IAAC is happy to welcome prospective students to a series of Open Days, where they can visit IAAC and its facilities, meet faculty, alumni and current students and attend to a presentation of each academic programme (MAA01, MAA02, MaCT, MAEB, MRAC, MDEF, MAA01 + OTF, OTF).

Registration is mandatory.

Dates for 2018/2019

• 14th of December of 2018
• 1st of February of 2019
• 29th of March of 2019

The selection criteria is will be based on the following aspects

• Eligibility is given to applicants with an undergraduate degree in Architecture. However, as IAAC follows an unconventional trans-disciplinary agenda, a ratio of its students intake every year is designated to applicants who come from other academic backgrounds within the fields of the Arts, Engineering, and Design.

• Evaluation of the portfolio will be based on but not limited to the following points:

  • The ability of the applicant to demonstrate analytical approaches and processes of their work, rather than merely showing the final result of the project.

  • The ability of the applicant to demonstrate creative flexibility by working on multi-scalar projects, from object to city scale.

  • The ability of the applicant to demonstrate flexibility of skills and a variety of tools applied to the presented work.

• In order for IAAC to maintain its multi-cultural environment, the admissions committee is encouraged to keep a balanced ratio of a diverse multi-national intake of applicants every year.

*Master and OTF applicants: depending on the IT (specific software knowledge) and other skills’ level of the student, the committee could establish as a mandatory requirement to enter the pre-course which is a 15-day programme aimed at refreshing important information and skills to make sure the student is at the level required by the school. In some cases, and using the same criteria above, the pre-course may be only “suggested”.

The selection process is as follows:

• You complete and submit the online application along with the required documents.

• We will get back to you to inform you about whether all your documents are correct, or if anything is missing or needs to be completed.

• Once the deadline passes, the academic committee will review all the applications received.

• A Skype interview might be organised between the applicant and the academic committee.

• If you have been accepted, you will receive an acceptance letter via email and mail.

• Accepted students will have a maximum of three weeks to confirm their enrolment to IAAC by proceeding with the down payment. (Note: down payments vary depending on the program each applicant is admitted in. Please refer to the tuition fees section mentioned below)

• Accepted student are encouraged to carry out and follow through with their student VISA process as soon as possible. The process of issuing a VISA may differ from each country, therefore, enquire with the Embassy / Consulate of Spain based in your country regarding the documentation you need to prepare and submit. IAAC will support you with any documentation needed from our Institute to facilitate this process.

There are three application deadlines to apply throughout the year:

1. November 5th to December 3rd (No application fee)
2. December 4th to February 28th (€60 application fee)
3. March 1st to April 30th  (€120 application fee)

** You’ll be asked to pay a non-refundable down payment in case you have been accepted in order to confirm your enrollment. The down payment has to be carried out within the two weeks after receiving the acceptance letter via email.

Bank: Santander
Agency: 6784
IBAN – ES55 0049 6784 3226 1615 5632
SWIFT – BSCHESMMXXX
Holder: Institut d’Arquitectura Avançada de Catalunya.
Address: Via Augusta, nº182 (Es 08021 Barcelona)

Note: Make sure that the bank transferring SUBJECT is the applicant’s name, and not the person who responsible for the transfer. Also, make sure to select the SWITF instructions code “OUR” when ordering the bank transfer. This means that you have to pay the transfer charges.

There a number of ways to access scholarships and/or financial benefits:

1. From early 2019 IAAC will start giving a competition-based scholarship to the top three projects of each category/master programme. The programmes giving scholarships this year will be Master in Design for Emergent Futures, Master in City & Technology, Master in Robotics and Advanced Construction, and Master in Advanced Ecological Buildings. To learn more about the competitions and how to participate please click here.

2. The Advanced Architecture Contest is a bi-annual competition by the Advanced Architecture Organisation that grants a full scholarship to the competition winner and prizes for the first and second runner-ups. Next competition will take place in 2020. To find out more about it please click here. 

3. IAAC Alumni Community (students from this institution who have successfully graduated from a Master’s Programme) have an automatic 40{d857388f21b456b5950843ccf3ce3afcfd8f254def444a67f9da77e83e0d77e9} discount from the *general tuition fee in all Master Programmes.

*General tuition fee excludes special prices such as those provided by the EU students tuition price and/or scholarships.

You can find information on the different programmes through the following links on IAAC’s web page:

• MAA01 – 75 ECTS – October 2018 / June 2019
• MAA02 – 130 ECTS – October 2018 / June 2020
• MAI – 75 ECTS – October 2018 / June 2019
• MaCT01 – 75 ECTS – October 2018 / June 2019
• MaCT02 – 120 ECTS – October 2018 / June 2019
• OTF – 25 ECTS – September 2017 / February 2018
• MAA01 + OTF – 100 ECTS – October 2017 / February 2019
• MAEB – 90 ECTS – September 2018 / August 2019
• MRAC – 75 ECTS – October 2018 / June 2019
• MDEF – 75 ECTS – October 2018 / June 2019

If you still have doubts you can come to visit IAAC during the next Open Day and check out our FAQ link.

If you still have any questions or doubts about selecting a programme, write us an email at [email protected], we will be happy to answer you within few hours and/or organise a Skype session with one of our Academic Coordinators.

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