Building Technology
Harmonisation Master's programme Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences
The Master's Programme in Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences (AUBS) will be harmonised in the academic year 2024-2025 and 2025-2026. The aim of this renewal is to make the various master tracks more similar in composition and structure, resulting in more elective space and a graduation project that takes three quarters for all students.
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Do you start your first year of this master track Building Technology in academic year 2024-2025?
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Are you currently studying in your first or second year of this master track?
In principle, this harmonisation does not affect you. You finish your master track following the current track programme which you can find below on this page.
In which situations does the harmonisation affect you?
You do not take all courses of the second semester (MSc2) this academic year
If so, you will complete the second semester next academic year 2024-2025 in the new structure, with new or replacement electives or elective design studios. Please check the study guide for more information.
You plan to interrupt your studies for (more than) a year.
If so, it is best to do this after completing the entire first year. You will then continue your studies in September 2025 in the new structure of the second year, with an inter- or transdisciplinary Q5 elective (15 EC) and graduation in three quarters. More information on the Q5 electives and the graduation project will be available in april 2025.
Track programme Building Technology
The master track Building Technology provides a two-year programme. We start designing at a product level, followed by the building scale, next addressing the urban context, and finally in the graduation project students choose their own topic and scale. In first semester all students follow the same programme focussing on the core subjects of building technology, from quarter 3 on students get the possibility to choose their own trajectory in the programme.
The programme is visualised in the scheme below, courses highlighted in yellow indicate that a choice needs to be made.
First year
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For the third quarter of the first-year students enrol for two 5 EC so-called ‘Technoledge courses’, and for a third 5 EC course of their own free choice. This could be a third Technolegde course, but students are also free to choose other courses. During an information meeting, which is scheduled in the second quarter just prior to the enrolment period for the spring semester, the 10 Technoledge courses we offer are explained. Afterwards presentations are available on Bright Space, in the course MSc AUBS Track Building Technology (enroll to view). Other electives on offer within the faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment can be found here. For the 5 EC free choice also master courses of other TU Delft programs as well as master courses of other universities are considered possible elective courses as long as the 5 EC is gained while enrolled as a master student.
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For the fourth quarter of the first-year students enrol for one 15 EC design studio. We offer specialist courses in which student works in groups on their own specialism (MEGA, Solar Decathlon Design) and a generalist course (EXTREME technology), in which students individual make the design. During an information meeting, which is scheduled in the second quarter just prior to the enrolment period for the spring semester, the design courses we offer are explained. Afterwards presentations are available on Bright Space, in the course MSc AUBS Track Building Technology (enroll to view).
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For international students, enrolment for the first two quarters is automatically arranged by student affairs. Enrolment for other students for the first two quarters, and for all students for the third and fourth quarter is done by the student. Students are informed via Brightspace and email of student affairs about the enrolment period and procedure.
The Solar Decathlon in Q4 is not offered every year and has a different procedure. Students have to apply by motivation which is explained in the study guide in case the course is offered.
Second year
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For the first quarter of the second-year students enrol for one 15 EC design studio. We offer two options to choose from: User-centred Sustainability Studio and CORE. During an information meeting, which is scheduled in the third quarter just prior to the enrolment period for the autumn semester, the design courses we offer are explained. Afterwards presentations are available on Bright Space, in the course MSc AUBS Track Building Technology (enroll to view).
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Graduation takes place in the Building Technology Graduation Studio. The possible graduation topics are explained in an information meeting usually in the first week(s) of the first quarter in September, also the procedure will be explained on this meeting. The topics as well as a studio manual (with the procedure) will be placed on BrightSpace.
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During the fourth quarter of the first year, students enrol for the MSc3 quarter 5 and 6 courses for the autumn (or spring when starting the MSc3 in February) semester of the second year. Students should enroll for both, the quarter 5 design studio and for the graduation studio. Students are informed by an email of student affairs about the enrolment period and procedure.
Enrolment for the continuation of the graduation in MSc4 will be automatically after a successful P2 presentation of the graduation project at the end of the MSc3 semester.
In the Graduation Manual Master of Science Architecture, Urbanism & Building Sciences important information about the setup of the graduation process and the official regulations that apply to the graduation phase are described.