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Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences

Eindhoven University of Technology · Netherlands

Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences

How buildings, neighbourhoods and cities are designed, built and reshaped: architecture, urban design and building physics and technology in one mix of design studio and theory.

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Where
EindhovenNetherlands
Degree
BSc
Length
3 years
Taught in
English
Starts
Autumn 2027
Apply by
15 January 2027
Admission
SelectiveIB grades
EU/EEA fee
€2,7712027/28 statutory fee
More facts
Degree
BSc
Length
3 years
Taught in
English
Starts
Autumn 2027

Deadlines

  1. 1 December 2026*

    Create your Studielink account
    Your own plan
    Details

    Not an official deadline. With a Dutch address you log in with DigiD, which the government says takes about five days. Without one you upload a scan or photo of your passport or EU identity card and Studielink verifies it automatically. Either way, do it well before 15 January.

    Source

  2. 15 January 2027

    Applications close
    Hard deadline
    DetailsSource

  3. 6 July 2027*

    IB results released
    Details

    Both Dutch deadlines fall well before this. How a conditional place pending results is handled is set by each institution; ask yours.

    Source

* Last year’s date, not yet confirmed.

Every date in the Netherlands

What it is

The programme joins architecture, urbanism, building sciences, structural design and real estate, looking at how the living environment is built and keeps changing. You can follow one of three profiles from the start, building physics and structural design, architectural urban design and engineering, or urban systems and real estate, and choose electives to shape your own route. Teaching mixes lectures, guided self-study and challenge-based design projects done in multidisciplinary teams, starting with a first-year studio. Year two builds the structural engineering core, and year three is dominated by a final project. Graduates continue to a master's and work in architecture firms, construction, housing associations and government.

What you need

  • Maths AA HL
  • Physics HL
Requirements in full

Every IB applicant at Eindhoven University of Technology

Full IB Diploma with Maths AA HL for every bachelor's; engineering and design ones add Physics HL. An IB Diploma taught only in English, or English A HL at 5, covers English.

Where it says so

Its entry requirements

Check it on tue.nl

How places are decided

    • IB grades
    • Entrance exam
    Numerus fixus: apply by 15 Jan. 2026 rules: grades 2/3, online test 1/3; 2027 adds an online test (13 Mar) and campus day (3 Apr), full criteria not yet published.
Sources (3)
  1. Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences at TU/e — checked 2026-09-30
  2. Entry requirements
  3. IB applicants at TU/e

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