Faculty of Architecture and Design

Architecture and Urban Planning

Título a obtener

Title to be obtained

Urban Architect
Resolución

Presential Modality

RPC-SO-24-No.585-2021
Duración

Duration

4 years

Cost, Grants and Registration

Reasons to study at UEES

1

Academic Background

To train professionals specialized in situations and problems of cities and their public spaces, considering the social, economic and environmental aspects, involving regional and local plans.

2

International Experience

Prepares and motivates students for semester-long academic exchanges, short-stay academic missions and attendance at keynote lectures.

3

Teaching and Educational Quality

High quality education with teachers of outstanding trajectory. The student will have technical assistance during the realization of their projects for academic development and linkage with society.

4

Pre-professional experience

Students will experience the labor field through professional practice, through inter-institutional agreements.

What professional skills will I acquire?

Know the theories of urban planning and the history of urbanism, to implement in urban development projects.

Analyze the problems of community settlements for the development of sustainable habitats that guarantee a better quality of life.

Elaborate urban projects based on the study of activities, tradition and cultural aspects of the built heritage, promoting respect for the environment.

Analyze urban models and protocols for the follow-up of planning problems of the urban-architectural-social system.

Ability to interact in public management agencies in the field of urban planning and design.

What soft skills will I develop?

Critical thinking
Adaptation to change

Teamwork

Effective communication

Social responsibility

Entrepreneurship
Troubleshooting

Where/what am I going to work?

  • National and international consultancies focused on city studies.
  • Design and management of urban planning and design projects in public and private companies.

Curricular experiences of the career

  1. National and International Academic Travel. - Cultural knowledge and interaction, acquisition of new knowledge at the forefront of world progress.
  2. Technical visits. - Acquisition of practical knowledge to strengthen their academic training.
  3. Challenges. - Academic challenges motivated from the public sector
    and private.
  4. Conferences and Labor Interrelation. - Contribution of specific knowledge in
    areas of interest to the career, which motivate innovation and research, as well as promoting the acquisition of experience through the development of joint work activities with the business sector.

Curriculum

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Natalie Wong Chauvet

Natalie Wong Chauvet

Dean of the Faculty of Architecture and Design

«Architecture, through its technique and art, is perennialized in a building, in a temple, in a house; whose spaces are the matter on which the architect thinks until he turns them into comfortable, functional and aesthetic places».