RePICRedesigning the Post-Industrial City (UNIC Erasmus Mundus Joint Master)
Architecture and Urban Planning, Environment, Climate and Sustainability
Route
Where you study each semester.
Semester 1, Urban Transformations and Resilience
- Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB), Bochum, GermanyMap of Bochum on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
All students together.
Overview
UNIC alliance master with applications through Ruhr University Bochum; partners include Erasmus University Rotterdam, Deusto, UCC and Koç.
- Field
- Architecture and Urban Planning, Environment, Climate and Sustainability
- Duration
- 24 months, 120 ECTS
- Degree
- Not publicly specified in the sources verified.
- Teaching language
- Not publicly specified in the sources verified.
- Universities
- Not publicly specified in the sources verified.
Eligibility
- Degree
- Bachelor's (first cycle, EQF level 6), preferably with a dissertation, or equivalent giving access to master's studies; a declaration that the requirements are met if the diploma is not yet issued.
- Subjects
- Architecture, urban design/planning/development, geography, urban or environmental engineering, geoinformatics, sociology, public administration, business studies, culture/media/visual arts or related fields, with demonstrable experience in post-industrial city themes.
- Other prerequisites
- Not publicly specified in the sources verified.
- Grades
- Not publicly specified in the sources verified.
- Final-year students
- Not publicly specified in the sources verified.
- English
- B2 in the teaching languages (DAAD lists IELTS Academic 5 as an example).
- English exemptions
- Nationals of countries the partners deem English-speaking, or a bachelor's taught in English.
- Other languages
- Not publicly specified in the sources verified.
Documents
Passport or national ID Mandatory
Bachelor's degree certificate / diploma Mandatory
Certified copy with official translation if not in English, plus diploma supplement if available.
Academic transcripts Mandatory
Certified, with official translation if not in English.
CV / résumé Mandatory
In English.
English language certificate Conditional
Motivation letter Mandatory
Structured: motivation and preferred track (200 words) plus further set sections.
Deadlines and scholarship
- Scholarship
- Scholarship availableThe official page says Erasmus Mundus scholarships are offered for the 2027 intake.
- Applications open
- 1 Nov 2026
- Deadline
- 28 Feb 2027
- Time zone
- UTC+1
- About the deadline
- Winter semester 2027/28: 1 Nov 2026 to 28 Feb 2027 24:00 UTC+1. An additional period may open if places remain. CV in English and a structured motivation letter required.
Sources
The official pages the requirements, deadlines and scholarship status above come from.
- UNIC: Redesigning the Post-Industrial City (opens in a new tab)read 21 Oct 2026
- RePIC application portal (Ruhr University Bochum) (opens in a new tab)read 22 Oct 2026
- UNIC: RePIC programme page (opens in a new tab)read 22 Oct 2026
- EACEA: Erasmus Mundus Catalogue (live capture 2026-10-22) (opens in a new tab)read 22 Oct 2026