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Architecture, Department

Fachbereich Architektur

Technische Universität Darmstadt

Fachbereich Architektur
El-Lissitzky-Straße 1
D-64287 Darmstadt
Telephone: +49 6151 16-23470
https://www.tu-darmstadt.de
TU Darmstadt
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Basic information

Total number of students at the department

1,230

Number of master degree students (w/o teacher qualification)

510

Support during the study entry phase

Total score for support in the study entry phase

12/13 points

Job market- and career-orientation

Professional qualification as an architect

no information

Students' assessments on undergraduate, presence-learning-courses

Teacher support
Support in studies
Courses offered
Study organisation
Exam organisation
Digital teaching elements
Scientific-artistical orientation
Offers for career orientation
Rooms
Library
IT-infrastructure
Overall study situation
Return rate of the questionnaires

187

Further information provided by the department

Special features regarding teaching

The focus of the teaching is on design. The particularly spacious facilities of the FB15 building mean that it is open round the clock to enable student work to be carried out there as much as possible (in self-managed work rooms) and so with direct communication. The facilities are rounded off by an in-house IT department with its own print workshop, a professionally managed modelling workshop that is accessible to students, and an extensive library. Practice-related projects (e.g. planning and construction of innovative solar homes) are conducted on a regular basis.

Special features regarding the international orientation

The international focus is still being developed. Efforts are under way to extend the BSc programme to eight semesters with a one-year foreign study programme on request (Bachelor +) in addition to the existing individual options. The department has been successfully involved in international student competitions for many years (e.g. Solar Decathlon, Designing Resilience competition Singapore).

Special features regarding the equipment

Lichtwiese Printing Centre; IT unit computer pool; Student workshop; RoboLAB; 3D print workshop; IT workstations

Special features regarding research activities

Inter-disciplinary Research; Building with paper; EnEff Campus Lichtwiese; Emerging Cities; Architectures of organising; CCSA – Research collaboration with Goethe University Frankfurt and DAM Deutsches Architekturmuseum FFM. Graduate school KRITIS – Critical Infrastructures. Design Research Build: Implementation of various projects, including Cubity. Urban Health Games: Urban design for health promotion; Mobility design; UrbanSCOPE. Digital Design: Computer-based design and digital fabrication/robotics; Prefabricated Components 2.0. Support for junior academics: Centre for Architecture and Urban Research; Research Day

Support for founders

‘HIGHEST’ – the TU Darmstadt innovation and start-up centre located at TUDa – offers excellent support for founders of start-ups.

Other special features

The building is open 24/7/365 and is a kind of "home" for the students. This very much helps students identify with their studies. Everything is very close and personal, because the entire administration of services, including advice services etc. are all in the same building. Most of the students and teaching staff know each other personally.

Further information on research activities

Further information about study entry phase

Website of the Student Council

online-application

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Last Update 2022: Data collected by the CHE Center for Higher Education
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