Urban and Territorial Design

EPFL, ETH Zurich

Switzerland

(Lausanne, Zurich)

Cost

EU/EEA: 12.000 CHF/program
Non-EU/EEA: 12.000 CHF/program

About the institution

Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zürich, is a renowned Swiss Federal Institute of Technology located in Zurich, Switzerland. Established in 1855, ETH Zurich consistently ranks among the top universities globally for its cutting-edge research and academic excellence (7th in the world in QS world university rankings 2024). ETH Zürich has produced 32 Nobel laureates, including Albert Einstein.

The École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) is a research institute and university in Lausanne, Switzerland, specializing in the natural sciences and engineering. It is Europe’s most cosmopolitan technical university, welcoming students, professors and collaborators of more than 120 nationalities.

About the program

The MAS ETH EPFL in Urban and Territorial Design embraces the ecological and socio-economic transition as a field of critical and imaginative investigation. Engaging with notions of transformation, reuse, regeneration, reparation, and transition of habitats and ecologies, students will deploy the urban and territorial project as the crucial field of knowledge production across scales. Design is explored as a tool for synthesis in an expanded environment of transdisciplinary exchange. The programme entails two analogously structured semesters at EPFL and ETH Zurich, articulated around a Core Design and Research Studio integrating fieldwork and representation disciplines.

This program takes 1 year to complete full-time and is worth 60 ECTS. It focuses on urban studies, postcolonialism, and offers a deeper understanding of cultural and ecological dimensions of territories, urban and landscape ecology, sustainable construction, and low carbon mobility. MAS (Master of advanced studies) is awarded as a continuing education (Weiterbildung) degree and is recognized by federal law Switzerland.

Start

September

Duration

months

Application deadline

April

(usually end of the month)

Required degree/fields/work experience

Master degree

in: Architecture, Civil engineering, Environmental Engineering, Landscape Architecture, Urban Planning.

Essentials to apply

CV, Letter of recommendation, Portfolio

For more information

Official program page

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Last updated on

August 7, 2024

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We have grouped the study programs based on their focus, so that you can easily find the one matching your interest. Here below you can find a short explanation of what you will find in each of them.

Building & Design

The program focuses on architectural design, construction and technical infrastructure of the building process.

Space & Territory

The program has a geographical perspective, e.g. urban planning, rural development or public spaces.

Interdisciplinary

The program stands out by combining different sciences or approaches with the aim of giving to the student deeper understanding of the subject of study.

Society

The program emphasizes the human dimension of the built environment, e.g. participatory processes or inclusive designs.

Business & Management

The program addresses how to organize architectural and spatial infrastructures or processes, either for private or public actors.

Materials

The program explores (certain) building materials and/or technical circularity processes.

Digitalisation & Technology

The program emphasizes the technological aspects of the built environment, e.g. BIM, robotics or digitalisation.