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Master of Arts in Architecture and Urbanism

Higher Education

  • 01.09.2025

  • 01.07.2027

At the heart of this program will be the multi-faceted, multi-scalar attention to issues of re-thinking the urban re-development and re-building of Ukrainian settlements, towns, and cities. The program aims to shift the professional paradigms of architects and professionals coming from interdisciplinary design-related fields, towards urban thinking with a focus on the Ukrainian context of post-war recovery.

The future generation of urban professionals is considered to have a strong mediator role and become a facilitator in planning and decision-making processes across different levels. The program intends to provide the necessary competence for such roles.

PROGRAMME HIGHLIGHTS

  • 1

    The focus of the Master’s program is on a broad urban discourse and in maximum proximity to Ukrainian realities.

  • 2

    The themes of the integrated design studios will be specific cities, communes, villages, and neighborhoods. The studio work is planned in direct cooperation with representatives of these urban formations.

  • 3

    The first part of the first semester studio is dedicated to research, analysis, mapping, and the creation of a collective spatial strategy (masterplan).

  • 4

    The program allows you to choose a track in architecture or urban design from the second semester of the first year.

  • 5

    The program is designed in such a way that the theoretical modules provide tools that can be immediately applied in the studio work. We see that the ideas and projects produced by the studio could be used by municipalities for urban development and recovery of the urban environment.

  • 6

    Important modules shaping the program will consist of: theoretical courses on architecture and urbanism, methodologies of professional practice, prefabrication techniques, circularity processes, participatory processes, and urban political processes.

  • 7

    An integrated educational approach brings together critical, theoretical and strategic skills together with spatio-structural design as well as provides an understanding of implementation processes. 

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    Collecting necessary knowledge across different disciplines, students of the Master’s Program will integrate and apply them directly within studio projects.  It is essential that the studio projects are conducted around real case studies, with municipalities and other urban actors involved. Therefore, future graduates are expected to apply their gained competence in such roles as urban designers, urban planners, urbanists, and project developers.

EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM

  • Semantic blocks
  • Semester 1
  • Semester 2
  • Semester 3
  • Semester 4
  • Studio
  • INTEGRATED DESIGN STUDIO - 1. URBAN RECOVERY
  • INTEGRATED DESIGN STUDIO - 2. URBAN DESIGN OR ARCHITECTURAL PROJECT
  • INTEGRATED RESEARCH PRE-DIPLOMA STUDIO - 3. OPEN TOPIC/PROBLEM
  • INTEGRATED DESIGN DIPLOMA STUDIO - 4. URBAN DESIGN OR ARCHITECTURAL PROJECT
  • Technologies block
  • ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT, INFRASTRUCTURE
  • DIGITAL TECHTONICS
  • PRACTICE / INTERNSHIP / PLACEMENT
  • Theory, history, humanities blocks
  • THEORY AND HISTORY OF URBAN FORMS
  • RECOVERY AND RECONSTRUCTION
  • URBAN POLICY AND GOVERNANCE
  • Methodologies and practices block
  • METHODS AND TOOLS FOR URBAN RESEARCH AND PARTICIPATORY PRACTICES
  • PROFESSIONAL PRACTICES
  • RESEARCH METHODS AND PEDAGOGICAL PRACTICES

COST OF EDUCATION

The duration of the master’s program is 2 academic years. It is also possible to study for 1 year, in which case at the end of the year you will receive a certificate with a list of courses you have taken, rather than a master’s degree. The cost of studying for one year in a two-year master’s program is 100 thousand UAH, the cost of a one-year certified program is 115 thousand UAH.

EACH STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO RECEIVE A SCHOLARSHIP

TYPES OF SCHOLARSHIPS

ACADEMIC

A scholarship that can be obtained during the Building Back Better winter workshop (details coming soon) or during early application for a master’s program:

– 15% discount for all participants of the winter workshop;

– 15% discount for all applicants who apply for the master’s program by February 28, 2025;

– 10% discount for all applicants who apply for the master’s program by April 30, 2025.

 

SOCIAL AND ACADEMIC

Scholarships in the amount of 50% are granted to students who have a strong motivation to study and social circumstances that make it impossible to pay the full tuition fee:

  • orphans, children deprived of parental care, half-orphans;
  • children from families with low income and/or other justified circumstances of financial insolvency;
  • children with disabilities;
  • children of parents who participated in the ATO or are currently fighting;
  • children from families with the status of internally displaced persons;
  • children from families who were forced to leave their homes because of the war;
  • children from families who lost a father or mother in the war.

WHAT DOCUMENTS ARE REQUIRED TO APPLY FOR A SCHOLARSHIP?

  • Portfolio
  • Motivation letter
  • A letter of explanation about the inability to pay the full amount of tuition fees and an extended justification of the need for a scholarship and the financial situation of your family with the provision of all available supporting information (for social and academic scholarships).

Curriculum map of the master's program

– Comprehensive project studios. Additional modules on architectural technologies, theory and methodology of urban history and practice related to the studio topics.

– The main topics of the studio are architectural and urban projects focused on urban renewal and transformation of the urban environment.

– The program provides opportunities for summer internships, employment, and independent study.

– Integrated design studios for the development of graduation projects.

Topics of the training program

  • 1

    Design studios of architecture and urban design

  • 2

    Digital tectonics, prefabricated structures

  • 3

    Energy and environmental infrastructure, sustainable urban development

  • 4

    Theory and history of urban form

  • 5

    Functional-spatial and tactical urbanism

  • 6

    Theories of space and public space

  • 7

    Urban and housing policy and management

  • 8

    Research methods and tools for urban analysis

  • 9

    Methods of public involvement (participatory approach)

  • 10

    Professional-oriented practice

Training formats

  • Working in a team
  • Integrated project studies: applied learning through synthetic design
  • Core modules and courses: technical, humanitarian-theoretical and methodological
  • Elective courses: students have the opportunity to determine their own academic trajectory
  • Learning by discussion
  • Lectures and practical classes: participation of lecturers from the KhSA and other institutions
  • Field studies: research and field trips outside of the KhSA
  • Internship: professional work in a bureau during the summer semester.

Entry requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent, in the field of architecture (B.Arch. or M. Arch.), or a degree in: landscape architecture, or, urban design & urban planning, and other related backgrounds who have demonstrated abilities in design thinking and design skills;
  • CV, Curriculum Vitae;
  • Portfolio;
  • Statement of Purpose/Motivation Letter (no more than 2 pages);
  • Two letters of recommendation  (*For students applying for scholarship consideration);
  • Proof of English proficiency (if there is any).

Link for the application form is here.

Evaluation criteria for submitted applications

The admissions committee will review all applications equally. Admission is a competitive process limited to a maximum of 30 full time place per year.

Attention! The admission procedure will be based on the “Rules of Admission  2025”.

Applicants to the M.A. are evaluated based upon successful delivery of all required application materials and are evaluated with regard to their demonstrated skills and abilities in three main areas:

→ Statement of Purpose/Motivation Letter

→ Portfolio. The portfolio provides you the opportunity to showcase your selected work and creative abilities and design thinking and skills.

→ Academic record and experience demonstraed in their CV.

HOW YOUR APPLICATION WILL BE EVALUATED

The admissions committee will review all applications equally. Admission is a competitive process limited to a maximum of 30 full time place per year.

Attention! The admission procedure will be based on the “Rules of Admission  2024”.

Applicants to the M.A. are evaluated based upon successful delivery of all required application materials and are evaluated with regard to their demonstrated skills and abilities in three main areas:

→ Statement of Purpose/Motivation Letter

→ Portfolio. The portfolio provides you the opportunity to showcase your selected work and creative abilities and design thinking and skills.

→ Academic record and experience demonstraed in their CV.

INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS AND COLLABORATIONS

The masters program intends to be the result of collective initiatives and efforts of a range of international institutions and specialists in conjunction with Ukrainian academics, professionals, and specialists from the private and public sectors.

Strong partnerships with international institutions will be utilized to provide the educational capacity required. KhSA has been focused on consulting with potential academic partners about the developent of this program, including an exciting partnership with The University of Limerick School of Architecture (SAUL).