Default track

English
VUB Main Campus Etterbeek
120
 ECTS
2 years

Master of Science in Architectural Engineering

Master year 1

Compulsory courses

Design of Concrete Structures
5
Sustainable Architectural Design Studio
8
Design of Steel Structures
5
Parametric Design of Transformable Structures
4
Research methods in architectural engineering
3
Energy Performance of Buildings
6
Spatial Structures: Design and Analysis
4
Structural Renovation Techniques
4
Post-war History of Construction and Architecture
4
Sustainable Urban Design Studio
8

Electives

You choose a total of 9 credits of courses from the following options

Geotechnical Engineering
5
Soil Mechanics
5
Form-active structures
4
Structural Analysis and Finite Elements
5
Architecture, Engineering and Construction Project Management
5
Digitalization in construction
4
Sustainability in construction
4

Master year 2

Compulsory courses

Master Thesis Architectural Engineering
24
Advanced Design Studio
12

Electives

You choose a total of 12 credits of courses from the following options

Low Energy Design for Sustainable Buildings
4
Daylighting in Buildings
4
Design Project Competition
4
Theory of Architecture and Urbanism
4

You choose a total of 33 credits of courses from the following options

Structural Analysis and Finite Elements
5
Prestressed Concrete
3
Lightweight Composite Structures
4
Integrated Structural Design
6
Steel Bridge Construction
3
Experimental techniques for characterizations of construction materials
4
Urban Sociology
5
Room Acoustics
3
Architecture, Engineering and Construction Project Management
5
Low Energy Design for Sustainable Buildings
4
Internship (60 days)
10
Daylighting in Buildings
4
Design Project Competition
4
Theory of Architecture and Urbanism
4
Infrastructure and mobility
5
Urban and Construction Law
3
Sustainability: an Interdisciplinary Approach
6
Histories of Architecture
6
Internship (40 days)
6
Visual and non-visual aspects of lighting
4
Robustness of structures and reliability of materials
4
Construction
5
Geotechnical Engineering
5
Soil Mechanics
5
Form-active structures
4
Total number of ECTS
120