Architecture

MSc Postgraduate European Master in Architecture | 2011

Language of instruction: English University: Leading in Learning

Historic yet forward-thinking and contemporary, typically Dutch yet multicultural and vibrant, Maastricht is a city of contrasts. Known as the birthplace of the modern European Union, Maastricht also continues to establish itself internationally thanks to ’s position as a leading academic centre in Europe.

Beyond boundaries With over half of its master’s students and a quarter of its academic staff coming from outside the , Maastricht University has a reputation for its international orientation and dynamic, interdisciplinary environment. Almost all of our master’s programmes are taught in English and international themes are deeply rooted in the curricula.

New perspectives As a master’s student, you are a contributing member of our academic community. Using the Problem-Based Learning methodology, you work in small groups alongside students from all over the world. In close cooperation with the academic staff, you and your fellow students examine real-life problems from an academic perspective. Exchanging knowledge and experiences, learning to see things from new perspectives, and developing essential skills: at Maastricht University you learn to think both like an academic and a professional.

Research Research at Maastricht University focuses on gaining insights into current issues in today’s society. And we recognise the value of bright, young researchers in contributing to the development of fresh and innovative ideas. That is why research plays an integral role in the majority of our master’s programmes and why we offer a number of research master’s, which are often a stepping stone to a PhD.

Career Further specialising in your fi eld by earning a master’s degree at Maastricht University will greatly enhance your career prospects. The effectiveness of our approach to education and research is demonstrated by the performance of our graduates. They are self-assured, independent and assertive professionals who are able to make a smooth transition from university to the job market because they focus on more than just theory; they also learn the skills they need to have a successful career. Architecture

Architecture has been fundamentally transformed over the last two decades. Whereas in the past architects mostly dealt one-on-one with clients, architects are now integrated into teams of professionals from Contents a range of disciplines overseeing complex projects. The complexity and scale of projects have vastly increased even as the impact of Architecture 3 climate change and peaks in resource and energy supplies necessitate Postgraduate European Master in Architecture 4 innovation and vital research. In the past, architects built the new. Beyond Design 5 Today, they transform existing complexes of buildings, infrastructure Programme information 6 and urban environments. Career prospects 8 Application and Admission 9 Architectural curriculum has barely taken this into account. Many young architects are consequently unprepared for their careers. The Postgraduate European Master in Architecture (EMA) was created to meet these challenges by redefi ning architecture and by expanding the range of training architects receive. The programme has a highly interdisciplinary nature, incorporating both studio-based research and design and interdisciplinary courses and training from Maastricht University. EMA is the fi rst programme of its kind to focus intensely on the architect as going ‘beyond design’ and overseeing complex, interdisciplinary development projects.

The Postgraduate European Master in Architecture is a full-time private master’s programme for professionals. It is two years in length and is taught entirely in English.

*This programme is still in the process of being accredited by the Accreditation Organisation of the Netherlands and Flanders (NVAO). For more information on NVAO, please visit www.nvao.nl

Maastricht University is a signatory of the “Code of conduct with respect to international students in Dutch higher education”. More information about this code of conduct is available at www.internationalstudy.nl

3 Postgraduate European Master in Architecture

The architectural profession is in a state of transition. Architects must increasingly look beyond design and into the entire complex process that constructing our built environment entails. The new postgraduate Architecture programme at Maastricht University provides you the knowledge and skills you need to enter the more advanced, interdisciplinary levels of the architectural profession.

What sets the programme apart?

• It is both a professional master’s and a centre for architectural innovation • Interdisciplinary courses from allied academic disciplines available at Maastricht University • Collaboration with Delft University of Technology’s Faculty of Architecture • Participants tackle real-life assignments using Project-Based Learning Fast facts • Maastricht’s historic centre and contemporary architecture provide a venue for learning opportunities and new • Programme: Postgraduate European Master in Architecture challenges • Language of instruction: English • Research and design studios supervised by professor • Duration: 2 Years full-time Jo Coenen and other leading European architects • Start date(s): twice yearly, in September and February • Study load: 120 ECTS • Learning method: project-based learning; design-studios; seminars; skills training; master classes, guest lectures; research assignments • Assessment method: written exams; group participation; fi nal design thesis • Tuition fee: € 12.800 per year

4 MSc Postgraduate European Master in Architecture | 2011 Transformation and continuity

“In our built environment, there are two forces that have collide violently with one another, while if they worked a major infl uence on the way we perceive the existing together they could produce magnifi cent results. It is urban fabric and buildings. One is appreciation of our important to think in terms of both transformation and heritage and the feeling of security we get from the past, continuity. To think about our existing building stock, and and the other is the force of change that generates how new strains can be successfully grafted on to this. feelings of expectation, astonishment and hope. Especially Love of good style is to be found in all generations, and we during the past few decades, we have been subjected to certainly have an enormous need for it in the architecture an unprecedented dynamic process of social and cultural of today. What we really need is not conservation at any change due to such factors as digitalisation, globalisation, cost but vital reuse, like the stones of the Via Appia that commercialisation, individualisation, mass migration and have been reused in countless confi gurations without the like. This is associated with an enormous need for losing their link with the age-old history of the road.” novelty and at the same time with a strong need for security and the growth of organisations dedicated to Prof. ir. Jo Coenen preservation of our heritage. I see countless cases where Chair Architecture these two trends, of dynamic change and conservation, Architect-Director of Jo Coenen & Co Architekten

Beyond Design tural research and assignments into the curriculum. Assign- ments are selected in close collaboration with the regional In the past, architects worked with a single client on a single architecture industry. You will study real-life problems and building. Today, they work in a team of professionals from a projects with clients and other professionals and be assessed by range of disciplines to develop, design and construct complex academics and professionals from a variety of disciplines. These building projects and urban sites. This requires the ability to include public authorities, research organisations, corporations, oversee and guide highly complex projects. Architects must go real estate developers and municipal planners. ‘beyond design’ and see the process of urban development from a wide range of disciplines and perspectives. Sustainability Transformation Climate change, sustainability and the environment are increasingly affecting architecture and construction. The EMA Especially in Europe, the primary objective of architecture is programme will help you develop the versatility to incorporate no longer to build the new but to transform existing building cutting-edge, sustainable technology into your work while complexes, infrastructure and entire urban and rural land- contributing to energy effi ciency and the development of scapes. This requires analysis, inventories, study of the existing environmentally friendly buildings, cities and construction. object, city or landscape silhouette, and exploring whether While studying with the EMA programme, you will do your part these should be transformed or altered. in contributing to the global knowledge base of sustainable development. Research

Architecture is facing challenges that necessitate vital research. Maastricht As architecture transforms into a more interdisciplinary fi eld, a wide array of integrative research on the built environment is Maastricht’s historic centre and contemporary architecture essential. The EMA programme trains you to be a better serve as a venue of old and new examples and learning researcher, and the activities and research conducted by our opportunities. Maastricht is also ideal for cross-border projects. participants will coalesce into a centre for architectural Maastricht University incorporates interdisciplinary learning innovation. into all of its curricula, and the EMA programme uses the Project-Based Learning method. Unlike traditional lectures, participants work in small groups and are given projects to Real-life assignments solve. Teachers act as coaches, and participants set their own goals and do their own research. You ‘learn by doing’, and the Maastricht University advocates the practical application of method has one of the highest knowledge retention rates of theory. Thus the EMA programme incorporates real-life architec- any educational system.

5 New conditions

“Traditionally, architects were the primary interface impact of fi nancial models, ownership relations and new between the client and municipalities, building media set new and more stringent requirements for companies and inspectors. Architects would go over architects.Related to this, the external pressure and the drawings and building plans with their clients and criticism of their own professional views of the architects initiate contact with other parties. This world has more has grown. The image that dominates the profession is or less disappeared. Today, real estate developers often that of a non-competitive and introverted world, with its acting on behalf of clients build complex projects, own (largely self-regulatory) standards, language, rules relegating the architect to the periphery. Legal and safeguards. The traditional image of the architect considerations are often more important than spatial as an artist that still prevails among the public and and design aspects, which are entangled in lists of clients, but also in the profession itself, is often not requirements and criteria geared towards smooth consistent with the demands that society sets for the completion of the project. The market has become week profession. On the other hand, the profession itself and for few projects highly competitive. Other players in seems reluctant to actually act as a business service the market, including construction companies, building and a player on the market. The focus must be at the managers and developers, have taken a lot of ground market situation after the crisis, new conditions for from the architect. Clients are more demanding, they the architect and clients.” have more information at their disposal and they are generally aimed at obtaining services at the lowest Mr. Huub Smeets possible price. The growing juridifi cation of construction, Member Supervisory Board Architecture European regulations, procurement procedures, the CEO Vesteda

Programme information included in the second year. During the second semester you develop your fi nal design thesis project under the close super- The two-year programme is structured around three design/ vision of academic staff. The design thesis project includes a research studios and a series of seminars and skills-trainings. written thesis and a presentation and public defence of your The programme includes special Master Classes taught by thesis before a scientifi c committee. leading European architects visiting Maastricht. The programme also incorporates public colloquia, lectures, fi eldwork, excursions and exhibitions. The programme culminates in developing a scientifi c master’s thesis under the close supervision of academic staff. You must acquire 120 ECTS, corresponding to around 3,600 hours of work. Optional courses can be taken from other faculties at Maastricht University.

During the fi rst year, you work in one of two design research studios per term, each relating to different urban conditions and design issues. You collaboratively apply professional tech- niques and approaches to fi nd solutions to real world urban and architectural design problems. Leading European architects teach classes once per semester.

During the second year, you participate in a year-long design research studio. The focus of this ‘Graduation Lab’ is on complex multidisciplinary spatial assignments and sustainable transition. Second-year research is organised in consultation with external partners and professional organisations. During the fi rst semester you perform collaborative applied research, extensive fi eldwork and attend workshops, lectures and excursions related to the selected studio topic. Internships and participation in international exchange programmes may be

6 MSc Postgraduate European Master in Architecture | 2011 Programme structure

Year 1 ECTS Year 2 ECTS

Research Design Studio A1 Transformation 15,0 Research Design Studio A3 Sustainable Transition 15,0 Seminar S1 Architecture & Culture 5,0 Seminar S5 Architecture & Policy II 5,0 Seminar S2 Architecture & Policy 5,0 Seminar S6 Architecture & Innovation II 5,0 Skills Training T1 Research Methodology 2,5 Skills Training T3 Leadership 2,5 Optional course 2,5 Thesis preparation 2,5 Research Design Studio A2 Intervention 15,0 Thesis 30,0 Seminar S3 Architecture & Innovation 5,0 Seminar S4 Architecture & Culture II 5,0 Skills Training T2 Communication 2,5 Field trip 2,5

Total 60,0 Total 60,0

Interdisciplinary programme

“The European Master of Architecture highly appeals EMA is a signifi cant forum for professionals from all to me as a truly interdisciplinary postgraduate over the world to exchange ideas, to solve problems programme. As an anthropologist researching and explore opportunities together.” cultural heritage practices under conditions of globalization, I am eager to engage in innovative Christoph Rausch MA debate about transformations of the built Lecturer Architecture environment, today. PhD Researcher in Cultural-Anthropology

7 Career prospects The EMA programme

The Postgraduate European Master in Architecture opens • provides you with the knowledge and skills to enter more doors to architecture related positions in design and advanced levels of the architectural profession; construction, planning, teaching, research, industry and • is uniquely interdisciplinary, connecting architecture to administration. Graduates will be able to perform applied various academic fi elds like humanities and social sciences, research on complex multi-disciplinary spatial assignments economics and business, law, cultural sciences, life sciences individually. Graduates are trained to be leaders and decision and environmental studies; makers in the fi eld of architecture and allied professions. • educates you at a highly specialised, postgraduate level; • trains you to be an interdisciplinary expert in the spatial, economic, cultural, and social factors that determine the results of transformations in the built environment; • prepares you to act as a coordinator, leader and decision maker within multidisciplinary organisations and other groups of collaborating professional.

Complexity

“The contemporary world has become more and more and equip ourselves with the right tools and knowledge complex. Too many specialists, with only their own to defend the essence of our practice; to design fi ne limited view and interests, are involved in the process coherent and sustainable environments for people to live of building. Architecture lies under attack and runs the their lives. Information is the key. Therefore it is of the risk to become trampled upon. As architects we are the utmost importance to study the complexity of the process only professional group truly interested and equipped of building, and develop a methodology and equip our to think over the whole process of design and balance selves with tools how to make the building-process do the enumerable variation of aspects that together lead things that you as an architect would like it to do.” to the eventual quality of an architectural project. The quality that people experience and which forms the Ir. Barbara Kuit substance of our cities. Which for good or for bad will Lecturer Architecture be there for centuries to come. In order not to become Director and Co-founder of Information Based marginalized we as architects will have to take action, Architecture

8 MSc Postgraduate European Master in Architecture | 2011 Application and Admission

Applicants to the Postgraduate European Master in Deadlines Architecture programme must have a master degree in architecture or an equivalent 5-year graduate level. Applicants can apply once a year. The programme starts in September. Deadline for enrolment in September 2011 is June 15th, 2011. Applications must include, in PDF format:

• proof of good written and spoken English skills, demon- Visa application strated with at least a 6.5 score on the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) test or at least a 232 Non-EU/EEA students will need a visa to study in the computer, a 90 internet-based or 575 paper score on the Netherlands. The Visa Offi ce will contact all applicants from Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). Native non-EU countries. For questions and information, you can English speakers and those who received all post-primary always contact the Visa Offi ce at [email protected] education in English may apply for an exemption; • a motivational essay of max. 2000 words; • a curriculum vitae; Tuition fee 2011/2012 • a portfolio of projects (academic professional); • a completed EMA application form, which can be found on € 12.800 per year*. our website: www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/architecture * No rights may be derived from the fees published in this brochure. Once a complete application is received, it will be assessed and we will inform you in due time whether you are accepted into the programme.

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Master’s programmes overview 2011

Arts & Culture Health & Life Sciences • Arts and Heritage: Policy, Management and Education / • Arts-Klinisch Onderzoeker / Physician-Clinical Investigator Cultuur: Beleid, Behoud en Beheer (MA) 3 (MSc, MD) 4 • Arts and Sciences / Cultuur- en Wetenschapsstudies (MA) 3 • European Public Health (MSc) 1 • European Studies on Society, Science and Technology (MA) 1 • Forensic Psychology (MSc) 1 • Media Culture (MA) 1 • Geneeskunde / Medicine (MSc, MD) 4 • Research Master in Cultures of Arts, Science and • Global Health (MSc) 1 Technology (MSc) 1 • Health Food Innovation Management (MSc) 1 • Mental Health (MSc) 2 Behavioural & Political Sciences • Molecular Life Sciences, 5 specialisations (MSc) 1 • Analysing Europe (MA) 1 (within transnational University , tUL) • European Public Affairs (MA) 1 • Physical Activity and Health, 3 specialisations (MSc) 1 • European Studies, 3 specialisations (MA) 1 • Public Health, 4 specialisations (MSc) 1 • Psychology, 6 specialisations (MSc) 1 • Research Master in Cardiovascular Biology and Medicine (MSc) 1 • Public Policy and Human Development, 1 specialisation • Research Master in Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience, in Behavioural & Political Sciences (MSc) 1 4 specialisations (MSc) 1 • Research Master in European Studies (MSc) 1 • Research Master in Health Sciences (MSc) 1 • Research Master in Nutrition and Metabolism: Business & Economics fundamental and clinical aspects (MSc) 1 (All programmes Triple Crown accredited: AACSB, EQUIS and Graduate programmes for professionals AMBA) • Affective Neuroscience (MSc) 1 • Econometrics and Operations Research, 4 specialisations (MSc) 1 • Health Professions Education (MSc) 1 • Financial Economics, 3 specialisations (MSc) 1 • Public Health for Professionals (MSc) 1 • Fiscale Economie / Fiscal Economics, 2 specialisations (MSc) 2 • Global Supply Chain Management and Change (MSc) 1 Law • Infonomics (MSc) 1 • European Law School (LLM) 1 • International Business, 11 full-time en 7 part-time • Fiscaal Recht / Tax Law, 3 specialisations (LLM) 3 specialisations (one of which is in Dutch) (MSc) 1 • Forensics, Criminology and Law (LLM) 3 • International Economic Studies, 5 specialisations (MSc) 1 • Globalisation and Law (LLM) 1 • Management of Learning (MSc) 1 • Advanced Master in International and • Public Policy and Human Development, 5 specialisations European Economic Law (LLM, MSc) 1 in Business & Economics (MSc) 1 • Advanced Master in Intellectual Property Law and • Research Master in Business Research, 4 specialisations (MSc) 1 Knowledge Management (LLM, MSc) 1 • Research Master in Economic and Financial Research, • International Laws (LLM) 1 2 specialisations (MSc) 1 • Nederlands Recht / Dutch Law, 6 specialisations (LLM) 4 Graduate programmes for professionals • Recht en Arbeid / Law and Labour, 2 specialisations (LLM) 4 • Executive Master of Finance and Control (EMFC/MSc/RC) 4 • International Executive Master of Finance and Control Sciences (part-time EMFC/MSc/RC) 1 (within transnational University Limburg, tUL) • MBA (International Executive Modular, Dutch Executive • Artifi cial Intelligence (MSc) 1 Modular and Euro) 3 • Operations Research (MSc) 1

New initiatives at UM • Globalisation and Development (MA) 1 • Sustainability Science and Policy (MSc) 1 • Postgraduate European Master in Architecture (MSc) 1

Language of instruction: 1 Only in English The programmes under ‘New initiatives at UM’ are currently in 2 Part Dutch, part English the process of NVAO accreditation. For more information on the 3 Available in both English and Dutch programmes and their expected starting dates, please consult 4 Only in Dutch www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/newinitiatives Layout and production: Grafisch ontwerpbureau Emilio Perez, Geleen. Although this brochure was made with the utmost care, no rights can be attained from it. from attained be can rights no care, utmost the with made was brochure this Although Geleen. Perez, Emilio ontwerpbureau Grafisch production: and Layout BV, Hoog-Keppel Vormgeversassociatie template: design and | Concept Mellaart Paul Schmitz, Arjen Sloun, van Etienne Vos, Jonathan Photography: Netherlands The Maastricht, MD, P.O.Box 6200 616, University, Maastricht Architecture, Sciences, and Humanities of Faculty © 2011

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