implementing multiple degree joint master programs

Partnerships should Develop

TUWien and UFRGS are working on strategies to intensify the existing cooperation.
Next step could be a joint master/multiple degree program. We expect to benefit in this process from experiences we recently made during the process of developing a new curriculum for a joint master/multiple degree at the TU viena/faculty of architecture financed by erasmus + and this presentation will point out the difficulties when it comes to accreditation of master programs within different national regulations and professional market access.

„This program is aimed at establishing a joint master program for urban design. With this orientation, the program seeks to create strong transnational bonds in academic research training so as to improve the culture of urban design on the one hand and to enter new fields of employment and enhance the job opportunities of graduates on the other.
The project provides the development of an educational platform for broader educational discourse within the discipline through exchange of knowledge and methodology that benefits from the diverse experiences and expertise of the involved institutions.
As an effect, the project contributes not only to the educational system but to the regions and their communities at large. Experiences in different and foreign environments, other forms of knowledge acquisition and new methodologies in planning allow for the implementation and of thoughtful, research-based and openly tested and reviewed proposals designed specifically for the local context. Local communities thus benefit from the project by being involved in the processes of round table discussions, lectures, presentations and exhibitions.
Additional benefits lie in stabilizing the existing educational network and further academic output in professional journals and web-platforms. On the long run, the program is geared towards quality improvement in the academic training of experts by fostering new and inclusive research-based design methodologies and transnational knowledge exchange.“

Since more than 15 years UFRGS in Porto Alegre and the TU Vienna are cooperating, mostly in the field of architecture and urban design and since 2005 we hold an agreement. Last year we published a report about our cooperation which will also be available at faubai 2019.