Description

This is a two-year master's program at the Umea School of Architecture. The School of Architecture will gradually grow into an international laboratory of architectural development, pursuing education on different levels as well as research. Umea gains 250 study seats in the 5-year Architectural programme.

Umea School of Architecture distinguishes itself through the integration of scientific, artistic and professional methods and means of study in an international profile. The intermingling of technology, sustainability and art at the Arts Campus encourages development. The education aims to point clearly towards sustainable architecture and integrated design.

The School of Architecture has a board consisting of representatives of Umea University, practicing architects and student representatives. An advisory board of internationally renowned architects and teaching staff are tied to the school, and responsible for quality control, evaluation and development.

Highlights

This programme will be a part of the new laboratory for sustainable architecture production,.

Architecture should be regarded as a form of intervention in the environment, and architects have the ability to affect people's physical surroundings. Architecture is an aesthetic practice producing physical objects and structures to enable and improve everyday life. For that reason architects have an aesthetic and social responsibility to participate in the development of a sustainable future.

Sustainable construction needs to be integrated with strong aesthetic awareness in order to further development. Our goal is to educate designers with a serious commitment to aesthetics, ethics, politics, society and sustainability.

Being an architect ought to be about striving for a better world, and the School of Architecture wants to commit to this through research and development of new strategies, materials and products.

At the same time, architecture is a subject where scientific invention always intertwines with artistic innovation, synthesis and communication. In studying architecture, you need access to a wide range of knowledge in technical matters, humanities, and social and economic planning, to complement artistic development.

Our point of view is that architecture should be produced through artistic, social, technological and sustainable competences, and that it should be based on profound academic knowledge.

Finding a basis in the convention and history of European architecture, we formulate a platform of rethinking, with a critical approach towards the understanding of modern architecture.

Working with project based learning, the Laboratory of Architecture will be a place of experiment and contribution to professional inventions and innovations.

Minimum Education

Bachelor of Arts

Subject Areas

• Architecture

Cost in US$:

USD 25,000 per year

Program Fees Include:

Applicants from EU/EEA countries (and Switzerland) are completely exempt from tuition fees. Actual costs is in Swedish kronor (SEK 175,000 per year).

This Program is open to

American, Asian, Australian, Canadian, European, Kiwi, South African and Worldwide Participants.

Typical Living Arrangements

• Apartment/Flat
• Independent living

Participants Travel

Independently

Typically Participants Work

Independently

Application Process Involves

• Online Application plus Application Assessment

Typically The Application Process Time is

3-5 months

Post Services Include

• Alumni Network
• Job and Internship Network

Umea University's Mission Statement

Umea University with its 35,000 students and over 4,000 employees is an organization in constant change and development. The university's researchers carry out excellence within several areas of research, and many of them are among the world's elite. We are one of Sweden's largest providers of education and offer a broad and attractive range of courses and programmes. Our campus constitutes an inspiring environment for everyone that studies and works here. We collaborate with companies and organizations throughout the Umea region and all over the world.

Year Founded

1965