courses, you can just walk in without any control and apply later. However, if you finally decide to take at the course, being listed guarantees the flux of side teaching information, introduction and special dates, etc. Once, you are registered, you don't necessarily have to finish the course.
At the middle of the semester you will have to register for the exam (only for the ones you want to have an exam).

# Places and Dates
You want to compile your study schedule and need to know, when and where are your lectures/projects? Go the lecture/studio of your choice in TUMOnline and click on “Scheduled Dates”.

# Informal Landscape Welcome Meeting on Tuesday 8th of October 18:15 in room U3
Shortly before into seriously diving into your guest studies, let's meet and talk a bit about the most important TUM Landscape survival hacks. Your Student Exchange Coordinator Andreas Printz as well as living real students (maybe even your buddy) will be there for welcoming you with beverages and some snacks. Also open for your questions of all kind. 
Tuesday, 8th of October 6:15 p.m. in room U3