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Description

Bachelor's Degree in Technical Architecture

What does this degree entail?

The Degree in Technical Architecture allows future graduates to work in a wide range of activities in the field of construction, such as directing the material execution of the building work, its organization and planning, quality control, occupational safety and prevention, economy, and cost and management control.

What skills do you need before starting this degree?

A prior knowledge of mathematics, physics, chemistry and geology is required. It is also desirable for students to have the ability to analyze and synthesize, as well as to carry out graphical representation of objects and simple pieces. They should also have a basic knowledge of spatial representation systems. This degree entails a certain degree of creativity, initiative, teamwork and motivation to produce quality work.


What skills will you have once you finish this degree?

The 2007 ministerial order states that students should acquire, amongst others, the following professional skills:

    • Direct technically and financially the execution of an entire construction.

    • Create security and health labour plans and write technical reports and documents, such as measurements, appraisals, financial viability reports, surveys, inspections and pathology analysis.

    • Carry out surveys, work on projects and manage constructions in the field of legal empowerment.

    • Carry out research in to new technologies and building management, and give technical advice about production of materials and building elements.

    • Manage comprehensive quality, energy efficiency, sustainability, environmental impact, lifespan cycle and waste treatment of buildings.

    • Manage the use, conservation and maintenance of buildings.


What are your professional options after you finish this degree?

This degree trains you to work as a technical architect. You will be able to work at managerial level in the execution of building works, as a construction manager or technical director in building companies, developers, rehabilitation and project enterprises. You will also be able to work for consultancies and technical advisory companies, decoration, interior design, appraisals and surveys, property developers and technical offices.

You may decide to be self-employed, and carry out technical direction of building works, write security and health studies, develop projects, as well as offer consultancies and technical assistance.

In addition, you can work in government as a technician in the field of buildings, urban development and planning or do research either in public or private centres.

In this regard, the ABE (Association of Building Engineers) has accredited the Technical Architecture Degree taught at the UPV, which means that graduates can work as building engineers in any country that is a member of the Commonwealth (United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, India etc).


What are your internship options?

The school has signed cooperation agreements with regional and national companies. These companies cover all the professional fields within the construction sector in which graduates may work in their profession. Students must spend a minimum of 180 hours on compulsory internships in companies to complement the theoretical studies offered at the centre.


Where can you spend a semester abroad?

The school offers students the opportunity to study some courses in other centres, both nationally and internationally. They may also work on their final project in a different university, while they learn a different language and get to know other cultures.

Currently, the school has exchange agreements signed with numerous universities in Germany, Denmark, France, Italy, Lithuania, Sweden, Netherlands, Poland, Finland, England, Wales, Switzerland, Portugal, Hungary, Czech Republic, Mexico, Cuba and Chile, amongst others.

What are your master's degree options?

With this degree, you will be able to enrol in to the following master's degree courses offered by the UPV: Master's Degree Studies in Building, and in Preservation of Architectural Heritage.

You may also enrol in to any other UPV master's degree course by taking the corresponding bridging subjects.




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