MCAU - Management della complessità architettonica e urbana

Registration is now open for the year 2025 for the International Master's Degree MCAU (Management of Architectural and Urban Complexity) at Sapienza University of Rome, directed by Nicoletta Trasi, in partnership with ETSAV in Barcelona, HafenCity University in Hamburg and ENSA PVS in Paris.
The master's degree with a broad international scope aims to train project managers with a European outlook and represents an important bridge between academic experience and the labor market, thanks to an interdisciplinary approach and the operational slant of the teaching, and aims to facilitate students' employability by structuring professional profiles that have specific skills in the field of Project Management.
The master's degree is structured in thematic modules that combine study and practical experience, according to a multidisciplinary and integrated approach, and is composed of an Italian session held at Sapienza University and four different foreign sessions held in France, Spain and Germany.
In the Announcement section is published all the documentation for registration for the A.Y. 2024-25 edition
Workshop sessions planned in Italy, France, Spain, Germany
NEWS: THE CALL FOR APPLICATIONS FOR THE 2024-2025 EDITION NOW AVAILABLE AT PAGE_CALL
It is possible to enroll in the MCAU master's program taking place in ROME - PARIS - HAMBURG - BARCELONA!
International content, international students, international meetings.
International job opportunities !
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: JANUARY 31, 2026
We look forward to seeing you.
Scholarships provided.
Registration opened in October 2024, for the International Master's Degree MCAU (Management of Architectural and Urban Complexity) at Sapienza University of Rome, directed by Nicoletta Trasi, in partnership with ETSAV in Barcelona, HafenCity University in Hamburg and ENSA PVS in Paris.
The international master's degree aims to train project managers with a European outlook and represents an important bridge between academic experience and the labor market, thanks to an interdisciplinary approach and the operational slant of the teaching, and aims to facilitate students' employability by structuring professional profiles that have specific skills in the field of Project Management.
The master's degree is structured in thematic modules that combine study and practical experience, according to a multidisciplinary and integrated approach, and is composed of an Italian session held at Sapienza University and four different foreign sessions held in France, Spain and Germany.
The training course is annual in duration.
The course is limited in number (from a minimum of 10 to a maximum of 25).
The course is conducted in Italian, French, Spanish, and German with simultaneous translation service where necessary. The educational activity is equal to 60 CFUs or 1500 hours of total commitment, of which at least 400 hours are devoted to frontal didactic activity and 250 hours to the final exam, after which Sapienza issues the Final Diploma and each individual foreign institution issues certificates of attendance of the foreign sessions.
As in every edition, the lecturers will be both university professors and international experts in the field of large-scale architectural and urban transformations, operators of proven and documented experience who carry out their activities in public and private facilities, in Italy and Europe.
In fact, the master's program allows students to get in touch with professional realities of the sector, companies and institutions, among the most important in Europe, offering visibility to the curricula of the students and opportunities for internships and apprenticeships at some affiliated entities, within the limits of the places available from time to time.
To participate in the selection for access to the MCAU Master's program, it is necessary to send the online application contained in the Sapienza University of Rome website, where details are explained and the Calls for Applications in Italian and English are published.
The cost is 7.500,00 euros, to be paid in a lump sum or in two installments with set due dates.
The Master's program is organized around several operational areas:
- Complexity theories
- The urban Anthropocene
- The organization of commissioning (mainly public) and identification of urban transformation companies in different European countries.
- The organization of design (functioning of large design firms and engineering companies; identification of the various types of Italian and European contracts).
- The economic management of the intervention (project financing, etc.).
- The management of the construction phase(from the management of variants during construction to safety at large construction sites, etc.).
- The management of the post-intervention (from the management of maintenance of urban interventions to the issue of possible reuses, etc.).
- The management of sustainability in its different declinations.
- The strategic management of urban project communication and marketing.
For info
masterinternationalmcau.diap@uniroma1.it
Programs for the Paris, Hamburg and Barcelona internships are published in the activities section.