Master's Degree in Architecture

Program Overview

Master's Degree in Architecture

Presentation

This Master's Degree in Architecture enables you to work as a professional architect in Spain and across Europe. The aim of the programme is to give students the opportunity to add to the skills and knowledge acquired as a part of the Bachelor's Degree in Architecture (Grado en Fundamentos de Arquitectura), exploring architectural projects in greater depth from an experimental viewpoint, while providing a solid and multidisciplinary grasp of the field.

The Master's Degree in Architecture enables you to practise as an architect, access doctoral programmes, possess a professional qualification which improves your employability, and ensure full recognition of your professional qualifications abroad.

Program

• Duration/Ects: 1 year / 60 ECTS
• Places/Campus: 20 / Alfara
• Studies mode: Presential
• Learning outcomes: Competences
• Employment: Career Opportunities
• Aimed at: Graduates meeting the conditions set in Order EDU/2075/2010 of 29th July, regarding the requirements for the verification of university studies enabling professional practice as an architect.

Coordinator

• Jordi Martínez Ventura

Academic Fee and Finance

Check the tuition fees for this Master's programme. The San Pablo CEU University Foundation is the educational institution in Spain that allocates the most funding to scholarships and financial aid. For both Official Master’s Degrees and Lifelong Learning Master’s Degrees, you may be eligible for the AVANCE Scholarship.

Specialization and Internationalization

What makes us different

• Become an architect in Spain and work wherever you want.
• Destination: Spain - A focus on Spain and Spanish architecture in an international environment
• With FuertesPenedo Arquitectos
• High-quality education + real professional experience - See the line between the academic and the professional worlds disappear
• In the laboratory - Learn by doing

Entry Requirements

To enrol in the programme, you must hold a Spanish Bachelor's Degree in Fundamentals of Architecture or an equivalent qualification that grants access to a master's degree in the country where it was issued. Additionally, a B2 level of English or higher is required. If you do not have an official English certificate, you can demonstrate your proficiency through a test administered by our university.

If you are already a student at our university, you can enrol in the Programa Académico de Recorrido Sucesivo (PARS). This programme allows you to progress seamlessly from the Bachelor’s Degree in Fundamentals of Architecture to the Master’s Degree in Architecture. You may register for the master's when you have a maximum of 30 ECTS credits left to complete your degree, all of which must correspond to the final year, including the Final Degree Project (TFG).

Admission Process

To assess your application, you must submit at least the following documents:

• Motivation letter
• CV and portfolio
• Diploma
• Academic transcript
• English proficiency certificate (if available)
• Official photo ID

If your degree was not awarded in Spain, you must also provide the European Diploma Supplement or an equivalent document confirming that your studies grant access to a master's degree in the country where it was issued.

Transformative Skills Programme

Our university offers the Transformative Skills Programme, designed to provide learning opportunities that enhance your employability.

Professors

• María Albarreal Machío
• Lola Bataller Alberola
• César Blecua Udías
• Iago Fernández Penedo Fuertes Penedo
• Raúl Ferrándiz López Estructuras Singulares
• Oscar Fuertes Dopico Fuertes Penedo
• Javier García García Drawfield
• Sonia García-Delicado Pérez Estructuras Singulares
• Lara Llop Font
• Ángel López de Ocáriz Olmos Drawfield
• Juan Marco Marco Juan Marco Arquitectos
• Jordi Martínez Ventura
• Blanca Pedrola Vidal Kuma Architecture
• Maria Peralta Zaragoza
• Jaime Pérez Dinnbier
• José María Rodrigo Ortega
• Alfonso Ventura Martínez

Placements

Many students see postgraduate training as the key to improving their employability – and this is exactly what you can do with us. Placements at working studios, training to improve personal skills, and lecturers who also work in the industry are all part of the package we offer.

Mandatory Internships

• General regulations concerning the practicum in Bachelor's Degrees and postgraduate programs

Voluntary placements

During your Master's Degree in Architecture at ESET, you can undertake voluntary placements at Spanish and international studios and firms. Our objective is to ensure you can maximize your learning, by combining your studies with real professional experience, enabling you to hone your skills and employability, improve your teamworking ability and gain a global vision of professional practice.

Regulations

• Regulations for the Continuation of Studies on Master's Degrees
• Royal Decree 822/2021, of 28th September, regarding the organization of educational programmes at universities and the quality assurance of such programmes
• Regulations Concerning University-Specific and Lifelong Learning Programmes
• Regulations on the Recognition and Transfer of Credits
• Contract for the Waiving of Intellectual Property Rights
• Regulations Concerning Continuous Assessment at CEU UCH.
• General Regulations Concerning End-Of-Degree Projects (TFG) and End-Of-Master’s Degree Projects (TFM).
• Framework Regulations for the External Practical Training of University Students

Competencies

General Competencies

• GC1 - An ethical commitment to society in one's professional architectural activities.
• GC2 - Information and communication technology skills required for professional practice as an architect.
• GC3 - Ability to work autonomously and with an entrepreneurial spirit in one’s professional architectural activities.
• GC4 - Ability to develop and apply one’s spatial vision using graphical tools.
• GC5 - Ability to analyse and synthesize information, enabling more effective decision-making and problem resolution.
• GC6 - Ability to work in multi-disciplinary teams, negotiate and find a consensus.
• GC7 - Ability to research and find links between different areas of knowledge which impinge upon professional architectural practice.
• GC8 - Ability to adapt to technological change. Awareness of the need to keep professional knowledge up to date. Ability to adapt to new situations.
• GC9 - Ability to express oneself clearly and effectively in both Spanish and a foreign language.

Specific Competencies - Technical Module

• SC1-TEC - Ability to conceive, calculate, design, execute, and integrate structures into buildings and urban settings.
• SC2-TEC - Ability to conceive, calculate, design, execute and integrate interior divisions, stairs, wooden structures and other interior items into buildings and urban settings.
• SC3-TEC - Ability to conceive, calculate, design, execute and integrate the façade, roof and other large-scale items into buildings and urban settings.
• SC4-TEC - Ability to conceive, calculate, design, execute and integrate the facilities required for plumbing, heating and ventilation into buildings and urban settings.

Specific Competencies - Module with Practical Training

• SC5-PRA - Ability to conceive, develop and carry out basic projects, sketches and proposals.
• SC6-PRO - Ability to conceive, develop and carry out urban developments.
• SC7-PRO - Ability to conceive, develop and carry out site management.
• SC8-PRO - Ability to draw up functional programmes for buildings and urban spaces.
• SC9-PRO - Ability to intervene, preserve, restore and rehabilitate heritage buildings.
• SC10-PRO - Ability to perform an architectural critique.
• SC11-PRO - Ability to draw up and administer urban plans at any scale.
• SC12-PRO - Ability to employ digital tools to create, modify and process images at any and all stages of the project development process.

Specific Skills - End-of-Master’s Degree Project Module

• SC13-EMP - Ability to bring together the knowledge and skills acquired during one’s architectural training to create a single, comprehensive project.

Career Opportunities

Construction

• Drafting of projects and site management for construction work of all types, including:
  • Farm buildings
  • Industrial buildings and warehouses
  • Transport buildings
  • Government buildings
  • Commercial and public service buildings
  • Health and social care buildings
  • Sporting and recreational buildings
  • Religious and funerary buildings
  • Buildings for cultural, community or professional activities
  • Buildings for educational or scientific activities
  • Media facilities
  • All types of residential buildings
  • Floating and underground buildings
  • Civil engineering work in general, whether or not as part of urban developments, including services such as: roads, pavements, lighting, distribution networks, landscaping, etc., facilities for water supplies, sewers and sanitation facilities, walkways and private roads, bridges, dams, canals, irrigation channels, subsoil and site preparation.

Urban planning

• Creation of all types of urban planning materials and detailed projects; in particular:
  • General municipal development plans
  • Partial municipal development plans
  • Detailed studies and establishment of building volumes
  • Urban planning and civil engineering projects
  • Zoning in large municipalities
  • Special planning projects
  • Subsidiary planning regulations
  • Complementary planning regulations
  • Zoning in small municipalities
  • Division of land into plots
  • Redivision of land into plots
  • Expropriation projects
  • Other urban planning work
  • Urban planning advice

Other work:

• Establishment of boundaries and land measurement
• Valuation of land and buildings
• Interior and exterior decoration of buildings
• Financial administration: project management
• Demolishing buildings
• Creating installation diagrams
• Preservation of heritage buildings and monuments
• Retrospective applications for planning permission