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16TH EDITION APRIL-DECEMBER 2024, MADRID, SPAIN
OUTSTANDING FACULTY

MCH: Master in Collective 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 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 April 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: 03.04.24

to 20.11.24

Final Work: 20.12.24

 

LANGUAGE

English
100%

TUITION FEE

19.800 €
MCH2024

Aakash Gajjar
Intense and rigorous program

MCH has given me a vast knowledge of what as professionals in the world do in a very intense and rigorous working method. The course has given us the opportunity to examine and approach a situation in a responsive and creative method which I find is the key to broaden the understanding of architecture and add it in our professional palette. 

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Aakash Gajjar
India | 2019
Marta Juliana Abril
HIGH STANDARD OF TEACHING

MCH has been a continuous stimulus. The whole course is carefully driven with a high standard of teaching. It is an intensive teamwork training, pointing to clarity and strength of ideas. With the hands on a deep learning, these months have drawn an accurate framework of housing practice. 

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Marta Juliana Abril
Spain | 2017
Gabriel Wajnerman
PROPELLED MY CAREER

The masters propelled my career and increased my quality of life.

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Gabriel Wajnerman
Argentina | 2011
Pablo Domingo Montesinos
FRIENDSHIPS FOREVER

The permanent intensive work turned out, on one hand, into surprising results in quality and quantity and, on the other hand, into a collaborative atmosphere that generated friendships forever.

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Pablo Domingo Montesinos
Spain | 2009
Rubén Pérez Penedo
INTERNATIONAL NETWORKING

MCH not only gave me the opportunity to increase my professional knowledge through each workshop, it also provided an international networking that allowed participants to create and work in architecture from a global perspective.

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Rubén Pérez Penedo
Venezuela | 2011
Iñaky Pérez López
HIGH QUALITY OF PROFESSORS

What I would highlight the most about this Master is the quality of the professors and MCH leaders since they are the best in their fields of expertise and have had a successful trajectory in architecture.

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Iñaky Pérez López
Mexico | 2019

MCH Alumni Profile

15

COMPLETED
EDITIONS

Teaching about housing,
city and energy studies

>305

INTERNATIONAL
ARCHITECTS

Who have experienced the
excellence of our intensive program

38

COUNTRIES

From 5 continents: Europe, America, Asia, Africa and Oceania

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

3rd

IN THE WORLD

Architecture School - ETH
QS Ranking 

Collective Housing a Manual
Housetag. European Collective Housing 2000-2021
Thermodynamic Interactions
Vivienda, envolvente, hueco
Housing and Climate 1999-2019
MCH Papers 2011

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