Research doctorate (PhD)
Programa de Doctorado en Proyectos Arquitectónicos Avanzados
Doctoral Programme in Advanced Architectural Design
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid · Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid (ETSAM) · Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain
- Official award
- Doctorado en Proyectos Arquitectónicos Avanzados
- Pathway
- ResearchStated for Spain
- Format
- On campus
- Tuition
- Not published
About this program
Doctoral programme at the Madrid school of architecture focused on research into architectural design from the building to the urban scale.
- Subject
- Architecture
- Department
- Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid (ETSAM)
- Awarding body
- Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
Qualification and professional pathway
Pathway is classified only from a statement on an official page. A degree title such as B.Arch, BA, BSc, M.Arch or MSc does not decide it, and no degree by itself grants permission to practise as an architect.
- Degree level
- Research doctorate (PhD)A research doctorate focused on architecture (PhD, Dr.-Ing. and equivalents).
- Pathway
- Research degreeA research degree. It does not qualify anyone to practise as an architect.
- Why we classify it this way
- The ETSAM page describes the programme as research on architectural design, entered normally through a research (non-professional) master.“La entrada directa al programa se produce a través del Máster en Proyectos Arquitectónicos Avanzados de la ETSAM-UPM o cualquier otro máster de investigación (no profesional) equivalente.”Source
- Previous architecture degree required
- Not published
- Applicants without an architecture degree
- Not published
Accreditation, validation and recognition
Recorded for this program and campus, with the authority’s role. Institutional recognition, degree-awarding authority, program accreditation, professional validation and eligibility toward registration are different things; none of them is full professional registration.
No accreditation, validation or registration-pathway record for this program has been verified yet. That does not mean none exists; check the national authority and the institution.
Study structure
- Delivery
- On campusTaught at the listed campus.
- Study mode
- Not published
- Duration
- Not published
- Intakes
- Not published
- Campus
- Campus Moncloa (ETSAM)
Teaching language
- Taught in
- Not stated on the pages we checked
- English
- English teaching not verifiedAn English-language website does not mean a program is taught in English.
Admissions
- Portfolio
- Not published
- Interview
- Not published
Research degree details
- Department
- ETSAM, Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid (UPM)
- Research themes
- Arte y mediación
- Discursos, Maestros y Obras
- Ecologías, Ciudades y Paisajes
- Espacio y Biopolítica
- Hábitat y Domesticidad
- Herramientas de Proyecto y Pedagogías
- Materia, Técnica y Energía
- Morfología y Tipos
- Participación y Disidencia
- Patrimonio e Identidad
- Territorios Digitales
- Previous qualifications
- Direct entry through the Máster en Proyectos Arquitectónicos Avanzados or an equivalent research master; other profiles may need complementary training.
Fees and costs
Original currency is authoritative. Each price keeps its basis (per year, per credit, whole program), academic year and student category, and is never converted. Annual tuition and whole-program tuition are different figures.
The institution does not publish tuition for this program on the pages we checked. Ask for current fees, what they include and whether studio, materials, printing, software, equipment and field-trip costs are extra.
Sources and verification
Not published on the program’s source pages: tuition, duration, full-time or part-time options, intakes, portfolio requirement, whether a previous architecture degree is required, accreditation or validation record.
Sources and how this was checked
Last checked 19 October 2026. Each fact carries a verbatim quote that is re-checked against the live page. Research methodology.
Sources (checked 19 October 2026)