101051004 Generated on: Aug 4, 2023

Key Action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices
Action Type: Erasmus Mundus Joint Master

Project Title

MBUILD

Project Coordinator

Organisation UNIVERSIDADE DO PORTO

Address PRACA GOMES TEIXEIRA , 4099-002 Porto , PT

Website www.up.pt

Project Information

Identifier 101051004

Start Date Jan 1, 2022

End Date Dec 31, 2027

EC Contribution 3,576,000 EUR

Partners UNIVERSIDAD DE CANTABRIA (ES) , TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE

MITTELHESSEN (DE)

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Project Summary

The MBUILD - Master Degree in Sustainable Design, Construction and Management of the Built Environments -
is a JMD delivered and awarded by the University of Porto (Porto, Portugal), University of Cantabria (Santander,
Spain) and Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen (Gieβen, Germany).
MBUILD is a 2-year 120 ECTS MSc with full involvement of the partner HEI. The students will spend the first 3
semesters successively in UP, THM and UC, choosing one of these for their thesis in the 4th, in connection with
supporting companies.
MBUILD aims to give an answer to difficulties faced by European Construction Industry (CI) companies, mainly in
developing countries, when implementing projects with a high level of sustainable and environmentally aware
solutions.
The course plan addresses the issues of Sustainability in CI under the views of Strategies and their application in
the Design and Construction stages, as well as its Management under an Integrated Project Development (IPD)
model. The modules will make the students follow the sustainability perspectives pertaining to Buildings through
their impact in Urban context and, finally, to its framework in what concerns Infrastructures and the Built
Environment as a whole.
MBUILD aims to offer to its graduates learning outcomes that will give them the competences and skills to
contribute to the development of CI projects bound by sustainable and environmentally friendly choices. These
will be pertinent in the design and project development stages but also by improving the capability of students
(EU and non-EU) in bridging the gap in the implementation of new technologies and work methods in developing
countries, with higher concern for sustainability and lifecycle approaches.
Also, the mobility that MBUILD requires will be a major experience in an increasingly international industry, both
at HR and available technologies levels, will give the students improved skills for working in and managing
multi-cultural and expertise team.

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