Master in Collective Housing

UPM Madrid + ETH Zürich

Current Edition
MCH 2024
From:
To:
1st of Abril
27th of November
Next Edition
MCH 2025
From:
To:
19th of March
14th of November

About the MCH

The Master of Architecture in Collective Housing, MCH, is a postgraduate full-time international professional program of advanced architecture design in collective housing presented by Universidad Politécnica of Madrid (UPM) and Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH). After 15 editions, it is rated as one of the best architecture master’s programs by architects and experts.

Next edition will start in March 2025. Applications for MCH2025 ARE OPEN  and will be welcomed till 17.02.2025, or till no more vacancies are available. MCH is the first UPM-ETH official postgraduate program. It takes place mainly in Madrid.

MCH has always committed to the highest level of excellence combining teachers of international prestige and a thorough participant selection process in order to make the best out of this course.

3rd
In the World

Architecture Postgraduate
BAM Ranking

1st
In Europe

Architecture Postgraduate
BAM Ranking

1st
In Spain

Architecture Postgraduate
El Mundo Ranking

4th
In the World

Architecture School – ETH
QS Ranking

MCH Projects

Each year, since the 2022 edition, the MCH magazine “#UNTAGGED” is published as a compilation of the students’ work. For this task, one of the best graduate students is selected who will have the task of editing the magazine, supported by the editorial committee of former students who have done this work previously. 

Additionally, you can review in web format part of the material of the next edition of “#UNTAGGED”.

Program Key details

Length

8 Months Lessons + Final Submission

Location

ETSA Madrid, Spain + Studytrips

Languaje

All lessons are imparted in English

Tuition Fee

MCH2025 · 21.800€

Next edition

Lessons: 19.03.25 to 14.11.25
Final Work: 16.12.25

Double diploma

Masters diploma signed by
UPM & ETH Zurich

About the master

The Master of Advanced Studies in Collective Housing is a postgraduate professional program of advanced architecture design focused on housing, city and energy studies. The value of this unique program lies in its excellence and practice-oriented synthesis of design with integrated disciplines and theoretical issues of dwelling and housing. Some of the features of the MCH include:

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