Escola Sert

What Escola Sert does

Escola Sert (formally Escola de Pràctica Professional Josep Lluís Sert) is a Barcelona-based professional education institution serving the architecture and urban planning community in Catalonia. The school is the continuing education arm of the Col·legi d'Arquitectes de Catalunya (COAC), the official professional association of Catalan architects, and operates as a nonprofit under its institutional governance with approximately 32 staff and 1,150+ annual students.

The institution delivers structured master's and postgraduate programs alongside short courses, customized corporate training (Tallers d'indústria), and free sessions (Jornadas and Sessions Sert). Curriculum is organized into five specialization areas: Rehabilitació i Edificació, Gestió i Direcció, Salut i Sostenibilitat, Urbanisme i Territori, and Eines digitals (including BIM and AI modules). Delivery combines in-person cohorts with a Campus Virtual online platform, supported by a content library (blog Perspectiva, eBooks) used for demand generation.

Revenue mechanics are tuition-driven, with course fees ranging from €144–€192 for short topical sessions to €921–€1,229 for advanced technical programs, plus negotiated corporate engagements. Distribution is heavily channel-dependent on COAC's eight regional demarcaciones and member discounts, which simultaneously anchors demand and concentrates customer access through a single institutional channel.

Name

Escola Sert

Legal name

Escola Sert - Escola de Pràctica Professional Josep Lluís Sert

Website

https://escolasert.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Escola Sert is the Barcelona-based, COAC-affiliated nonprofit continuing education institution serving Catalonia's architecture and built-environment professionals with master's programs, short courses, corporate training, and online learning across five specialization areas.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Barcelona

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Master's and Postgraduate Programs: Revenue from longer-form professional education programs in architecture specializations including rehabilitation, management, urbanism, sustainability, and digital tools
2. Short Courses: Revenue from shorter professional development courses covering specific architecture topics and skills
3. Customized Training for Companies: Industry workshops for enterprises creating ecosystem for long-term relationships with specialist architects
4. Free Training Sessions: Jornadas and Sessions Sert free training sessions for networking and brand building

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Escola Sert is a professional practice school for architects and sector professionals, operating as the training center of the Col·legi d'Arquitectes de Catalunya (COAC). It sells master's degrees, postgraduate programs, short courses, and online training across five specializations: Rehabilitation and Building, Management and Direction, Health and Sustainability, Urbanism and Territory, and Digital Tools. Programs are delivered through in-person, online, and hybrid formats via its Virtual Campus, supplemented by industry workshops for enterprises (Tallers d'indústria per a empreses) and digital resources such as eBooks.

Product overview

Escola Sert is a professional practice school for architects operated by the Col·legi d'Arquitectes de Catalunya (COAC). The institution offers a unified educational platform consisting of multiple delivery formats: in-person Masters and Postgraduate programs (Màsters i Postgraus), professional Courses, Online Training (Formació Online), and Free Training (Formació Gratuïta). Programs are organized across five specializations: Rehabilitació i Edificació (Rehabilitation and Building), Gestió i Direcció (Management and Direction), Salut i Sostenibilitat (Health and Sustainability), Urbanisme i Territori (Urbanism and Territory), and Eines digitals (Digital Tools). The offering includes a Virtual Campus (Campus Virtual) for online learning delivery and Blog Perspectiva as a knowledge-sharing platform. Notable programs include BIM Management with BuildingSmart certification preparation, AI-focused courses (ChatGPT for Architects, AI Image Generation, AI-Driven Advanced Design), sustainable architecture postgraduates, and specialized rehabilitation programs. Industry-focused services include workshops for enterprises fostering professional networking. The school serves approximately 1,150 students annually.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Sessions Sert: Industry sessions for exchanging experiences between enterprises and architects
• Blog Perspectiva
• Campus Virtual

Products and services

• Màsters i Postgraus (Master's and Postgraduate Programs)

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 1,150 students trained annually

Named customers1 record

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Col·legi d'Arquitectes de Catalunya (COAC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEscola Sert is the professional practice school of COAC, operating as the college's training center for architects and sector professionals. Named after Josep Lluís Sert, the school leverages COAC's institutional infrastructure, member network, and professional community for program delivery and student recruitment.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Emerging players

• EAE Business School: Spain-based business school offering master's and postgraduate programs including real estate, project management, and management tracks relevant to architects. Comparable on the management/real-estate side of Escola Sert's catalog.
• Domestika: Spain-founded global online learning marketplace focused on creative and design disciplines, including architecture and visualization courses. Adjacent competitor for short-form, affordable online courses targeting individual creators and professionals.
• CEUPE: Spanish online business school offering master's and postgraduate programs including project management, real estate, and sustainability tracks. Adjacent competitor for online master's students and a benchmark for online-only delivery economics.

Direct peers

• La Salle (Universitat Ramon Llull): Barcelona-based private university with architecture, engineering, and digital-building programs delivered to professionals. Competes with Escola Sert for postgraduate architecture and BIM/digital-tools students in the Catalan market.
• IED Istituto Europeo di Design: International design school with a Barcelona campus offering postgraduate and master's programs in design and architecture-related disciplines. Comparable as a design/architecture professional school with hybrid online + in-person delivery.
• IE School of Architecture and Design: Madrid-based architecture and design school within IE University offering master's, postgraduate, and executive programs for architects and design professionals. Directly comparable as a professionally oriented architecture training provider competing for similar postgraduate students in Spain.
• UPC School: Continuing-education arm of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, also based in Barcelona, offering master's, postgraduate, and short courses in technical and built-environment fields. Closest geographic and structural peer, competing for the same Catalan professional audience.

Others

• ArchDaily: Largest global architecture media platform with a growing catalog of paid courses and learning content. Not a direct school but increasingly acts as an entry point for architect upskilling and competes for the same learning minutes.

Broad incumbents

• Coursera: Global online education platform with architecture, sustainability, and project-management offerings from universities worldwide. A broad incumbent that pressures pricing and reach of any individual professional-training provider.
• LinkedIn Learning: Global, broad-portfolio online learning platform owned by Microsoft. Not architecture-specific but competes for self-directed professional upskilling time and budgets, particularly on BIM, software, and management topics.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/playlist?list=PLE2D6CE5DE137CDDC
• Facebookfacebook.com/escolasert.coac
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/school/escola-sert-coac
• Instagraminstagram.com/escola.sert

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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