Double degree MCTS - MISMeC

We offer the possibility of pursuing a double degree between the University Master's Degree in Sustainability and Strategies for a Just Global Transition (MUSE) and the University Master's Degree in Sustainable Intervention in the Built Environment (MISMeC) from the Vallès School of Architecture, with a total duration of 2 academic years and 135 ECTS.

Interested individuals must complete the pre-enrollment through the admissions application. Check the information here.

1. Justification of the proposal according to academic criteria

The proposal for a double degree between MUSE and MISMeC arises from the need to satisfy the increasing demand from MUSE students, which is more generalist in nature, with specific academic interests related to architecture and sustainable construction, present in MISMeC.

• The University Master's Degree in Sustainability and Strategies for a Just Global Transition aims to provide interdisciplinary and advanced training that facilitates the understanding of interactions between society, economy, and the natural environment, as well as the scientific and technical options and trends that allow addressing the main challenges of sustainable development in current socio-environmental systems. The master's degree trains entrepreneurs and agents of change for sustainable development who, according to their specialization in biodiversity and natural environment, built environment and services, or productive systems and information management, will be able to design, implement, and evaluate sustainable solutions in different fields of engineering and technology, working in diverse cultural and professional contexts, in a transdisciplinary manner and with scientific and technical rigor.
• The University Master's Degree in Sustainable Intervention in the Built Environment aims to train and reorient professionals who, through intervention projects in urban space, buildings, and infrastructure, are capable of improving the sustainability of social metabolism, reducing the use of resources and the generation of waste, increasing the productive capacity of the territory, and seeking a more responsible urban model based on the transformation of the existing city. To this end, the master's degree offers a comprehensive and transversal approach that is not limited to solving technical issues but is incorporated into a learning process that allows approaching the city from the logic of reusing its buildings and spaces, revitalizing its fabric, and its social impact.

In this sense, the similarity of objectives within different fields leads to a logical path that involves fostering this double degree framework, the mutual use of training frameworks, and the promotion of collaboration in research and common projects between members of both academic projects.

2. Justification of the proposal according to other criteria

• Scientific. Both academic projects provide access to UPC doctoral studies, with research projects that can be supervised by faculty from the same master's degree or integrated into the doctoral program of the UPC Sustainability Institute.
• Professional. Offering this double degree multiplies the professional opportunities for students who wish to specialize in this field.
• Integration of the offer. MISMeC gathers and updates the educational vocation of the sustainable building specialty that was part of the original MUSE curriculum, and its structure was designed to allow its fit with MUSE. With this double degree, unnecessary educational duplications are avoided, recognizing MUSE elective subjects as mandatory training for MISMeC.

3. Definition of the academic curricular itinerary

The degrees to be achieved are: University Master's Degree in Sustainability and Strategies for a Just Global Transition and University Master's Degree in Sustainable Intervention in the Built Environment. To obtain the double degree, 135 ECTS must be completed.

In the case of the Master's Final Thesis (TFM), the student must complete and defend a single TFM of 30 ECTS. This TFM must be mandatory enrolled in the two teaching units corresponding to the two master's degrees, as it cannot be recognized in any case. This is an indispensable requirement for obtaining both titles.

REMEMBER: The process of registering the offer, monitoring, and depositing the TFM is the same as for MUSE (see the corresponding section in "Master's Final Thesis"). Given the teaching load of this double diploma, the particular structure of the study plan, and the need to have the summer months for the preparation of the TFM, the administrative process of requesting the defense for the extraordinary session in October (via application in June) is of special importance if it cannot be carried out in the ordinary session in July.

4. Recognition table for the itinerary completed in each of the two study plans

The MUSE-MISMeC double degree establishes the following recognition between subjects of both degrees:

5. Specific regulations for students

The specific regulations for double diploma students regarding minimum performance, withdrawal from the double degree itinerary, etc., will be those corresponding to the MUSE and MISMeC master's programs, as well as the Academic regulations for UPC master's degrees.

The regulations for the master's final thesis within the framework of this MUSE–MISMeC double diploma can be found here.

6. Issuance of the double degree

IMPORTANT: Since this double degree is not a joint degree, but a double master's (with two separate degrees), it is necessary for the student to pay the corresponding fees for the two degrees separately once they request their issuance at each of the academic management units of the double degree, namely, the Barcelona School of Civil Engineering, on the one hand, and the Vallès School of Architecture, on the other.

REMEMBER: Administrative management throughout the entire double degree (except for the degree application) is carried out by the Undergraduate and Master's Management Unit of the Barcelona School of Civil Engineering (masters.camins@upc.edu).