ARURCOHEErasmus Mundus Joint Master Programme in Architectural and Urban Contemporary Heritage
Architecture and Urban Planning, Humanities, Languages and Heritage, Environment, Climate and Sustainability
Route
Where you study each semester.
Semester 1
- University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), School of Architecture, Donostia-San Sebastián, SpainMap of Donostia-San Sebastián on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
Block 1: approach and knowledge (months 1 to 6).
Overview
Heritage conservation master by the University of the Basque Country, Politecnico di Torino and Kaunas University of Technology. Fifth edition runs Oct 2027 to Mar 2029.
- Field
- Architecture and Urban Planning, Humanities, Languages and Heritage, Environment, Climate and Sustainability
- Duration
- 18 months, 90 ECTS
- Degree
- Not publicly specified in the sources verified.
- Teaching language
- Not publicly specified in the sources verified.
- Universities
- University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU); Politecnico di Torino; Kaunas University of Technology
Eligibility
- Degree
- Five years of university study (bachelor plus master, 300 ECTS in Europe) leading to a regulated profession; the 300 credits may come from one graduate degree or a graduate degree plus a master's.
- Subjects
- Architecture, civil engineering, urban planning or equivalent.
- Other prerequisites
- Not publicly specified in the sources verified.
- Grades
- Not publicly specified in the sources verified.
- Final-year students
- Not publicly specified in the sources verified.
- English
- Not publicly specified in the sources verified.
- English exemptions
- Not publicly specified in the sources verified.
- Other languages
- Not publicly specified in the sources verified.
Documents
Passport or national ID Mandatory
ID or passport (passport for applicants from outside the Schengen area).
Proof of residence (scholarship rules) Mandatory
Proof of country of residence (an ID or passport does not count).
Academic transcripts Mandatory
Certified transcript for the highest degree obtained; legalised (apostilled) copies preferred.
Bachelor's degree certificate / diploma Mandatory
Certified copy of the highest degree, stating credits, average grade and workload.
English language certificate Conditional
For non-native speakers; applicants who studied in English show proof of that instead.
CV / résumé Mandatory
Full CV, Europass preferred.
Motivation letter Mandatory
Recommendation / reference letters Mandatory
From academic staff or professionals.
Portfolio Mandatory
Most important works.
Deadlines and scholarship
- Scholarship
- Scholarship available18 scholarships (EUR 1,400 per month for 18 months) for the top-scoring applicants with geographic balance; the next 12 may join as partially funded students paying EUR 6,000.
- Applications open
- Not publicly specified in the sources verified.
- Deadline
- Deadline not published yet
- About the deadline
- The application period for the fifth edition (October 2027 to March 2029) opens at the end of January 2027; the calendar is not published yet.
Sources
The official pages the requirements, deadlines and scholarship status above come from.
- ARURCOHE: Contact and inscription (opens in a new tab)read 21 Oct 2026
- KTU: ARURCOHE project page (opens in a new tab)read 21 Oct 2026
- ARURCOHE: FAQ (opens in a new tab)read 22 Oct 2026
- ARURCOHE: FAQ (opens in a new tab)read 22 Oct 2026
- ARURCOHE: home page (fifth edition) (opens in a new tab)read 28 Oct 2026
- EACEA: Erasmus Mundus Catalogue (live capture 2026-10-22) (opens in a new tab)read 22 Oct 2026