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
In addition, you are trained as an ÖGNI auditor. The ÖGNI examination is taken after the course has been completed.
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.
Dates and Deadlines
Next start date: upon request
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
- Registration fee
- Place of study: TU Graz and Vienna University of Technology
- Curriculum:
- Graz University of Technology and Vienna University of Technology certificate
- Master of Engineering (MEng)
Sustainability Award of the Federal Ministry for Science and Research and the Food Ministry in the category of teaching and curricula
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.
Sustainable construction will dramatically change competition between investors, planners and construction products. We must take a holistic approach to buildings, taking into account their life cycle, and ecological, economic, social and cultural aspects. People are only just becoming aware of this. Efficiency of energy and materials, reduction of emissions, life-cycle management, life-cycle costs and careful management of existing buildings will be of great importance in the future, as will safety, functionality and building culture.
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.
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 auditor examination.
- 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.
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 auditors for ÖGNI building certification.
The topic of sustainability has set in motion a decisive shift in values in construction. More and more people want to use buildings that have a positive relationship with the environment. This degree and university programme is a good starting point for dedicated people wishing to help design a better world.
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
Programme Directors
TU GRAZ
Peter MAYDL
Univ.-Prof.i.R. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn.
Phone: +43 316 873 7151
peter.maydl@tugraz.at
TU WIEN
Karin STIELDORF
Ass.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn.
Phone: +43 1 58801 253441
karin.stieldorf@tuwien.ac.at
