Program Overview
How do we shape the living spaces of tomorrow—in a sustainable, equitable, and future-proof way? This is precisely where the partial bachelor’s program “Land Management” comes in. It combines geographical thinking with practical planning and opens up new perspectives on the use and development of land as a resource.
The focus is on current challenges such as land scarcity, climate adaptation, and sustainable regional development, which fall under the fields of land management, community development, and environmental sciences. Students learn how land, as a central resource, can be managed, assessed, and shaped—from municipal planning to complex land management processes. In doing so, theoretical foundations meet real-world questions from practice and research.
The program is exclusively for geography students at LMU Munich. It is particularly appealing to those who wish to look beyond the boundaries of traditional geography: interdisciplinary, application-oriented, and closely tied to socially relevant topics. Field trips, projects, and collaboration with industry partners provide direct insight into professional fields of practice.
For those who want to understand how rural and urban spaces are actively developed and wish to be part of this development themselves, this program offers the ideal complement to a geography degree.
Career Opportunities
If you decide to enter the workforce directly after completing the Bachelor’s program in Land Management, a wide range of career opportunities will open up in a socially significant and forward-looking field. Graduates contribute to the sustainable design and development of cities, municipalities, and rural areas, taking on responsibilities at the intersection of planning, administration, the environment, and infrastructure.
Career opportunities exist particularly in the public sector, for example in municipalities, county offices, planning associations, or rural development agencies. There, graduates contribute to municipal and urban planning, land readjustment, land management, village and regional development, as well as infrastructure and environmental projects. Activities in the areas of climate adaptation, sustainable land use, and integrated spatial development are also becoming increasingly important.
In addition, private engineering, surveying, and planning firms offer attractive career opportunities. Here, tasks range from land and regional development, land readjustment, geoinformation management, and environmental planning to project management of planning and development processes. Thanks to the interdisciplinary focus of the program, graduates are also able to integrate technical, legal, and social issues.
National and international opportunities also open up in research and development, for example at universities, research institutions, or innovative companies. Topics such as sustainable spatial development, digitization in land management, resource conservation, or climate-resilient settlement and landscape development offer exciting future fields with high societal relevance.
Current job postings and past job offers can be found, among other places, in our job exchange
Program Curriculum
The Land Management partial bachelor’s program consists of six required modules, each of which comprises two individual courses but results in a single overall grade:
• Spatial Planning and Administrative Law
• Land Administration
• Urban Development
• Land Readjustment and Property Valuation
• Municipal and Regional Development
• Applied Land Management
It is intended that, in addition to the major in Geography, one module be completed per semester (with the exception of the second semester, which includes two modules). All course requirements for a module must be completed within a single semester.
Study plan in detail:
Admission Requirements
Enrollment in the Bachelor’s Program in Geography at LMU
Enrollment is generally intended for the first semester. However, enrollment for the second or third semester is also possible. Please note, however, that this may result in overlapping courses. In addition, switching to the program at a later stage may involve a higher workload and greater time pressure to complete the Bachelor’s degree. Therefore, students who begin their studies later than the first semester are advised to first schedule an appointment with the program coordinator.
A later switch to the partial degree program is no longer possible, as the academic requirements under FPSO § 38 could no longer be fulfilled within the standard period of study.
Tuition & Financial Information
Tuition Fee
Semester contribution ~€150 + possible non-EU surcharge
Non-EU students pay additional tuition (~€2,000–3,000/semester). Semester fee covers Deutschlandticket for public transport in Bavaria.
Financial Aid & Scholarships
TUM offers semester contributions (~€150) plus public transport in Bavaria (Deutschlandticket). Non-EU students may pay additional tuition fees (~€2,000–3,000/semester). Funding: DAAD, Deutschlandstipendium, BayBAföG (Bavarian student grants), TUM scholarships.
About Technical University of Munich
Technical University of Munich
Munich, Germany
TheTechnical University of Munich(TUMorTU Munich;German:Technische Universität München) is apublicresearch universityinMunich,Bavaria,Germany. It specializes inengineering,technology,medicine,...
University Profile- Application Deadline Summer semester: November 15 – January 15
- Start Date Winter or Summer Semester
- Duration 5 semesters
- Credits 30 ECTS
