Degree in Architecture Studies

Vallès School of Architecture (ETSAV)

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.

General details

Duration

5 academic 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

Admission mark 2025-2026 academic year

10,608

Timetables

First year is taught in the afternoons. The following years are taught in the mornings.

Language of instruction

Check the language of instruction for each subject (and timetable) in the course guide in the curriculum.

Information on language use in the classroom and students’ language rights.

Fees and grants

Approximate fees per academic year: €1,061 (€1,800 for non-EU residents ). Consult the public fees system based on income (grants and payment options).

Location

Vallès School of Architecture (ETSAV)

Official degree

Recorded in the Ministry of Education's degree register

Admission

Places: 110
Pre-enrolment code: 31079
Places places via a change of degree: 10
Admission mark 2025-2026 academic year: 10,608. Admission mark
Weighting. University entrance examinations (PAU): Weighting. University entrance examinations (PAU)
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Legalisation of foreign documents: All documents issued in non-EU countries must be legalised and bear the corresponding apostille.

Curriculum

First semester

Second semester

Third semester

Fourth semester

Fifth semester

Sixth semester

Seventh semester

Eighth semester

Ninth semester

Tenth semester

Optional

1:1 Scale 5
3D Model Rendering 3
Abc: Methodological Studies in Urban Analysis 3
Advanced Architectural Interiors 4
Analysis, Consolidation and Reinforcement of Existing Structures 3
Analysis, Consolidation and Reinforcement of Existing Structures 2.5
Analysis, Consolidation and Reinforcement of Existing Structures: Design and Predimensioning 3.5
Anamorphosis 2.5
Applied Reinforced Concrete 4
Architect Gaudí 4
Architectural Building Solutions Workshop (Tosca) 3.5
Architecture and Cooperation 3
Architecture of Monasteries 5
Architecture: Ideation and Graphic Communication 2.5
Aulaarq: Architecture Auscultation 3
Barcelona, Its History and Its Architecture 5.5
Barcelona-Chicago Architecture 3
Barcelona. Architecture. Imagination 4
Barcelona. Architecture. Imagination 4
Barcelona. Architecture. Imagination 4.5
BIM for Project Design and Management 3.5
Bim: Drywall Construction Models 3.5
Bioclimatic Architecture 3.5
Bioclimatic Architecture 4
Body and Space 3
Building Envelope Design 3
Building in Extreme Conditions 3
Canons of Catalan Architecture 5.5
Canons of Catalan Architecture: After Coderch I (Up to 1992) 5
Canons of Catalan Architecture: After Coderch II (From 1992) 5
Cities Revis(It)Ed Workshop 3.5
Cities: Stone on Paper 3.5
City and Life 4
City and Memory: Public Space, Art, Activism, Politics and Community 5
Communicative Structures 3
Community Labs, the Art of Living Together 4
Computer-Aided Structural Design 3.5
Computer-Aided Structural Design 4.5
Construction Details 4.5
Construction of Steel Structures 2.5
Cooperative Organisation and the Professional World 4
D-Urbanism 4
Delirious Festaps1: Research on Architectural Exhibition Formats 5
Delirious Festaps2: Architectural Exhibition Design and Production 5
Designing Resilience: Architecture, Climate Change and Extreme Climatology 3
Designing the City 4
Digitization of Architecture 4
Drift Drawings 3
Drift Drawings and Watercolour 4
Dtechnology 4
Earth Architectures 5
Earth Architectures 3
Ecological Urbanism: Theory and History 4
Ecological Utopias 4
Energy Rehabilitation of the Modern Facade (Second Period: 1950-1965) 3.5
Episode 3
Execution Process and Technological Innovation 4.5
Exploring Architectural Media and Video Documentaries 3
Food Takes Command 3
Forming Form 5
Formmars_Labs 3
Gaudí: Geometry and Mechanics 5
Gaudí: Geometry and Mechanics 4.5
Gis: City and Regional Analysis with Esri Technology 3.5
Graphic and Qualitative Methods in Structural Analysis and Design 3
Graphical Analysis of Information V.2 4
Graphical Statics: from Gaudí to Parametric Tools 3
Heritage: Discussions, Proceedings, Actions 3.5
How to Design an Efficient and Healthy Building: Use of Passivhaus and Well Standards 3
Informal Mathematics and Computer Programming for Parametric Design 3
Introduction to Parametric Architecture 3
Introduction to Parametric Architecture 4
Languedoc-Roussillon: the Architecture of the Holidays 3.5
Le Corbusier's Architectural Legacy Fifty Years Later 3
Learning From Barcelona 2.5
Learning From Barcelona 4.5
Learning from Copenhagen 3
Lightweight Construction 4.5
Lightweight Construction 4
Local Action 1 6
Local Action 2 3
Local Action 3 6
Low3 - Zero Living 2
Low3 - Zero Living 3
Low3 - Zero Living 5
Making Without Plans: Mediated Authorships, Synthetic Architectures 4
Medea_Lab 3
Msp Vallès: Material, System, Prototype 5
Needs of the Catalan Baroque: the Miracle of the Miracle 3
Other Concrete 3
Parametric Architecture 3.5
Parametric Architecture 4
Pierre Lavedan's Gothic Architecture 90 Years After 4
Plaster Models 3.5
Projects (Problems and Solutions) 5
Projects in Cultural Landscapes 4.5
Radical Reynals 3
Rehabilitation Criteria and Techniques 4.5
Reinforced Concrete Structures. One-Way and Two-Way Slabs 4
Rendering 3D Models V.2 4
Rowe After Rowe 3
Rpv-Inhabiting, Cohabiting and Coexisting: a Journey from the Home to the City 4
Solar Decathlon 1.0 6
Solar Decathlon 2014 7
Solar Decathlon 2018 6
Solar Decathlon: Assembly 1 6
Solar Decathlon: Assembly 2 4
Sound Makes Space 4
Sound Quality of Architecture 2.5
Spatial Network Dynamics 4.5
Steel Structures 4.5
Steel Structures 4
Steel Structures 2.5
Steel Structures 3
Súnion: Learning Innovation 3.5
Súnion: Learning Innovation 3
The Experience of Architecture 3
The Experience of Architecture 03: ‘Brussels’ 3
The Explosion of the Contemporary City 4
The Invisible City 4
Theory and History of Visual Thought in Architecture 4
Tosca 3.5
Trans- 3.5
Trans-Flanders 4
Trans-Madrid 4
Travel Notes 6
Travel Notes: Milan 5
Travel Notes: Rome 5
Travel Notes: Venice 5
Trees in Landscape Architecture 3.5
Urban and Architectural Drawing and Photography 3
Urban Metabolism: the Rels Project 4.5
Urban Metabolism: the Rels Project 2 4.5
Urban Robotics: Opportunities for Redesign 4
Watercolour 5
Watercolour 3
What IT is Important to Explain About an Architectural Project and How to Communicate IT 2.5
Wooden Structures 3
Wooden Structures 3.5
Wooden Structures 2.5
Workshop: Local Action 3
Zeta 4

CompulsoryECTS
OptionalECTS
ProjectECTS

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.

Quality accreditation

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