Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences – (M.Sc.)

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MSc track in Architecture

Architects play an important role in determining the design of the built environment. It is primarily their designs that shape our cityscapes, be they residential neighbourhoods, houses, offices, shopping centres, museums, town halls, airports, stadia, or theatres. And design is the principal concern of the MSc Track in Architecture. You will learn how to conceive of and to sketch out building projects from a scientific perspective. In so doing, you will have to strike the right balance between structure, form and function. You’ll come up against both technical and social challenges.

MSc track in Urbanism

All over the world, people are leaving their rural lives behind to move to cities. As cities grow and become more and more crowded, problems of congestion and mobility mount, and competition for limited space increases, the relevance of urbanism as a discipline is growing. The Urbanism Track at Delft University of Technology addresses interventions by means of urban design, landscape architecture and spatial planning that must occur at all levels as this process of urbanisation continues. For example, at the metropolitan level, planners may need to draw up strategic master plans for the urban environment that will fundamentally alter the relationship between the city and the countryside. Or, at the local level, neighbourhood redevelopment projects may require the redesign of buildings and public spaces.

MSc track in Real Estate and Housing (RE&H)

Managing the built environment is a major challenge to be tackled in the 21st century. Addressing this challenge requires detailed knowledge of real estate supply and demand, and an understanding of how to coordinate building processes and building projects. In the Real Estate & Housing Track, students gain a broad array of skills required to shape and manage our future environments: real estate management, design and construction management, and housing management. Attention will also be paid to your personal management skills.

MSc track in Building Technology

Designing and building an innovative and sustainable living environment for tomorrow’s world may well be one of humanity’s greatest challenges. Society must create a physical environment to meet current needs, yet simultaneously create a sustainable legacy for future generations. This demands architectural and engineering skills across a broad spectrum. The Building Technology track and the strongly related Architectural Engineering specialisation prepare the architect and building engineer for this challenge. The Architectural Engineering specialisation presents students with opportunities to acquire the knowledge and skills required to qualify as an architect while pursuing a course of study with a more technological focus.

MSc track in Landscape Architecture

Landscape Architecture is an independent design discipline related to Urbanism and Architecture. The landscape architect is a designer of outdoor space: from architectonic ensembles and urban spaces through to large-scale urban, rural and infrastructural landscapes. The landscape design process is a synthesis of art and technology in which consideration is given to the formal, material and cultural qualities of the site. Each project is a unique balance of geometry and geomorphology, artefact and nature, form and function. And because landscapes evolve and land use changes over time, designing with consideration for time and landscape processes is an important part of the discipline.

Accreditation

NVAO independently assesses the quality of higher education in Flanders and the Netherlands. All of TU Delft’s educational programmes are accredited by NVAO and therefore meet the European quality standards. Alongside the national accreditation system, many of TU Delft’s education programmes are recognized as substantially equivalent to the best programmes in the USA by the American Board of Engineering & Technology (ABET).

Funding details

TU Delft offers an array of scholarships, ranging from (partial) tuition waivers to full scholarships covering tuition and living expenses. Some MSc programme-specific scholarships may only be announced on their respective websites.

TU Delft Excellences Scholarships are awarded to admitted students with exceptional promise and outstanding academic achievement. There is typically no separate application procedure. Selected scholarship recipients will be notified directly by the university