Program Overview

Program Overview

The Graduate Program at FAUUSP, established in 1971 for Masters and 1980 for Doctorate, is one of the oldest in the country. It is headquartered in a nineteenth-century mansion in the heart of São Paulo, a major metropolis in South America. This area has been the stage of socio-spatial tensions and transformations.

Program Aims

The Program aims to challenge researchers and urban professionals to participate in Brazilian social issues as citizens, a role inherent to the duties of a public university. The Program's multidisciplinary character is part of its historical commitment to all academic endeavors linked to Architecture and Urban Studies.

Concentration Areas

The Program offers eight concentration areas:

• Technology & Architecture
• History & Foundations of Architecture and Urbanism
• Design & Architecture
• Landscape & Environment
• Design, Space, & Culture
• Habitat
• Architectural Design
• Urban & Regional Planning

Program Structure

With more than one hundred registered advisors and almost five hundred students, the Program is a center of excellence in the field, linked to three school departments. Research is the Program's structuring and essential activity, which promotes innovation in the various fields of knowledge.

Program Details

• Level: Doutorado; Mestrado Acadêmico
• Area: Ciências Sociais Aplicadas
• University: Universidade de São Paulo
• Unit: Faculdade de Arquitetura e Urbanismo
• Nota CAPES: 4
• Secretaria do Programa: Available from Monday to Friday, 08:00 to 18:00.