Course General Description

The Graduate Program in Architecture is formed by the Academic Architecture Master's Course (stricto sensu) and is linked to the Arts and Design Department of PUC-RIO. The curricular organization includes disciplines and academic activities relative to the Concentration Area-Architecture Project–and two Lines of Research: Theory and History of the Project and Methods and Processes of the Project. The Graduate Program in Architecture is anchored in the academic experience of the PUC-Rio Architecture and Urbanization course as well as in several other graduate courses already established in the University. Its identity is defined by two guiding principles: emphasis in the Project as a guiding thread of the Program's studies and researches, and emphasis in an interdisciplinary perspective, based on the crossing over between theory and practice in the curricular structure and its lines of research.

School General Description

Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio) is a private non-profit Catholic university created in 1941. PUC-Rio is a research institution that focuses primarily on the development of science and innovation. PUC-Rio has about 1,500 faculty members and researchers, and 26 departments organised in four academic centres: Theology and Human Sciences; Social Sciences; Science and Technology; and Biomedical Sciences. PUC-Rio offers 36 bachelor’s programmes and 26 graduate research programmes. The International Program Office makes possible the exchange of students, professors and researchers. PUC-Rio offers programmes for undergraduate and graduate international students: exchange and short-term programmes and double degree programmes, among others. PUC-Rio is located in Gávea, a charming and green neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro. Its campus includes computer centres and free internet access; libraries; restaurants; a bookstore; and cultural and community service projects.