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  • The School of Architecture of Barcelona (ETSAB), founded in 1875, has 3,800 students and 300 teaching staff. It offers architecture programs and plays host to 7 research centres. The architecture education is based on technical, artistic and humanistic disciplines.

  • Barcelona is the capital city of Catalonia, and has a population of approximately 1.6 million people. Its excellent location beside the Mediterranean Sea, along with its pleasing climate, makes it an enviable place to live and study.
    Barcelona is recognised as a global city because of its cultural, financial, commercial and touristic importance. The city is packed full with intriguing architecture, music, fashion, arts, theatres and sporting grounds. It is the perfect location for combining quality academic and social activity.

  • ETSAB offers a very popular landscape architecture program.

Academics

Main areas of study

The listed areas of study are not necessarily exhaustive and other fields of study might also be available at the partner institution. Moreover, names for fields of study may be different overseas.

A discipline being listed does not in indicate the suitability of the program, nor does it indicate that the discipline is taught in English.

Approval to study particular subjects at any institution is always at the discretion of the departmental/discipline and faculty advisors at RMIT University and subject to available places at the host institution.

  • Architecture
  • Landscape Architecture

Special requirements

Programs are taught in Spanish and Catalan.

Open to RMIT Undergraduate and Postgraduate students.

Open to RMIT students from School of Architecture and Design.

Exchange from RMIT to ETSAB is only available for a semester 2 start (Sept- Jan).

Courses

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Full time load

Minimum

ECTS

Maximum

ECTS

7.5 ECTS

RMIT credit points

Living

Accommodation

There is no on-campus accommodation available at ETSAB.
The universities of Barcelona have an agreement with Barcelona Housing Service for Students (BHSS), an accommodation service for students, researchers, and university professors that need a place to stay for academic purposes. Students are advised to contact BHSS via their website or by email in order to determine the most suitable type of accommodation available (shared flat, rented apartment or university halls of residence). This should be done in advance of the student’s arrival in Barcelona.
BARCELONA HOUSING SERVICE FOR STUDENTS
C/ Torrent de l'Olla 219
08012 BARCELONA, ESPAÑA
Tel: +34 93 238 90 72
Fax: +34 93 228 92 59
Email: info@bcn-housing-students.com

Health insurance

Students who require a visa must take out private health insurance for the duration of their stay.

Living cost

A number of external services provide comprehensive overviews of global living costs

Funding

OS-Help Loan Scholarship

Key information

Visa

All students need a student visa except for EU Nationals.

Once accepted as an exchange student your host university will issue the required acceptance documents for visa purposes.

Before arriving in Spain you must obtain the student residence visa (visado de estancia por estudios) from the Spanish consulate in your home country.
Please note that immigration requirements are subject to change.

Further information is available at here.

Partner grading scale

Low demand

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