Universidad Panamericana | School of Architecture Academic Program Architecture Program

Architecture

The UP Architect is a professional with knowledge of modern technologies to apply them to the integration of human beings, comfort and safety.

 

It has a high social and cultural sensitivity that responds to people's emotional needs.

 

It designs beautiful and highly functional architectural spaces, solving the needs of habitability beyond the indispensable minimum, promoting the full development of the human being.

 

It develops technology, intelligent systems, construction processes, sustainability models and manages projects with excellence.

 

Entrepreneurial approach

 

Our curriculum, in addition to offering everything necessary to train excellent architects, provides the graduate with a solid foundation in management and management of innovative projects with social impact.

 

Social and cultural sensitivity

 

Focus on the development of habitability with strong integration of human groups, understanding the lifestyles of modern society: co-working, co-living, nomad-living, nesting, home-working, etc.

 

Local impact with international projection

 

Liaison, agreements and joint projects with various national and international institutions.

 

The five pillars of the Bachelor of Architecture are:

 

  • State-of-the-art technology
  • Sustainable habitat
  • Art
  • Urban Impact
  • Project management (BIM)
Architecture Program Campuses
  1. Guadalajara
  2. Aguascalientes

RVOE

SEP 20200056 dated 14-Feb-2020 ,plan 2019 schooling mode, Guadalajara campus.

ENTRY PROFILE

Applicants for the Bachelor's Degree in Architecture must be interested in improving their environment through the creation and development of built spaces, as well as have the following characteristics.

 

Knowledge of:

 

  • Basic Physics
  • Social sciences
  • Basic algebra
  • Basic geometry
  • Basic drawing
  • Natural sciences
  • Ecology and sustainability
  • Editorial staff

 

Skills for:

 

  • Reading comprehension.
  • Understanding and solving problems.
  • Inductive and deductive reasoning.
  • Abstraction of concepts.
  • Understanding of symbolic language.
  • Imagination of spatial forms.
  • Identification of characteristics and cultural differences of human groups.

 

Aptitude for:

 

  • To be useful to society and to improve the quality of life in general.
  • Address the human needs involved in any architectural project.
  • Develop creativity.
  • Obtain a global vision.
  • Working in a team.
  • Visualize projects as processes to be followed to completion.
  • Respect the natural and urban environment.
  • Undertake projects.

GRADUATE PROFILE

The architect graduated from the UP offers physical solutions to buildings for their adaptation in terms of comfort in terms of temperature, humidity, acoustics, ventilation and lighting by applying bioclimatic techniques, as well as intelligent digital technology. It creates companies in the field of construction industry, financing, real estate investment and equipment management. Integrates social, cultural and economic benefits to architectural projects.

 

In short, he applies the techniques of architectural design and planning to design beautiful and functional spaces oriented to human activities.

 

Professional development opportunities for the UP Architect may include the following:

 

  • Management of architectural firms and construction companies.
  • Real Estate Developer.
  • Sustainable construction consultant.
  • Architectural designer of buildings, interiors, visual merchandising, exhibitions, scenographies, etc.
  • Management of cultural spaces.
  • Experience designer.
  • Animator and architectural digital artist.
  • Facility manager.
  • Any professional activity that has to do with beauty, art, functionality and modernity of architecture.
  • Architectural Composition I
  • Fundamentals of Architecture and Urbanism
  • Descriptive Geometry
  • Topography
  • Architectural Drawing I
  • Applied Algebra
  • History of Culture
  • Architectural Composition II
  • Architectural Program
  • History of Architecture I
  • Sustainable Architecture
  • Architectural Drawing II
  • Geometry and Trigonometry
  • Person and society
  • Architectural Composition III
  • Theory of Architecture I
  • History of Architecture II
  • Digital Representation
  • BIM Model Creation
  • Differential and Integral Calculus
  • Ethics
  • Architectural Composition IV
  • Theory of Architecture II
  • Building and Infrastructure Budgets
  • Advanced Digital Representation
  • Installations in Buildings
  • Statics
  • Theological Anthropology I
  • Architectural Composition V
  • Theory of Architecture III
  • Facilities Information Platform
  • Architectural Digital Representation
  • Materials and Construction Processes
  • Concrete technology
  • Theological Anthropology II
  • Architectural Composition VI
  • Theory of Architecture IV
  • Introduction to Structural Systems Design
  • Material Behavior and Digital Simulation
  • BIM Work Planning
  • Social Philosophy
  • Architectural Composition VII
  • Architectural and Urban Heritage
  • Space Lighting Technology
  • Architectural Anthropology
  • Modeling of Agents and Virtual Environments
  • Man and the Contemporary World
  • Architectural Composition VIII
  • Urban Planning
  • Architectural Acoustics
  • Interconnection of Smart Devices
  • Virtual and Augmented Reality
  • Professional ethics
  • Degree I
  • Urban Legislation and Habitability
  • Project and Construction Quality Systems
  • BIM Integral Construction
  • Elective
  • Elective
  • Degree II
  • Investment Projects and Introduction to Business Valuation
  • Energy and Environmental Certification of Buildings
  • Legal, Tax and Procurement Structures
  • Elective
  • Elective
  • Construction Regulations
  • Entrepreneurs
  • Project and Construction Management
  • Multisensory Experiences Workshop
  • Contemporary Mexican Art
  • Project Management
  • Architecture and Public Management
  • Legal Framework for Innovation
  • Marketing for Architects
International Exchange Network
  1. Chiba University, Japan.
  2. Shibaura Institute of Technology, Japan.
  3. University of Nebrija, Spain.
  4. Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain.
  5. International University of Catalonia, Spain.
  6. University of Piura, Peru.
  7. San Ignacio de Loyola University, Peru.
Forms of Qualification
  1. General Knowledge Examination for Bachelor's Degree Graduation (EGEL Plus ARQUI). The student must obtain the result of the Testimonial of Outstanding Performance (TDSS). To achieve this, the student must have, of the three areas that compose the exam, at least two with Outstanding Performance and the remaining one with at least Satisfactory Performance.
  2. Study of a case and proposal of a solution with the corresponding defense;
  3. Proposal and elaboration of a business project or its equivalent with the corresponding defense of the same;
Admission Process
  1. Schedule admission test
  2. Take the admission test
  3. Academic interview
  4. Delivery of results (admission or non-admission)
  5. Scholarship process (if applied for)
  6. Definitive registration

"I loved how close the professors and directors are to us. I didn't imagine that it would be so personalized the university, let alone that we would have the best architects in the city as professors."

Natalie Peña Cardenas (2nd semester)

"With only two semesters of studying architecture I have realized that being an architect is one of the best professions out there and I am thrilled to be a first generation architect at UP!".

Daniella Ramirez Escalante (2nd semester)

"Studying architecture has changed the way I see and experience the city; for the past year, the way we travel as a family now revolves around my career."

Adriana Citlalli Vega Jimenez (2nd semester)

"For me, this semester of Architecture has been incredible, as it led me to search for the meaning of being an architect, the challenges it entails and the responsibility we have as architects with people and especially with the environment."

Enya Regina Olivares Sandoval (1st semester)

"This is my first semester and I feel that it has provided me with deep reflections on artistic matters; the professors have helped us to strengthen the creative part.

Ricardo Ceballos Michel (2nd semester)

"For me the career has been very visionary, and I think it has the best curriculum in the country, I'm sure we're going to come out very well prepared."

Maria Jose Gonzalez Chavez (2nd semester)