Postgraduate program

Architecture, Infrastructure and Incremental Housing for Crisis

University of Beira Interior
Portugal (Covilhã)

Language:

English

Focus:

Building & Design, Interdisciplinary, Society, Space & Territory

Format:

Hybrid, Remote (synchronous)

Cost:

EU/EEA: 840 €/program
Non-EU/EEA: 840 €/program

About the institution

The University of Beira Interior (UBI; Portuguese: Universidade da Beira Interior) is a public university located in the city of Covilhã, Portugal.

About the program

(Humanitarian) Architecture, Infrastructure and (Incremental) Housing for Crisis aims at better preparing the next generation of architects, urban planners, engineers, risk geographers, social workers, and disaster-related scholars and practitioners for the societal challenges ahead.
It addresses the most pressing built environment issues of our time, such as climate change and co-related disaster risks; migration, forced displacements, and housing-related issues. Embracing a hands-on teaching method, it will highlight slum upgrading and incremental housing examples.

The course partners with international organizations and features international experts from five continents who will deliver classes online every Friday from January to July. The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation awarded this course six scholarships to candidates from less advantaged countries.
It is structured in eight articulated thematic modules, including a 120-hours design studio, totallying in 218 hours and 30 ECTS.

Start:

January

Duration:

6 months

Application deadline:

December (different calls)

Required degree/fields/work experience:

Bachelor degree, Master degree: Architecture, Civil engineering, Environmental Engineering, Geography, Landscape Architecture, Social sciences, Urban Planning.
Holders of a bachelor's degree must have a minimum of two years of relevant work experience.

Essentials to apply:

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For more information:

Official program page

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Last Updated on March 5, 2024

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