Spatial Planning German Jordanian University (GJU) – Amman

Overview

This one-of-a-kind graduate program in Spatial Planning from German Jordanian University (GJU) – Amman as an interdisciplinary field of study incorporates multi-dimensional perspectives using problem-solving practical approaches to achieve integrated sustainable planning and urban design.  Graduates are prepared to contribute to the contemporary built environment at the local, regional, and international arenas with their hands-on up-to-date theories and practices.

The M. Sc. Program in Spatial Planning aims at:

• 1. Preparing qualified and efficient planners who are acquainted with the local needs of the Jordanian
• and regional markets.
• 2. Graduating planners who are capable of facing development challenges at local and regional levels
• using integrated sustainable strategies qualitatively and quantitatively.
• 3. Acquainting graduates with realistic, yet creative, problem solving methods in implementation
• management at local and regional levels.
• 4. Providing young professionals who are already engaged at local governmental and private
• institutions with an opportunity to update their skills and knowledge to face the rapid development
• challenges taking place in Jordan and the region.
• 5. To generate research-based knowledge of relevance to spatial planning problem solving, design
• strategies and implementation