Lisbon School of Architecture, Universidade de Lisboa (FAUL)

Lisbon School of Architecture, Universidade de Lisboa (FAUL)

The Lisbon School of Architecture offers courses leading to undergraduate, master’s and doctoral degrees in the fields of Architecture, Urban Planning, Building Interiors and Renovation, Design and Fashion. It also offers non-degree courses that provide complementary training to professionals who wish to acquire more in-depth knowledge.

This wide range of training makes the Lisbon School of Architecture the largest and most diversified school in the country in its fields, with about 3 thousand students. It is also the school with the largest number of foreign exchange students from Europe, but also from countries in other continents with which the school has exchange agreements. Its main characteristic is the training through the projects in the first- and second-level degree programs, where the knowledge acquired in all subjects is applied in the design of objects that can go from small scale to city scale.

Currently, the school is committed to training professionals capable of working in society, contributing to increase their potential for innovation, competitiveness and exports. For this reason, it favours the development of final projects and scientific dissertations in collaboration with public and private entities, fostering entrepreneurship and creating future opportunities for students. Third-level degree training is aimed at advanced research in the three subject areas of the school, within the framework of the CIAUD, its research centre, rated “Very Good” by the Foundation for Science and Technology. As a modern school that tries to combine tradition and innovation, Lisbon School of Architecture is a reference institution in the professional training of architects, urban planners and designers, as well as in the production of socially recognized specialized and interdisciplinary research.