M.Eng in Healthy and Sustainable Buildings
Pfarrkirchen, Germany
DURATION
4 Semesters
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
15 Jan 2025
EARLIEST START DATE
Mar 2025
TUITION FEES
EUR 72 / per semester *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* Student Union fee | Additional fees may apply, please read below for more details.
Introduction
With this Master's degree, you will gain the qualifications and skills for an international career in the future-orientated sector of healthy and sustainable buildings.
This postgraduate course qualifies students in methods and technologies in the fields of healthy and sustainable buildings, combined with applications in various areas of the construction and real estate industries. It acknowledges and broadens students' existing knowledge from undergraduate courses, such as construction engineering, architecture, technical building equipment, energy-efficient construction or related courses, and professional work experience.
Admissions
Curriculum
Overview of the courses (From the Study and Examination Regulations), Weekly Semester Hours (SWS) and ECTS (European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System) for the Master's degree Healthy and Sustainable Buildings.
| 1st Semester | SWS | ECTS |
| Environmental Psychology | 4 | 5 |
| Sustainable Buildings & Neighbourhoods | 8 | 10 |
| Smart Buildings | 8 | 10 |
| Quantitative and Qualitative Research Methods | 4 | 5 |
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| 2nd Semester | SWS | ECTS |
| Environmental Hygiene and Medicine | 4 | 5 |
| Evidence Based Design 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Standards & Green Building Certification Systems | 4 | 5 |
| Building Performance Simulations | 4 | 5 |
| Sustainable Energy Supply Systems | 4 | 5 |
| Ambient Assisted Working & Living | 4 | 5 |
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| 3rd Semester | SWS | ECTS |
| International Project Management and Implementation | 4 | 5 |
| Building Safety & Security | 4 | 5 |
| Evidence Based Design 2 | 4 | 5 |
| Refurbishment and Renovation | 4 | 5 |
| Evidence Based Design – Consolidation (FWP) | 6 | 5 |
| Selected chapters Healthy & Sustainable Buildings & Neighbourhoods (FWP) | 4 | 5 |
| Smart Infrastructure & Artificial Intelligence (FWP) | 4 | 5 |
| R&D Project | 6 | 5 |
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| Master's Thesis incl. Presentation | - | 30 |
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Scholarships and Funding
There are several opportunities to partially finance your studies through a scholarship, particuarly if you are an ambitious or talented student. However, please be informed that we only give scholarships to students who already have studied at DIT at least one semester. The grades students achieve here at DIT as well as extracurricular activities are relevant and considered during the evaluation of the eligibility for scholarships.
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
Graduates of the "Healthy and Sustainable Buildings" postgraduate degree are competent specialists in the field of healthy buildings and healthy living conditions, in material selection and product development or selection throughout the construction and interior facilities, and technical planning and construction including renovations and restorations.
Additionally, there are fields of work in the digitization and automation of healthy and sustainable buildings allowing for modern material flow, during the entire life cycle of buildings up to their demolition.
Graduates have career prospects in:
- Planning and design
- Product development
- Building management
... in the recycling and restoration branch and the smart home sector