The programme is open to holders of an official higher official higher education degree from one or more universities in the field of architecture, civil engineering, urban planning or equivalent. Applicants should have a higher education degree according to the following criteria: successful completion of a 5-year (Bachelor + Master Degree, in Europe 300 ECTS) university study program associated to a regulated profession (Architects, urbanists, civil engineers and equivalent).

The 300 credits can be achieved with a graduate degree or with a graduate degree plus a master´ degree.

 - Beginning of the registration period: 1st March 2026

- Deadline: 31st March for all applicants

- Notification of the initial selection of applicants: 1st May 2026

- Acceptance by the applicants to be enrolled in ARURCOHE: during May

- Bureaucratic process (obtaining of visas, legal copy of the academic scores, ...): 1st May 2025 - 15th August 2026

- Reception of the students at Donostia-San Sebastián (Spain) will start in the School of Architecture Basque Country University headquarters: 15th September 2026 morning (11.00 h. Brussels time). This date and hour can be modified as date comes nearer. Tasks: signing of insurance and student agreement, accommodation, ... Students will be previously contacted.

- Start of the first edition of ARURCOHE (Inaugural Act): 1st October 2026 morning (11.00 h. Brussels time)

1. Copy of ID or passport (passport will be required for students outside Schengen area)
2. Proof of country of residence (It cannot be certified through the ID/passport) 
3. Academic performance: certified copy of the transcript of records of all courses taken to achieve the highest degree obtained (*)
   (*) at this stage it is preferable to provide legalized copies, this means that already the grade title should be apostilled by the Spanish Embassy in your country)
4. Certified copy of the highest degree obtained, stating credits, average grade and workload 
5. Copy of Language Certificates (**)
   (**) An applicant with a native language other than English needs to prove that he/she has sufficient fluency in English. Applicants whose native language is English is not required to provide some kind of Language Certificate. Applicants who have studied in English do not need to justify their level of knowledge of the English language but need to justify having studied in English.
6. Full curriculum vitae (Europass format is prefereable)
7. Motivation letter to participate in ARURCOHE 
8. Recommendation letters from academic staff members or professionals 
9. A portfolio with the most important works and showing the relation of the cv to 20th century architecture heritage will be very positively valued. 
10. Special needs evidence 
11. Any supplementary information/work that may be consider relevant by the Applicant 

ALL DOCUMENTS MUST BE PRESENTED IN ENGLISH

Template file has to be sent by email. Please make sure that the link to your merit file is of free access. Questions could be attended by ARURCOHE Secretariat (arurcohe@ehu.eus) but applicants are responsible for it.

No, the selection of scholarship and non-scholarship students depends solely on the merits provided by the applicants. Two kind of students are involved in ARURCOHE: the 18 top ranked will be scholarships students, the next 12 top ranked will be non-scholarships partially funded (Type 2 students). The only restriction is the geographical balance of the Erasmus+ Programme.

The applicants will have to answer to two preferences:

- which path are you interested in? Path 1 or Path 2? Having preference for Path 1 means that you would like to do your Master Dissertation during Block 3 in Torino. Having preference for Path 2 means that you would like to do your Master Dissertation during Block 3 in Kaunas.

- we are sure all of you are interested in having a full scholarship but in case that your rank situation idoesn´t allow this, area tou interested in being a Type2 student (Type 2 student pay a fee of 6000 euros for the Master)?