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Masters Degree in Sustainable Design, Construction and Management of the Built Environment

The MBUILD - Master Degree in Sustainable Design, Construction and Management of the Built Environments - is a EMJM Erasmus Mundus Joint Master delivered and awarded by the University of Porto (UP Porto, Portugal), University of Cantabria (UC Santander, Spain) and Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen (THM Gieβen, Germany).

MBUILD is co-funded by the EU European Union and is open to 20 students in each edition. 15 scholarships of €1400/month are also available, for travel and self-support. Scholarship holders will be exempt of any other costs connected with the following of the programme (for instance, tuition fees and insurance).

MBUILD includes a wide mobility between the three partner universities. In each semester, besides the direct contact with the teachers of the residing university, the students will have the opportunity of interacting with teachers from the other partner universities and with specialists.

Taught in collaboration with
Universidad de Cantabria
Type of Course
Masters Degree
Duration
4 Semesters / 120.0 ECTS
Vacancies
26
Tuition Fee (Full Tuition Fee)
Nacional/EU: 2500.00€

All the information presented relates to 2024/2025

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Objectives

Objectives

MBUILD is a 2-year 120 ECTS programme with full involvement of the partner HEI. The students will spend the first 3 semesters successively in UP, THM and UC. In the 4th semester they will develop their dissertation under the supervision of the professors from the partner institutions in connection with supporting companies.

In summary, MBUILD’s general objectives are:

  • To implement a cutting-edge, holistic and international academic syllabus focused on the sustainable dimension of the Construction and Building sector.
  • To train leading professionals in the Construction Industry, highly skilled to deal with all the different components of sustainability throughout the entire sector’s value chain (from planning to demolition).
  • To make a substantial academic, research and professional contribution to increase European university excellence in the field of Sustainable Construction towards a more competitive and knowledge-based sector in Europe.
  • To foster environmentally concerned changes in a resource-consuming and waste-producing sector, contributing to a low-carbon, highly-efficient and greener Europe.

All information is available at www.mbuild.eu, as well as deadlines for applications.

Contacts

Contacts

Email: [email protected]

Study Programme Website

Registration and Accreditation

DGES

Registration n.ºR/A-Cr 84/2019 in Dec. 6, 2019

A3ES

Date of publication of the accreditation decision: May 21, 2019

Validity of accreditation: 6 years

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