Bachelor’s/Master’s double Degree: Architecture + Art (CV 2011)

: Key facts
Type of Degree Program:: Concurrent Bachelor's + Master's Degree
School:: School of Architecture
Campus Locations:: Villaviciosa de Odón and Affiliated Institution at Valencia
Duration (in years):: 7 years
Bilingual:: Yes
ECTS Credits:: 492 (Bachelor’s Degree in Foundations of Architecture and Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts. 432 ECTS Credits + Master’s Degree in Architecture: 60 ECTS Credits)

The School of Architecture at Universidad Europea de Madrid is a pioneer in Spain in offering the joint education of Architecture and Art. This concurrent Bachelor’s/Master’s degree is designed to provide a multi-disciplinary, multi-purpose, international education that is focused from day one on entry into the job market.

The Bachelor’s Degree + Master’s Degree in Architecture will qualify you to practice the regulated profession of Architect, under the Agreement of the Council of Ministers dated July 23, 2010. Combined with the Bachelor’s Degree in Art, it enables you to work in any of the five profiles in which architects can work: construction, urban planning, real estate, drawing, and design; as well as achieving the highest level of artistic knowledge, with a particular emphasis on contemporary trends.

However, this concurrent Bachelor’s/Master’s degree also responds to the demands of society and the job market by introducing principles and knowledge related to sustainability and the environment, accessibility and internationality, communicative skills (in Spanish and English), business management, and the efficient use of new technologies throughout the entire degree program.

Student Profile

If you feel a vocation for Architecture, but are also passionate about Art and interested in the use of new technologies applied to both disciplines, this concurrent Bachelor’s/Master’s degree is for you.

You will find it the ideal way to combine all your interests while advancing personally and professionally. From day one you will be in contact with prestigious professionals and professors who will teach you the values of effort, perseverance, planning and the international scope of Architecture and Art as keys to professional excellence.
You may be accepted to this concurrent Bachelor’s/Master’s degree if you have a high school diploma.
21st Century Academic Quality
The faculty of this concurrent degree program fulfills two complementary professor profiles:
- Active professionals who have received recognition and awards for their work in Spain and/or internationally, who contribute their knowledge and vision of professional reality: Fuensanta Nieto, Alberto Martínez Castillo, Beatriz Matos, Efrén García Grinda, Cristina Díaz Moreno, Fernando Márquez, Uriel Fogué, Carlos Arroyo, Nerea Calvillo, Javier Sanjuán, Ángel Acebo, Victoria Alonso, José Luis Esteban Penelas and Andrés Jaque.
- Architects and engineers, with a clear vocation for teaching, who combine their teaching with research, consultancy or collaboration in construction, engineering and urban planning.
International Perspective

As part of the Laureate network, Universidad Europea de Madrid offers you the chance to study abroad at prestigious academic institutions such as Anhembi Morumbi, Sao Paolo and the NewSchool of Architecture and Design in San Diego.

Other benefits you will enjoy at our university include courses taught in English throughout the degree program, participation in workshops coordinated by architects and designers of international prestige, and visits to the most important and influential design trade fairs.

The International Area within the School of Architecture has been created for the academic year 2010/11. It offers students an excellent information service and provides them with the best advantages and conditions for international exchanges with outstanding Architecture and Design schools around the world

Students will also be able to participate in study trips abroad during their time at university (Tokyo, Berlin, Sao Paolo, Shanghai, New York, etc.). These are essential for obtaining a global awareness of contemporary trends.
Professional Connections

As a student of Universidad Europea de Madrid, you will be in contact from day one with outstanding professionals. At any time, under the guarantee of the corresponding University body, these professors will be able to work with you on their projects, and you will therefore enjoy your first employment experiences within a qualified environment.

You will also be able to work as a supervised intern in some of the most prestigious architectural studios or institutions with which Universidad Europea de Madrid has collaboration agreements: NOMAD (Eduardo Arroyo), Ábalos & Sentkiewicz, DPA (Dominique Perrault Architecture) – Madrid, Ensamble Estudio (Antón García-Abril) and A&V or Arquitectura Viva (architectural magazines) among others, or in a center of your choice.

Creativity is a key component. To develop this capacity we have two Chairs of Creativity where thanks to the constant presence of great professionals in creativity, arts and architecture, you can develop your maximum creative potential in an educational environment through workshops, Master classes, conferences and seminars.
Curriculum
Graduate Profile

Upon finishing your concurrent Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Architecture and Art at Universidad Europea de Madrid you will have the highest qualifications possible for a successful start to your career. You will be able to start your own architecture studio or design workshop, work as a prestigious professional within the art world, join the world of business, engineering, management or design, or compete with great probability of success in architectural competitions at a national and international level, as can be seen from the success stories of many of our alumni.

Your broad range of skills will allow you to lead interdisciplinary teams and carry out complex construction and urban development projects, where you will be able to integrate the latest trends of the current artistic scene.
You will be a professional prepared to respond to the challenges that arise in today’s society and adapt to the demands of the Spanish and international job market, with a capacity for leadership and planning, sustained by a sound humanistic, business, theoretical and technical education, in both architecture and art.
Career opportunities
As a graduate of the concurrent Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Architecture and Art you will have an enormous professional potential thanks to your extensive skills and knowledge, which will span the entire range of employment opportunities within art and architecture. This will give you a competitive advantage in both sectors and make you highly employable, both in Spain and internationally. Your professional success is guaranteed.

The following are just some of the many employment opportunities you may choose from:
- As an architect in Spain and internationally.
- As an independent professional within the art world.
- An entrepreneur of innovative and creative projects in architectural firms or of your own business projects, in fields that may or may not be linked to architecture.
- As an Executive in companies operating in construction, urban planning, design or cultural management. As a critic of art or architecture, editor in specialized magazines or in any other field related to the promotion of artistic activities within architecture and design.