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MASTER IN COLLECTIVE HOUSING
NEXT EDITION: MARCH-DECEMBER 2024

MCH: Master in City & Housing

Architecture Master's of Advanced Studies UPM/ETH in Collective Housing

Universidad Politécnica of Madrid (UPM) and Swiss Federal Institute of Technology ETH of Zurich

 


The Master of Architecture in Collective Housing, MCH, is a postgraduate full-time international professional program of advanced architecture design in cities and housing presented by Universidad Politécnica of Madrid (UPM) and Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH). After thirteen editions, it is rated as one of the best architecture master’s programs by architects and experts.
 
Next edition will start in March 2024. The application period for MCH2024 welcomed till 31.01.2024, or till no more vacancies are available. MCH is the first UPM-ETH official postgraduate program. It takes place mainly in Madrid. Apply here!
 
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.

Program Key details

LENGTH

8 Months Lessons +
Final Submission in December

 

LOCATION

ETSA Madrid, Spain
+Studytrips

NEXT EDITION

Lessons: 01.03.24

to 20.10.24

Final Work: 02.12.24

 

LANGUAGE

English
100%

TUITION FEE

19.600 €
MCH2023

Carolina Martín Peñuela
About the specialties and workshops

The Specialities offer the opportunity to research and develop the projects during several weeks while meeting some of the most relevant lecturers on those matters. The Workshops teach you how to make important decisions efficiently and develop a project in 5 days along with some of the most recognised architects in the world.

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Carolina Martín Peñuela
Spain | 2019
Ramón Álvarez Roa
GREAT TORRENT AND FLOW OF IDEAS

This high pressure environment generates a great torrent and flow of ideas to be developed during your professional life beyond the MCH.

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Ramón Álvarez Roa
Spain | 2009
Elisa Cecconi
WELL-KNOWN PROFESSIONALS

MCH is a really intense post-graduate master in which a lot of concepts and knowledge are compressed and explained in seven months by well-known professionals and  trained professors. 

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Elisa Cecconi
Italy | 2020
Elena Sanfeliu Puig-Pey
FOCUS IN HOUSING

MCH is a master oriented to the innovation, systematization and optimization of spaces in collective housing building.

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Elena Sanfeliu Puig-Pey
Spain | 2019
Bruno Dávalos
I have never learned so much

MCH has been the most enriching experience I have had in my life so far.

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Bruno Dávalos
Ecuador | 2021
María Alejandra Peláez Arroyave
TECHNICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL

During the development of the MCH major skills were acquired, both technical and experimental, which all play a very important role since they are complements and all must be part of the development of a good architectural project

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María Alejandra Peláez Arroyave
Colombia | 2017

MCH Alumni Profile

13

COMPLETED
EDITIONS

Teaching about housing,
city and energy studies

305

AMAZING
PARTICIPANTS

Who have experienced the
excellence of our intensive program

96%

ALUMNI
SATISFACTION

Thanks to new career opportunities
and job improvement

72%

INTERNATIONAL
STUDENTS

From over 38 countries
and the 5 continents

MCH Rankings

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 

Vivienda, envolvente, hueco
Thermodynamic Interactions
Collective Housing a Manual
Vivienda Colectiva Espana 1992-2015
Penshirubiru. Collective housing in Japan taken to its limits
Housing and Climate 1999-2019

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