Architecture

Vienna University of Technology, TU Dresden and Politecnico di Torino jointly offer the postgraduate MSc Program “Wood Based Building Design for Sustainable Urban Development” or short “Urban Wood”. It provides the participants with basic scientific knowledge for research, as well as the necessary skills to manage the design and construction of wood-based building projects in an urban context. It will also educate them to better exploit the adaptable qualities of wood as a result of better technological and economical mastery of the material.



Target Group:

The MSc Program is open to qualified graduates in the domains of architecture, urban planning and civil engineering from Europe and abroad. It is targeted at persons who want to play leading roles in the ecologically sustainable development of cities.


Contents of the MSc Program:

In order to achieve high-level teaching with international outlook, this MSc Program is organized by the alliance of three institutions. The first year of the program is divided into three modules in accordance with each institution's specific field of expertise:



Wood-based Materials and Building Technology

Restoration and Refurbishment

Wood-based Multi-storey Buildings



Students who successfully complete the first year are expected to conclude the second year of their studies with a thesis project.



Admission Requirements:

Admitted individuals must either hold an academic degree or other qualification which can be regarded as an equivalent thereof, i.e. activities similar to those of a university graduate or relevant professional experience.

Language of Instruction: English

Application Deadline: Application already possible



Contact and Further Information:

Vienna University of Technology
Continuing Education Center
Operngasse 11/017
A-1040 Vienna

Phone: +43/1/58801-41701

Fax: +43/1/58801-41799

http://urbanwood.tuwien.ac.at

urbanwood@tuwien.ac.at

Vienna University of Technology

Vienna

Austria

02/19/2007

4 Semesters

Master

€ 10000