University graduates from the following areas: Architecture, Urban Planning, Urban Design, Engineering, and International Cooperation.

Information related to the regulations for transfers can be found here:

One academic year.

The syllabus contains a total of 60 ECTS credits, distributed throughout the academic year into 29.5 theory credits, 15.5 personal work credits and 15 practical credits.

The course will be taught between October 2012 and July 2013.

• TERM 1 – CRITERIA, October - January, Monday to Thursday, seminars: 15:00 to 17:00, and workshops: 10:00 to 19:00
• TERM 2 - FIELD TRIP & INTERNSHIP, February-March-April
• TERM 3 – STUDIO PROJECT, May-July, Monday and Wednesday, 15:00 to 19:00. Classes will be taught on the Iradier-Barcelona Campus

Campus Barcelona

25 students.

English.

• Director
  Giovanna Carnevali - E-mail: gcarnevali@cir.uic.es
  Architect with a PhD in “Transport, logistics and territory” from the University of Genova, Italy. Coordinator of “Architecture for Humanity Spain" in Barcelona. Co-founder of “SELF Arquitectura”: She has won many international competitions related to architecture and urban development. Some of these projects have been published in monographs on Italian architects who are under 40.
• Assistant director - E-mail: rcolacios@cir.uic.es
  Raquel Colacios
  Degree in Architecture (ESARQ School of Architecture, UIC).
  Architect and Master in International Cooperation: Sustainable Emergency Architecture at ESARQ School of Architecture, UIC. She is professor and co-director of the Cooperation Area of the ESARQ. She is co-founder of the firm Taab6 Architects in Barcelona, whose activity extends to countries like France, Belgium, Vietnam, and India among others. She has won several architectural and urban competitions, including a European prize in Pärnu, Estonia.

The Area of Cooperation within the UIC's School of Architecture (ESARQ UIC).

Information about the welcome and advice provided by the UIC can be found here:

This Masters degree forms part of the Mundus Urbano programme within Erasmus Mundus, in collaboration with three European universities:

• Technische Universität Darmstadt
• Università “Tor Vergata”, Rome
• Université Pierre-Mendès-France, Grenoble

The programme is divided into three terms, each with a specific aim, with the final purpose of preparing students to develop a dissertation on action methods in complex and fragile post-emergency situations.

TERM 1 - CRITERIA. Students will attend full day workshops and part-time seminars. This module is designed to provide a full and multidisciplinary understanding of project management and sustainable urban development policies and the economic and social policies that influence urban regeneration in developing countries, northern countries and countries undergoing reconstruction. The aim is for students to acquire an integral understanding of all the processes involved in urban regeneration based on practical knowledge of complex local situations.

TERM 2 – FIELD TRIP & INTERNSHIP. This includes a trip outside Europe to see places with developing needs or places that require future responses and settlement reconstruction after crises. Students participate in an internship within a company or institution working in the area of international cooperation.

TERM 3 – STUDIO PROJECT. Students start their individual research projects under the supervision of a tutor. The project will focus on specific post-emergency scenarios, urban development, prototypes and disaster management. This part of the programme includes lectures on practical matters and methodology to assist students in developing their studio projects.

TERM 1: CRITERIA

• Subject 1: Global Identity and Development
• Subject 2: Urbanism and housing in developing contexts
• Subject 3: Design Tools

TERM 2: FIELD TRIP & INTERNSHIP

• The most practical part of the course will take place during the FIELD TRIP & INTERNSHIP
• Subject 4: Field trip, Internship

TERM 3: STUDIO PROJECT

• The dissertation will be prepared in Term 3
• Subject 5: Studio Project (Masters dissertation)

Students must attend a minimum of 80% of the theoretical-practical classes.

All students will be assessed during each seminar. In January, each student will present a written report using the research basis developed during TERM 2 –STUDIO PROJECT to a committee, summarising the structure and content of the dissertation.

At the end of the course, the student will defend the dissertation in front of an academic and/or professional committee, which will contain sector specialists and experts.

The learning resources for each of the subjects are listed in the corresponding teaching guide.

The Masters programme is taught by a prestigious group of specialised, interdisciplinary lecturers and professors with proven track records along with the collaboration of NGOs and other institutions that participate actively in the field of international cooperation. The academic staff also includes researchers from the four universities which collaborate with the Mundus Urbano programme.

Professors/lecturers from previous years

Dr Massimo Faiferri, Dr Javier Peña, Victor Pou, Dr Vicenç Sarrablo, Dr Kelly Shannon, Dr Marcel Vellinga, Sergio Palleroni, Dr Ana Marta Amaro, Dr Amit Kumar. Mundus Urbano Scholars: Yatin Pandia, PhD., Jacqueline Pólvora, Xiangning Li, Eman Amad, PhD., Yang Guiqing, PhD., Mario Coyula, PhD. and Carmen Ledo.

Bryan Bell, Tom Corsellis, Alexander Levi, Roberto Ottolenghi, Ruben Pesci, Amanda Schachter, Shigeru Ban, Alison Brysk, Richard Burdett, Monique Eleb, Iacopo Gallico, Medina Hadziha Sanovic, Anne Lacaton, Andre Loeckx, Peter Marcuse, Lorenzo Romito, Antonella Vitale, Laura Vescina and Ken Yeang.

Professors/lecturers in previous academic year:

Dr Giovanna Carnevali, Dr Carmen Mendoza, Dr Pere Vall, Mustafa Hudita PhD, Maria Elena Martin Zequeira PhD, Abdul Bhatti PhD, Simon Vélez, Reena Tiwari PhD, Marie Aquilino, Martijn Shildkamp, Sergio Palleroni, Sandra Bestraten, Cameron Sinclair (AFH) and Nathaniel Corum (AFH), Esteban Leon (UN Habitat) and Dan Lewis (UN Habitat), Jacqueline Polvora PhD.

During term 2 The master course comprises a period for students to complete an internship period of three months in International Cooperation Institutions and/or local organizations in order to familiarise themselves with the development and management of Cooperation Projects.

General regulations for internships

Information about the access routes for this Official Masters course can be found here: 

In addition to meeting the legal requirements described in the access routes, the Admissions Office will highly value:

• Applications that show sufficient prior education
• Transcripts from prior studies
• The transferral of credits
• Descriptions of relevant work experience

In order to reserve a place on the course, candidates who have received an official letter of admission must make an initial payment for the amount of 20% of the total Masters course fee.

The balance may be paid after the enrolment process.

For further information: 

The University does not provide grants/scholarships for third year students. Those seeking financial aid are advised to consult other organisations. 

The UIC holds collaborative agreements with various banking institutions to facilitate course financing with preferential conditions. Please check the terms and conditions for the current academic year in the following document:

Members of the UIC Alumni and Friends Association are entitled to a 10% discount. 

Additionally, certain collectives may be entitled to special discounts for certain programmes, which are specified in each case.