Design of Spaces (MUDE)

MUDE 2023/2024 Admission Requirements

Hold a university degree in Design (specialising in Interior Design), Architecture, Technical Architecture, Architectural Interior Design or Fundamentals of Architecture.

Those with certain degrees in the field of Engineering (see list below) who can demonstrate at least one year's work experience in spatial design, architecture and/or related fields, linked to project development or site management, may also apply. In these cases, students may also be asked to take additional training courses depending on their profile and experience.

The degrees for which they are eligible if they have demonstrable experience are:
Engineering:

• Building
• Civil Engineering,
• Industrial Design and Product Development Engineering

Selection criteria

In the event that the number of applicants exceeds the number of places offered, places will be allocated according to the following priority criteria:

1. Academic record (10%)
2. Curriculum vitae (30%)
3. Motivation letter (20%)
4. Portfolio (30%)

• Retail, leisure and bar and restaurant spaces design and construction management.
• Educational, work and health and wellbeing spaces design and construction management.
• Domestic and residential spaces design and construction management.
• Curatorship and design for exhibitions.
• Scenography design and localization in theater, cinema and audiovisual media.
• Ephemeral architecture for events and congresses.
• Lightning design.
• Curatorship and management for artistic and performative installations.
• Photography and graphics applied to the space.
• Sustainability and biophilic spaces design consultant.
• Accessibility, ergonomic and inclusive spaces design consultant.

The Official Master in Design of Spaces is to train professionals in the specific field of the design of spaces and to adapt technical and creative knowledge to the various spheres of action: commercial, residential, work and pop-up spaces, stage design, or new space concepts.

It seeks to professionalise an activity that is strongly linked to other disciplines and lacking rigorous training in our geographical area, as well as to complete the education of the profiles of designer, architect and technical architect.

It is essential that students learn to give value to new technologies in the conditioning of the physical space, besides assimilating the emerging social and cultural critical values that are found in the bases of the implementation criteria, using the disciplines that articulate them: ergonomics, ecology, economics, sociology and anthropology and their impacts and repercussions on planning.

*This qualification does not qualify for the approval of projects.

First semester

Subject 1 - Ephemeral Space Project. 

In this subject we will learn the different typologies of ephemeral spaces that exist: cultural, exhibition, scenic, temporary, through resources by applying new technologies. We will review the understanding of corporate image and the use of communication tools to know how to transmit the project, as well as the importance of lighting in exhibition spaces. 

Subject 2 - Domestic Space Project 

You will develop an executive project for a domestic space in a specific context and with a specific programme and users. 

Subject 3 - Visual communication of space 

In this subject you will acquire the advanced graphic and visual communication techniques and tools that can be used in the design of spaces to communicate the identity of the space. 

Subject 4 - Project Narrative 

We will analyse the particular concepts to interpret the design processes involved in the development of a space design project; as well as basic aspects of the master's degree: the analysis of the area and sector of action, the study of the pre-existence and locations and the configuration of the needs of the users and their link with the activity programmes. 

Subject 5 - Space conditioning 

We will learn how to restore and rehabilitate, as well as how to carry out thermal and acoustic conditioning based on energy saving and efficiency. Fundamentals of light and its repercussions in its application in space. Techniques and methods of calculation and graphic representation.

Second semester

Subject 1 - Commercial Space Project 

Project workshop focused on the configuration of the project for the development of the corporate image and design of a commercial space for restaurants, hotels or shops, applied to the pre-existing space and the proposed use. 

Subject 2 - Workspace Project 

Creation of a project proposal for a space for work, health and/or well-being, according to the existing social context and the requirements of the programme and users. 

Subject 3 - The design of spaces in the world 

We will review the models and influences in the history of the design of spaces, as well as the critical analysis of the typologies followed in the design of space projects, the history and development of trends and the historical evolution of representation. 

Subject 4 - Project Management 

We will learn about the necessary project documentation. The methodology of management with the administrations and compliance with technical compliance with technical regulations: acoustics, occupational safety and health, as well as economic planning and tools for calculating budgets. 

The project will be the preparation of all the necessary procedures for the site management of a space. 

Subject 5- Master's Final Project 

This consists of a research project with an original approach, directed by one of the lecturers on the programme, which must consist of a design project and/or a report, and which may be both speculative and formal, and must be considered, in any case, a contribution to the knowledge of its subject.

Additional documents

Download MURAD report (in Spanish).
More info in the Quality section of this website.

Students who are in possession of a Bachelor's degree or equivalent may apply for a place. All information on access (requirements for foreign students, application deadlines, languages or documents to be submitted) is available at Access to the Official Master's Degree.

Pre-registration open.

Reservation of a place 

• 1500€: 10 days after receipt of acceptance (this advance is offset against the final registration fee). 

Enrolment fee: 

• Remaining part of the registration fee, once the registration has been formalised (September). 

More details in the secretary's office section.