All courses and events will take place at the Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona.
The program is organized with the collaboration of the Institut d’Humanitats de Barcelona.
The Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya has a department to assist students in locating housing during the term.
English language
The program is English-language based. All students and applicants are required to have a proficient knowledge of the language to properly follow and participate in all academics events. In some cases, student work may be based on other languages, if these are known to the program faculty.
Program faculty and guest professors
The Metropolis Program counts with a permanent body of faculty and Thesis tutors. In addition to these, each year several guest professors are invited to offer seminars and lectures. The seminars and lectures taught by visiting faculty members reflect their recent work as architects or scholars or their research themes that should have affinities with the questions addressed by the program.
Evaluation
First year students present their research thesis projec to tutors and other students in a session that takes place in June, as part of the thesis workshop. At the end of the second year, students present their thesis in a public graduation presentation that includes faculty, tutors, guest professors and external critics. In order to obtain the credits that correspond to seminars and lectures, students develop the project proposed by each professor.
The Metropolis publication
The Program intends to periodically publish the contents of the program and a selection of the students’ research.
The first publication, Metropolis: Cities, Landscapes, Networks is being published by Editorial Gustavo Gili. It brings together texts of several lecturers and students that have been part of the Metropolis program during the 1997-2000 period.
The Centre de Cultura Contemporania de Barcelona - CCCB
The CCCB is part of the city’s new cultural complex in its historical area of the Raval. In this area there are other institutions such as the Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona (MACBA), the Palau de la Virreina, the Biblioteca de Catalunya (Main Public Library), the Universitat Ramon Llull, the Universitat Pompeu Fabra, the Gran Teatre del Liceu (Opera House), the Centre d’Art Santa Mònica (Contemporary Art Centre) and other museums and university facilities.
The centre is dedicated to develop cultural projects focusing on contemporary cities, as a multidisciplinary institution. Among its main activities are exhibition series, courses, debates, lectures, music and dance programs, as well as itineraries through Barcelona that focus on its architecture and urbanism. For a more detailed description of the CCCB’s present activities, visit its website at www.cccb.org
The Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - UPC
The Polytechnic University (UPC) in Barcelona is a public institution of higher education whose priority objectives are those of technical studies, teaching, research and the transfer of technology into society. Its school of architecture was established in 1875 and has become one of the most prestigious schools internationally. With its twenty-four schools and graduate programs, over 2.000 faculty members, and over 40.000 students, UPC is also a leading academic institution in the fields of engineering and technology research in Europe.
For further information, visit the UPC website at:
www.upc.es and www.fundacio.upc.edu