Our mission is to educate architects for the challenges of the future in the professional fields of architectural design. The Master’s degree programme seeks to create not only the leaders of a design process, but an architectural culture itself that can lead our society forward in new ways.
Looking back to 50 years of training architects, the university builds upon the tradition of professional education in strong relation with the practice of building. Within a unique alpine surrounding our school stands as a laboratory that is rooted in the excellent regional architectural culture, but constantly contributes to international discourse in architecture and planning as well.
The Master’s degree programme is based on one to one teaching in small studios and focuses on the cultivation of strong individual profiles. Central to our philosophy is the commitment to design excellence that is built upon the integration of tailored theory courses strongly connected to the studio work.
The Graduate School, together with the Institute of Architecture and Planning, offers an internationally outstanding Master’s degree programme in three specific areas of focus: