Master in Timber Construction 2023-2024

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Introduction and presentation

In just a few years, timber has become one of the mainstays of innovative construction. Its advantages have proved to be clearly competitive in a sector that consumes huge quantities of raw materials and has a strong impact. Timber presents itself with credentials based on its physical and mechanical performance, qualities and formats suitable for design, and total and innate sustainability. Nowadays, no designer is unaware of the possibilities offered by wood, all that is needed is training to get it right.

This Master’s Degree is the result of the experience and trajectory of the Research Group in Timber Construction of the Polytechnic University of Madrid, which organises it together with the Gómez-Pintado Foundation. The character of the Master is interdisciplinary, open and structured in modules to facilitate the professional profiles its achievement and availability. Previous technical training in construction and structural design, at least at a basic level, is recommended.

A Master’s Degree structured in modules

The Master’s programme is organised according to the contents and teaching loads listed below:

• Module 1: Basic (8 ECTS).
• Module 2: Timber structures (8 ECTS).
• Module 3: Timber construction systems (16 ECTS).
• Module 4: Intervention in existing timber structures (8 ECTS).
• Module 5: Design and calculation programmes for timber structures (5 ECTS).

Thanks to the modular structure of the Master’s Degree in Timber Construction, you can obtain three university qualifications: Expert in Timber Structures (module 1+2), Specialist in Timber Construction Systems (module 1+2+3) and Expert in Intervention in Timber Structures (module 1+2+4) from the UPM.

If you complete all the modules and also take the Design and Calculation of Wooden Structures Programmes, together with the Final Master’s Thesis (TFM), you will obtain the highest qualification of the UPM’s Master’s Degree in Timber Construction.

You will be able to complete the Master’s Degree in Wood Construction at your own pace and without a predefined time horizon.

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Faculty

The Master’s Degree in Timber Construction 23-24 is the 6th edition of the Polytechnic University of Madrid’s Own Degree in collaboration with the Gómez Pintado Foundation, thanks to which you will acquire competence in the use of wood and its associated products in existing, new construction and civil works. Excellent results of satisfaction and job placement by former students endorse us.

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