Degree in Architecture Studies

Barcelona School of Architecture (ETSAB)

Graduates of this degree in Architecture Studies will be technically competent and scientifically rigorous professionals who will be involved in productive architectural work and architectural designs that satisfy both aesthetic and technical requirements. You will have knowledge of the history and theories of architecture, urban design and urban planning, research methods and preparation of construction projects, in addition to the problems of structure, construction and engineering related to building design. You will understand the relationships between people, buildings and their environment, and the architectural profession and its role in society, enabling you to take into account the social factors of design.

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General details

Duration: 5 years
Study load: 300 ECTS credits (including the bachelor's thesis). One credit is equivalent to a study load of 25-30 hours.
Delivery: Face-to-face
Fees and grants: Approximate fees per academic year: €1,502 (€2,253 for non-EU residents). Consult the public fees system based on income (grants and payment options).
Location: Barcelona School of Architecture (ETSAB)
Official degree: Recorded in the Ministry of Education's degree register

Admission

Places: 350
Registration and enrolment: What are the requirements to enrol in a bachelor's degree course?
Legalisation of foreign documents: All documents issued in non-EU countries must be legalised and bear the corresponding apostille.

Curriculum

First course

Second course

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Fourth course

Fifth course

Optional

(Ang) l'Collective Housing: Precedents, Current Developments and Alternativescol·lectiu: Antecedents, Realitzacions Actuals i Alternatives 3
Acoustic Design of Architecture 3
Adaptive Architecture, Furniture and Design 4
Anthropology of the City 5
Anthropology of the City and Habitat 5
Architectural Acoustics. Room Acoustics 3
Architectural Design and Sustainability. Environmental Assessment Within the Design Process 4
Architectural Digital Photography 5
Architectural Heritage and Cultural Landscapes 3
Architectural Survey of the Built Heritage 3
Architecture and Cinema 4
Architecture and Collective Action Seminar 3
Architecture and Invention Seminar I 3
Architecture and Invention Seminar II 3
Architecture and Politics 4
Architecture and the Material Project 3
Architecture as Experience Seminar I 3
Architecture as Experience Seminar II 3
Architecture, Materials and Environment 3
Architecture, Sustainability and Energies 4
Barcelona I: Walking Barcelona 5
Bim Management 5
Building Communities 5
Building with Memory 3
Business Management and Start-Up for Architects 3
Cities in History 5
Cities in History 4
Computational Design Protocols Seminar 3
Computer Design and Calculation of Bidirectional Reinforced Concrete Structures 5
Contemporary Collective Habitat Seminar: Diffuse Housing 3
Creation and Invention Seminar: Reading, Writing, Telling Stories, Representing, Drawing Maps 3
Design of the Structure of the Project Using Virtual Modelling Software 2.5
Designing for Climate Resilience 3
Designing in Wood: Construction and Calculation 5
Designing Structural Public Space Seminar 3
Designing, Calculating and Building in Timber - Vol I 4
Designing, Calculating and Building in Timber - Vol II 4
Digital Fabrication Systems Seminar 3
Documentation, Analysis and Interpretation of the Architectural Heritage. Architectural Surveying Techniques 3
Economic and Feasibility Analysis at the Service of Urban Planning and Architecture 5
Enviromental Architecture. Energy Saving 3
Environment and Architectural Parameters: a Projectual Method 5
Festival Llum Bcn 3
From Rough Material to Design with Parametric Tools 5
Furniture and Architecture: From Mass-Produced to Tailor-Made 2.5
Ground Architecture 2.5
History of Spanish Architecture (XIX-XX) 3
History of Western Art I 3
History of Western Art I: From Giotto to Delacroix 3
History of Western Art II 3
History of Western Art II: From Courbet to Klein 3
Housing and Cooperation 5
Ideation and Drawing Workshop. Visual Diary of a Creative Process 3
Implementation of Parametric Design Systems 5
Industrialized Construction and Innovation 3
Infrastructure and Technic Seminar 3
Infrastructure Seminar - Construction and Recycling 3
Infrastructure, City and Architecture Seminar I 3
Innovations in Architecture and Technology 3
Interactive Urban Scenarios 3
Interior Architecture 2.5
Interior Architecture 3
International Design Workshop 4
Intervention on Architectural Heritage 3
Introduction to Architectural Heritage 3
Introduction to Computational Analysis and Design Tools Seminar 3
Introduction to Scenography 5
Introduction to Scenography 4
Josep Maria Jujol. Sustainable Architecture, Recycled Art 3
Journey to Troy 3
Labyrinth: Journey to Crete 3
Low-Cost Technologies for Cooperation 5
Mallorca Collage 4
Material, System, Prototype 5
Measuring Hadrian's Villa 4
Metropolitan Barcelona: Open Data and Digital Cartographies 4
Modelling of Curves and Surfaces 2.5
Modern Architecture in Spain. a Critical Insight 3
My Dream Home. a Study on Contemporary Collective Housing 5
Natural and Artificial Lighting 3
Natural and Artificial Lighting. Architecture, Technology and Art 3
New York-Barcelona: Urban Tissues Atlas 2.5
New York-Barcelona: Urban Tissues Atlas 3
Nordic Masters 5
Parametric Design with Mathematical Control, Using Generative Software 3
Playable City Seminar 3
Program and Place Seminar I 3
Program and Place Seminar II 3
Project and Landscape Seminar 3
Public Space / Urban Design 3
Re-Inhabit: Dwelling and Street 5
Real Estate Valuations 2.5
Recovery and Reprogramming of Obsolete Buildings and Urban Environments 3
Regenerate to Inhabit Seminar: Concepts and Tools 3
Rehabilitation Techniques and Application 3
Reinforced Concrete Structures: Reticular Floor 3
Renewable Energies in Architecture 4
Representation and Data Management in Public Space Seminar 3
Space: Unity and Privacy 4
Structure Planning. Its Design and Construction with Bim as a Support Tool 3
Territory and Landscape 5
Territory and Landscape 3
The Central Park in the Contemporary Metropolis Seminar 3
To Look is to Project. the Architects and the Photography 5
Urban Architecture. Historic City 2.5
Urban Architecture. Historic City 4
Urban Design and Landscape Seminar 3
Urban Management 3
Urban Notes 3
Urban Regeneration and Reconversion Seminar 3
Urbanism and Ecology. Concepts, Strategies and Projects 5
Visiting Studio Seminar I 3
Visiting Studio Seminar II 3
Visual Lab. Hybrid Drawing 2.5
Walking Barcelona 5
Wood Studio 1:1 Scale 5
Wooden Constructions Seminar / Refurbishment / Energy Strategies 3

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Professional opportunities

Professional opportunities

Building design.
Design of public space.
Calculation of structures in the building.
Urban and territorial planning.
Real estate management.
Interior design and the design of furniture and objects.
Design of temporary structures, exhibitions and theatre sets.
Graphic design.
Diagnosis of energy consumption of buildings and urban spaces.
Environmental impact studies.
Architecture and the law: appraisal, arbitration and valuation; dealing with procedures regarding building use.
Teaching and research.