Course General Description

This bachelor's degree in Architectural Technology and Building Construction,will provide you with a Europe-focused, generalist education on the theory, techniques and technology of the building construction sector. You will acquire the competencies needed to solve any issue related to stages in the building cycle: construction, maintenance, rehabilitation, demolition and urban development. Once you graduate, you will be qualified to practise some of the professions with the most reach in the European building sector: technical architect, construction site manager, health and safety coordinator and building information modelling (BIM) 3D software specialist. You will specialise by taking an optional subject pathway that provides the specific knowledge that is required for the Diploma of Further Competencies (DAC), a diploma that can be homologated by the Professional Certification Agency (ACP), which certifies the quality, capacity and competence of professionals in the building construction and architecture sector.

School General Description

The Polytechnic University of Catalonia ), currently referred to as BarcelonaTech, and commonly known as UPC, is the largest engineering university in Catalonia, Spain. It also offers programs in other disciplines such as mathematics and architecture. UPC's objectives are based on internationalization, as it is one of Europe's technical universities with the most international PhD students and the university with the largest share of international master's degree students. UPC is a university aiming at achieving the highest degree of engineering/technical excellence and has bilateral agreements with several top-ranked European universities. UPC is a member of the Top Industrial Managers for Europe network, which allows for student exchanges between leading European engineering schools. It is also a member of several university federations, including the Conference of European Schools for Advanced Engineering Education and Research (CESAER) and UNITECH. UPC is also a parent institution of the prestigious Institut Barcelona d'Estudis Internacionals (IBEI). The university was founded in March 1971 as the Universitat Politècnica de Barcelona through the merger of engineering and architecture schools founded in the 19th century. As of 2007 it has 25 schools in Catalonia located in the cities of Barcelona, Castelldefels, Manresa, Sant Cugat del Vallès, Terrassa, Igualada, Vilanova i la Geltrú and Mataró. As of the academic year 2017-18, the UPC has over 30,000 students and over 3,000 teaching and research staff, 65 undergraduate programs, 73 graduate programs and 49 doctorate programs.