Content
You acquire comprehensive knowledge of the following areas:
1st and 2nd semester (certificate and Master of Engineering):
- Introducing and changing the environment
- Ecological sustainability
- Economical sustainability
- Social sustainability
- Buildings and energy
- Project development and design
- Repair, maintenance and refurbishment
- Certification of buildings
3rd and 4th semester (Master of Engineering):
- Economic factors and facility management
- Regional planning and spatial planning
- Integrated design
- Writing of master’s thesis
Both variants also include training to become an ÖGNI consultant (including ÖGNI Registered Professional). The master's degree also provides the authorisation to work as an ÖGNI auditor. The examination ÖGNI examination is is carried out in cooperation with ÖGNI.
Target Groups
The university programme is aimed at
- planners from the construction sector (e.g. architecture, civil engineering, building services engineering),
- clients, investors (e.g. at real estate funds, project developers from larger municipalities, provincial real estate organisations, national real estate organisations, building departments at large companies).
- public administration departments, and
- future auditors for the ÖGNI building certification.
Furthermore, this programme provides postgraduate training for managers in the construction industry, who have specialised in sustainable construction, or who wish to specialise in this area.
Admission Requirements
- An internationally recognised academic degree, e.g. a bachelor’s or master’s degree in a technical subject, natural sciences, law or economics from a university or university of applied sciences in Austria or abroad
- Graduates from a non-technical field of studies also need to have 2 years of relevant professional experience.
Sustainability Award of the Federal Ministry for Science and Research and the Food Ministry in the category of teaching and curricula
Quick Facts
- Final degree and length of programme:
- TU Graz and TU Wien certificate: 2 semesters part-time
- Master of Engineering (MEng) Sustainable Construction: 4 semesters part-time
- ECTS credit points:
- Certificate: 42
- Master of Engineering (MEng): 90
- Language of instruction: German
- Course days and times: Courses are usually blocked fortnightly on Thursday, Friday and Saturday - Timetable
- Registration fee
- Place of study: TU Graz and Vienna University of Technology
- Curriculum:
Registration Fee
- Master of Engineering (MEng): € 18,000 (VAT free)
- Certificate: € 10,000 (VAT free)
If, after completing the certificate, you also decide to complete a Master of Engineering degree, you will be charged an additional fee of € 9000.
This fee does not include travel, lodging or meals expenses.
Further information:
- 25% discount for the first 4 applicants that are member of the
Kammer der Architekten und Ingenieurkonsulenten
: Details (in German) - Further possible subsidies
Application
1. Online Application
Fill in the online application.
2. Application documents
Afterwords we ask you to send the required documents (scans) by e-mail to office@nachhaltigesbauen.eu:
- Digital photo (min. 284 x 426 Pixel,:file format bmp, wbmp, jpg, jpeg, png, gif)
- CV (max. 2 pages)
- Cover letter
- proof of school graduation and academic degree
- proof of former inscriptions at Austrian universities
- copy of passport
3. Application Interview
You will be invited to an interview with the programme director.
Climate change is the greatest threat to sustainable development in all parts of the world and has far-reaching, unprecedented impacts. The construction sector, including buildings, is the biggest polluter, but also holds enormous potential.
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Excellent architecture is sustainable. Excellent technology is architecture’s perfect partner. This combination of architecture and engineering results in houses that are forward-looking, environmentally friendly and great to live in. This is how we tackle climate change and the energy crisis.
Career Options and Qualifications
An increasing number of real estate companies are reworking their internal planning guidelines to reflect the principles of sustainable construction, and want to certify new buildings. This means that there is a dramatic increase in demand for qualified technicians. As there is no comprehensive training in sustainable construction in standard degree programmes, graduates of this study programme have a clear advantage in the job market. Graduates work
- in all areas of building construction design,
- in project development and
- in building operation.
In addition, graduates can work as experts for ÖGNI building certification.
The topic of sustainability has fully captured the building sector. More and more people want to use buildings that have a positive relationship with the environment. This programme is a good starting point for dedicated people wishing to help design a better world.
My ambition is to support the development of practicable solutions as well as to encourage suggestions for applying these solutions. In the future, appropriate priority should be assigned to optimizing interfaces in construction processes as well as to ensuring the high-quality execution of these processes. I also see great added value in networking and exchanging ideas with experts. The university programme in Sustainable Construction offers the ideal conditions for this.
Information Events and Individual Advice
We are happy to provide you with information and talk to you in person. Please contact
Lucia EDELSBRUNNER
Mag.phil.
TU Graz Life Long Learning
Phone: +43 316 873 4937
lucia.edelsbrunner@tugraz.at
Benefits of Completing this University Programme
After completing the programme, you will have the following competences:
Certificate:
- you will view the life cycle of buildings in a holistic manner, understanding the need for better design quality, modified construction products and construction systems.
- you understand the changes in competition and the design process, connected with sustainability in the construction sector.
- you have mastered the fundamentals of sustainable economics and use the necessary tools in building practice and construction projects.
- you are aware of the connections between building energy use and climate protection, and can issue energy certifications for buildings.
- you have the necessary specialist knowledge to complete the ÖGNI consultant examination (including ÖGNI registered professional).
- you develop and implement sustainable strategies in an interdisciplinary working environment.
Master of Engineering:
In addition to the competences from the certificate, you will also be able to
- bring the acquired knowledge to your working environment, further developing and adapting it,
- develop implementation strategies for sustainability in the construction sector,
- adapt knowledge and tools of construction to different situations,
- use sustainable strategies in new situations and adapt them as required,
- work as an auditor for the ÖGNI.
Programme Directors
TU GRAZ
Alexander PASSER
Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn. MSc
Phone: +43 316 873 5250
alexander.passer@tugraz.at
TU WIEN
Karin STIELDORF
Ass.Prof.i.R. Projektass. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn.
Phone: +43 1 58801 253441
karin.stieldorf@tuwien.ac.at
