Sustainable Architecture - Master's Programme
Sustainable Architecture
Sustainable Architecture (Master's Programme 2 years)
- MasterFull time, 2 years
- Location
Trondheim
- Requirements See Admission
- Max. places See Admission
- LanguageEnglish
- Apply before See Admission
Dive into high-quality project work while mastering strategies to reduce environmental impact. Throughout the two-year programme, students gain experience with interdisciplinary and international teamwork. The teams apply a variety of tools and strategies aiming for, in line with each semester theme, climate adapted design, low impact architecture, and integrated energy design.
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Join virtual open day
The M.Sc. program Sustainable Architecture is holding a virtual open day and Q&A session to introduce their program and answer questions. If you are a student with an architecture, engineering, or urban design background, join us to learn about the course and hear from students in the course.
Program:
- Welcome and introduction
- About the program and courses
- Living and studying in Trondheim
- Open Q&A session
When:
11.11.2025 15:30-16:30
Registration Link: https://NTNU.zoom.us/meeting/register/84-mKHbJRa61kxHQPa4JyA
10.02.2026 15:30-16:30
Registration Link: https://NTNU.zoom.us/meeting/register/WDBymGnyQAyE_4d6st4TVQ
07.03.2026 15:30-16:30
Registration Link: https://NTNU.zoom.us/meeting/register/0ajLTBmhTL6z7iLgOPrmng
What will you learn?
What will you learn?
As an MSc student in Sustainable Architecture, you will become a building professional who can analyse and implement solutions for lowering the environmental impact of buildings in a life-cycle perspective. You will be trained in both the development of scientific research works and in developing architectural design projects aiming for a built environment with positive impact.
What can you become?
What can you become?
The continuous focus on an integrated design methodology throughout the programme enables the students to perform in any building design team striving for a sustainable built environment, both as co-workers and as leaders.
Study environment
Study environment
As a student on the MSc programme in Sustainable Architecture you have access to excellent working conditions with a modern library, digital and analogue tools, labs and study rooms. The programme's close link to the interdisciplinary Research Centre on Zero Emission Neigbourhoods and other ongoing research projects (for example the Green Deal ARV Horizon 2020 project ensures close contact with State-of-the-Art research and practice in Norway and abroad.
Programme structure
Programme structure
The curriculum of the MSc in Sustainable Architecture is structured around three main concerns related to the environmental impact of the built environment:
- environmental performance
- environmental impact
- integrated energy design
Admission
Admission
The programme is open to both international and Norwegian students with a 3-year Bachelor degree in Architecture, Engineering or Urban Planning.
Contact
Contact
If you have questions related to your field of study or your every day student life, we are here to help.