Hope you know Catalan. A friend from Spain says that a lot of the classes at Barcelona's Architecture school were lectured in Catalan versus Spanish.

It's a new school Panda - there haven't been any classes yet. Classes at BIArch will be in English.

I spoke there a couple months ago and was extremely impressed by the quality of discussions they were generating and the overall organization and mission of the school.

Check out their website for information

I don't think you'll hear a word in Catalan in that program except for some toponyms... their intention is to be "completely" international, whatever that means, so you'll hear only English. At least they don't do it in Spanish, which would be directly insulting. Some of these people come from the IAAC/Metapolis "circle" - http://www.iaac.net/ -, so you can expect a similar academic approach, maybe less "advanced" and more "academic" in a traditional sense (which probably will be more interesting, realistic and ... profitable -- this Institute is a private foundation but funded partly via public taxes: public universities, banks owned by the Catalan national gov't, BCN's city hall, etc...)

Thanks for the interest and support for our Master’s Program. The official language of the Institute is English, and the top level international and local faculty that will be contributing to the program are comprised of our Advisory Council members and our Board of Directors.

We will be hosting a face-to-face and on-line Open Lecture on April 22 (waiting for confirmation) where one of our faculty members will be presenting recent works at the Pedrera in Barcelona. The lecture will be followed by a detailed presentation of the MBIArch program and potential students will have the opportunity to meet other applicants as well as some of the faculty members.

Further info will be posted this week on the BIArch webpage regarding the logistic details. Hope to see you there!

Please feel free to contact us with any more questions.

Thanks!

sounds very interesting to me. i would really really like to join this program!

and would really like to get a scholarship on this one too!

Is there anyone out there in Archinect who has gained admission to this program? Pretty quiet out there... hmm...

Looks like a great program. The degree would certainly look good on your CV. It does appear to be a private master, which means you don't have to apply to a larger university to be accepted. These types of degrees are becoming more common in Spain (i.e. the Masters of Collective Housing at ETSAMadrid). They are good quality with excellent staff, but are very expensive by Spanish standards. On the other hand, with a decent portfolio, you are sure to be accepted. They probably won't fill all their spaces either. My main question is how would a degree like this be perceived by American architecture studios during the hiring process? Above all, great staff of well published individuals with diverse backgrounds.