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Regional PlanningSPRING – Regional Development Planning and ManagementInstitutionLocationCourse focusTarget groupCourse languageEntry requirementsTechnische Universität Dortmund(TU Dortmund University)The TU Dortmund University, with more than 24,000 students, combinesacademic tradition with high-quality teaching. Consistent with itsmission, the University has been developing innovative programmeswith a focus on new teaching and research content since 1968. TheGermany, initiated the SPRING programme in 1984.SPRING offers a Master’s degree (M.Sc.) in Regional or Urban DevelopmentPlanning and Management jointly within an international universitynetwork:• the Faculty of Spatial Planning, TU Dortmund University, Germany;• the Department of Planning, Kwame Nkrumah University of Scienceand Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana;• the School of Urban and Regional Planning, University of the Philip-• School of Urban Planning and Regional Planning, Ardhi University(ARU), Dar es Salaam, Tanzania;• the Faculty of Economic and Administrative Science, UniversidadAustral de Chile (UACh), Valdivia, Chile.In order to reduce regional disparities, governments in Africa, Asiaand Latin America have initiated new regional development strategiesbased on national decentralisation policies. The management level ofthe new decentralised administrative units (districts, regions or municipalities),however, is rarely commensurate with the new requirements.Planners are not only increasingly challenged to overcome the boundariesbetween administrative sectors and bridge the gap between formulatinga plan and implementing a programme but also cope with thetionsare required, ranging from planning competence to managementrequirements and restrictions or to moderate participatory processes.SPRING places its emphasis on development management at anintermediate level between macro-regional and community-basedplanning.Practitioners in regional and urban development planning and administrationin developing countries.English• • (540 points paper based, 220 computer based, 80 internet based) orIELTS (6.0) and• A strong commitment to further work in regional development planning65