The Higher Technical School of Architecture of Madrid ( es, Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid, ETSAM) is the school of architecture of the Technical University of Madrid (UPM), Spain. It trains future architects and grants the title of Architect, as well as doctorates and various master's degrees. The center is located on the Avenida Juan de Herrera, 4, within the University City of Madrid. The present building has been used since 1936. It has an extensive library, which includes original works of

Le Corbusier Charles-Édouard Jeanneret (6 October 188727 August 1965), known as Le Corbusier ( , , ), was a Swiss-French architect, designer, painter, urban planner, writer, and one of the pioneers of what is now regarded as modern architecture. He was ...

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Andrés de Vandelvira Andrés de Vandelvira (1509–1575) was a Spanish architect, active mainly in Jaén, Uclés, Baeza, and Úbeda during the Renaissance. He was born in Alcaraz, in the province of Albacete and died in Jaén. The church of Nuestra Señora de ...

, the recent architecture journals, and influential books on modern architecture. This school is considered by many industry professionals to be the best in Spain, and one of the best worldwide. Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid - 01

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Study plan

Currently the study plan followed for the main Architecture diploma is ''Plan 2010'', also known as ''Bolonia''. It was passed in 2007, and the old ''Plan 96'' was gradually phased out by June 2018. ''Plan 2010'' consists of 360 ''ECTS'' European credits, with an equivalence of between 25 and 30 hours of work per credit, beginning in academic year 2010-2011. The 360 credits are split into a 300-credit degree and a 60-credit master, a formula known as 5+1 years. The degree is a 5-year study plan, with each year split into two semesters, Fall and Spring. Subjects can be classified as Basic (shared with other faculties in UPM), Compulsory or Optative (exclusively lectured at ETSAM). Only 18 credits correspond to Optative subjects. Once the programme is completed, the student receives a Graduate title in Architecture fundamentals, which opens the way for the one year Master in Architecture, which grants the full title of Architect.

Postgraduate studies

The school offers different postgraduate studies, accessible only to those with the title of Architect. Studies at this level can be PhDs or postgraduate. PhD Studies are organised in programs, each having several subjects that jointly present unity and relationships, and together define a speciality inside the PhD programme. Postgraduate studies are divided into 9 University masters, 15 specialisation courses and 14 independent titles. Many of them present an international level of prestige and influence, such as the Master in City Sciences and the MCH Master in Collective Housing.

Notable alumni

* Carlos Arroyo (born 1964) * Mariano Bayón (born 1942) *

Alberto Campo Baeza Alberto Campo Baeza (born 1946, in Valladolid) is a Spanish architect and Full-Time Design Professor at the Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid from 1986 to 2017. He retired the same year. He has built a selected number of award ...

(born 1946) * Félix Candela (1910–1997) *

Andrés Jaque Andrés Jaque is an architect, writer and curator. In 2016, he was awarded with the 10th Frederick Kiesler Prize for Architecture and the Arts. In 2014, he won the Silver Lion to the Best Project at the 14th Venice Biennale. His work explores ...

(born 1971) * Rafael Moneo (born 1937) *

Manuel Martín Madrid Manuel Martin Madrid is a Spanish architect. He was born in Madrid in 1938. He graduated as an Architect from the Superior Technical School of Architecture of Madrid in 1965 and obtained his PhD in Architecture in 1969. That same year he started ...

(born 1938) * Juan Navarro Baldeweg (born 1939) *

Antonio Palacios Antonio Palacios Ramilo (8 January 1874 – 27 October 1945) was a Spanish architect. Distinguished by the monumental eclecticism he left as imprint in many of his projects, he helped define the architectural identity of Madrid in the first half ...

(1872–1945) *

Juan Herreros Juan Herreros (born 1958 in San Lorenzo del Escorial) is a Spanish architect. His work promotes a pragmatic review of the tradition of modern architecture. Biography He graduated in 1985 at the Technical School of Architecture of Madrid where ...

(born 1958) *

Francisco Javier Sáenz de Oiza Francisco Javier Sáenz de Oiza (12 October 1918 – 18 July 2000) was a Spanish architect and influential practitioner of the modernist movement in Spain. Biography Born in Cáseda, Navarre, Francisco Javier Sáenz de Oiza went to school in Se ...

(1918–2000) *

Manuel Sánchez Arcas Manuel Sánchez Arcas (1897–1970) was a Spanish Modernist architect. During the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939) he served in the Republican government as Undersecretary for Propaganda. After the Republican defeat he went into exile in Moscow, Wa ...

(1897–1970) *

Alejandro de la Sota Alejandro de la Sota may refer to: * Alejandro de la Sota (footballer) (1881-unknown), Spanish former footballer, co-founder and president of Athletic Bilbao * Alejandro de la Sota (architect) Alejandro de la Sota Martínez (October 20, 1913 - ...

(1913–1996) *

Salvador Valeri i Pupurull Salvador Valeri i Pupurull (1873–1954) was a Catalan architect who worked in the style of Modernisme. Valeri was born in Barcelona and studied in the Polytechnical School of Madrid and the School of Architecture of Barcelona, where he obtained ...

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Alejandro Zaera-Polo Alejandro Zaera Polo is a Spanish architect, theorist and founder of Alejandro Zaera-Polo & Maider Llaguno Architecture (AZPML). He was formerly dean of the Princeton University School of Architecture and of the Berlage Institute in Rotterdam. ...

(born 1963)

References

External links

The official Website of the Higher Technical School of Architecture of Madrid
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