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MAS ETH in Architecture and Digital Fabrication

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  • Autumn Semester 2024

    Start

  • 1 year

    Duration
  • ETH Zurich
    Location
  • English
    Tuition language

  • 10.01–​​09.04.2024

    Application period 

  • CHF 21,460

    Programme fee

In brief: The MAS ETH in Architecture and Digital Fabrication

Through an interdisciplinary education, graduates acquire computational, fabrication and intellectual skills to contribute to state-of-the-art-topics of digital culture in architecture.

Structure and content

Programme description

The MAS ETH in Architecture and Digital Fabrication (MAS ETH DFAB) is a one-year full time programme positioned within a vibrant multidisciplinary research environment. It is the educational programme of the National Center of Competence in Research in Digital Fabrication (NCCR), benefiting from the leading interdisciplinary research center for digital fabrication and robotics in architecture; exceptional infrastructures and technologies at the forefront of architecture and construction.

Objectives

The programme is designed to not only provide a comprehensive understanding of computation and digital fabrication in architecture, but also to foster students’ understanding of how new technologies, materials, and processes contribute to an advanced and sustainable building culture.

Professional perspectives

Expert knowledge in computational design, advanced fabrication methods, robotics and materials research positions graduates as cutting-edge practitioners in the field. The MAS ETH DFAB has regular interactions with representatives from industry and architecture, to prepare them for practice. Alumnae and alumni of the programme have successfully set up robotic divisions in progressive architecture and construction firms, work as computational design and digital fabrication specialists or have become leading researchers in the field.

Structure and format

The twelve-​​month full-​​time programme is structured in three terms: Digital Foundations teaches relevant basics through exercises, tutorials and short design projects. These skills are applied to large-​scale building tasks during two consecutive Design and Fabrication Projects constituting the second term. The third term is the Master's thesis, where students pursue in-​depth research in collaboration with researchers from Digital Building Technologies and Gramazio Kohler Research.

Additional information

Jointly organised by Gramazio Kohler Research and the Chair for Digital Building Technologies at the Institute of Technology in Architecture (ITA), the MAS ETH DFAB is the educational programme of the external page National Centre for Competence in Research (NCCR) Digital Fabrication, one of the biggest and world leading interdisciplinary research clusters on digital fabrication and robotics in architecture.

Limited number of participants: Admission is based on programme-​specific admissions criteria and/or the constitution of the respective group of applicants.

Tuition language(s)

English

Credits

60 ECTS credits
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Target group and admission

Target group

The MAS ETH DFAB is targeted at university graduates from Switzerland and abroad. We will accept qualified applicants who are specifically interested in improving their skills and experience in computational design methods, 3D printing and robotics in construction and architecture.

Requirements

A Master's degree in architecture or engineering acknowledged by ETH, or equivalent educational qualifications.

Required language skills

English: C1 – external page Show proficiency scales

If your mother tongue is not English or German, you need C1 in either language.  

Language(s) of performance assessment

English
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Dates and venue

Start

Autumn Semester 2024 (every year)

Duration

One year full-​​​time study from September to September

Application period

10.01–​​09.04.2024 (rolling admission)

Location

ETH Zurich
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Fees

Programme fee

CHF 21,460

Application fee

CHF 50 for persons with a Swiss university degree, CHF 150 for persons with another university degree (non-​refundable, credit card payment only)

Withdrawal fee

  • Within 30 days after the admission date: free of charge
  • More than 30 days after the admission date and before the start of the semester: CHF 8,000
  • After the start of the first semester: CHF 10,730
  • After the start of the second semester: CHF 21,460
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Application

Questions about the application

ETH Zurich, School for Continuing Education, HG E 17–18.5, Rämistrasse 101, 8092 Zurich, Tel. external page +41 44 632 56 59, E-mail

Recommended procedure for a successful application

Application documents

Additional application documents

  • A motivation letter
  • CV
  • Portfolio/work examples
  • 3 reference letters
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Organiser

Programme management

Professor Fabio Gramazio
Programme Co-Director
Professor Fabio Gramazio
Professor Benjamin Dillenburger
Programme Co-Director
Portrait of Professor Benjamin Dillenburger
Professor Matthias Kohler
Programme Co-Director
Professor Matthias Kohler
Dr Petrus Aejmelaeus-​Lindström
Programme Coordinator
Portrait Dr Petrus Aejmelaeus-​Lindström
Dr Petrus Aejmelaeus-​​Lindström

ETH Zurich
Gramazio Kohler Research
Stefano-​Franscini-Platz 1
HIB E 41
8093 Zurich

Responsible body

ETH Zurich, D-​ARCH

Further information

MAS ETH in Architecture and Digital Fabrication (MAS ETH DFAB)
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