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PROFILE
Facility management is a cross-industry management discipline that professionalizes the operation of buildings and properties. From planning to implementation and the utilization phase, to renovation or demolition - facility management is used to optimize all cost-relevant processes throughout the entire life cycle of real estate.
Facility managers master traditional management techniques. They organize, analyze, and structure in a customer-oriented manner. Facility managers are service providers for various stakeholders and have technical and methodological skills as well as social competence.
During the course of study, both technical and business-related as well as infrastructural knowledge for technical and managerial tasks in facility management are taught.
The special feature of this master's distance learning program is its compression to four semesters, including a thesis semester. This is particularly beneficial for professionals who want to obtain a qualified academic degree alongside their job in a manageable timeframe. The distance learning program concludes with the academic degree Master of Science.
STUDY CONTENT
The study contents of the Master's distance learning program in facility management are divided into modules.
In the first semester, interdisciplinary expertise, soft skills, and law are taught. The second semester covers general facility management and the technical foundations of facility management. Infrastructural, technical, and commercial facility management are topics in the third semester. The fourth semester includes the module Scientific Competence. Also in the fourth semester, you will create your master's thesis. The thesis is supervised by a lecturer and concludes with a colloquium outlining the thesis contents.
1st Semester
Selected Elements of Business Administration
Finance and Accounting
Soft Skills
Law
Conflict Management, alternatively Business Ethics
2nd Semester
Tasks and Organization of Facility Management
Contracts Management
Building Planning (Structural Engineering, Building Physics, Safety Engineering, Fire Protection)
Facilities Acquisition and Management
3rd Semester
Infrastructural Facility Management
Integrated Facility Management
Real Estate Management (Real Estate Management, Controlling)
Energy and Technical Equipment (Energy Concepts, Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation)
Building Automation and Communication Technology, Maintenance, Plant Operation
Specialization (1 out of 2 options selectable): General Facility Management, Asset Management
4th Semester
Scientific Competence (Research Methodology, Case Study, Business Game)
Master's Thesis and Colloquium
COSTS
1st - 3rd Semester €1,500 per semester Thesis Semester €2,000 plus social contribution of approximately €105 per semester
REGISTRATION AND DEADLINES
Registration period for the winter semester: Early May to July 15th of a year
Registration period for the summer semester: Early November to January 15th of a year
STUDY DETAILS
This degree program is offered by the Technical University of Central Hessen in cooperation with the zfh and is accredited by the AQAS agency.
The academic management is under the responsibility of Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Arnold and Prof. Dr.-Ing. Klaus Schuchard.
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