Master's degree in Building Construction Management
Master's degree in Building Construction Management
Barcelona School of Building Construction (EPSEB)
- Duration and start date
- 1.5 academic years, 90 ECTS credits. Starting September
- Timetable and delivery
- Afternoons. Face-to-face
- Fees and grants
- Approximate fees for the master’s degree, excluding other costs (does not include non-teaching academic fees and issuing of the degree certificate):
€2,490 (€9,496 for non-EU residents).
More information about fees and payment options
More information about grants and loans - Language of instruction
- Spanish
Information on language use in the classroom and students’ language rights.
- Location
- Barcelona School of Building Construction
- Official degree
- Recorded in the Ministry of Education's degree register
- General requirements
- Academic requirements for admission to master's degrees
- Admission criteria
- Academic record
- Professional curriculum vitae
- Knowledge of English, Level B1 (optional)
- Candidates who are not native speakers of Spanish must provide proof of having attained Level B2.
- Places
- 30
- Pre-enrolment
- Pre-enrolment closed (consult the new pre-enrolment periods in the academic calendar).
How to pre-enrol - Enrolment
- How to enrol
- Legalisation of foreign documents
- All documents issued in non-EU countries must be legalised and bear the corresponding apostille.
| Subjects | ECTS credits | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|
| First semester | |||
| Business Administration | 5 | Compulsory | |
| Contracting and International Trade Contracting and International Trade | 5 | Compulsory | |
| Economic and Financial Management Economic and Financial Management | 5 | Compulsory | |
| Integrated Management of Occupational Health and Safety, Quality and Environment Integrated Management of Occupational Health and Safety, Quality and Environment | 5 | Compulsory | |
| Process and Project Management. PMI Process and Project Management. PMI | 5 | Compulsory | |
| Real Estate Valuations | 5 | Compulsory | |
| Second semester | |||
| Building Energy Management | 5 | Compulsory | |
| Geographic Information Systems Applied to Urbanism and Building Construction (GIS and BIM) Geographic Information Systems Applied to Urbanism and Building Construction (GIS and BIM) | 5 | Optional | |
| Management Skills | 5 | Optional | |
| Mediation and Conflict Management Mediation and Conflict Management | 5 | Optional | |
| Models and Decision Tools | 5 | Optional | |
| Production Management in Construction Production Management in Construction | 5 | Optional | |
| Real Estate Management. FM | 5 | Compulsory | |
| Real Estate Marketing | 5 | Optional | |
| Smart Territories | 5 | Optional | |
| Third semester | |||
| Human Resources | 5 | Optional | |
| Lean Construction: Principles and Application Techniques Lean Construction: Principles and Application Techniques | 5 | Optional | |
| Statistics for Decision Making Statistics for Decision Making | 5 | Optional | |
| Strategic Management | 5 | Optional | |
| Urban Management | 5 | Optional | |
| Master's Thesis | 15 | Project | |
Professional opportunities
- Professional opportunities
- Directors, managers and persons in charge of business management teams in the building construction sector.
- Directors and project managers in building construction.
- Quantity surveyors.
- Directors and persons in charge of buildings' energy management.
- Directors and persons in charge of asset management and maintenance.
- Competencies
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Generic competencies
Generic competencies are the skills that graduates acquire regardless of the specific course or field of study. The generic competencies established by the UPC are capacity for innovation and entrepreneurship, sustainability and social commitment, knowledge of a foreign language (preferably English), teamwork and proper use of information resources.
Specific competencies
Upon completion of the master’s degree, students will have acquired the following specific competencies:- They will know how to apply techniques for analysing resource planning in building construction firms.
- They will know how to implement information systems in companies.
- They will be able to manage strategic and infrastructure planning and programming and apply them to the management, planning and control of operations.
- They will know how to apply techniques for auditing construction processes in the areas of quality, safety and the environment.
- They will be able to implement resource management models in building construction firms.
- They will be able to analyse a firm's financial and accounting operations, particularly in the building construction sector.
- They will be able to identify the strategic management models used in building construction firms.
- They will know how to apply strategic and operational aspects of production planning techniques.
- They will be able to carry out real-estate valuations and appraisals of non-complex assets.
- They will be able to design systems of indicators for building construction processes.
- They will be able to analyse and apply cost control systems.
- They will be able to analyse management models that are appropriate to the building construction process.
- They will be able to implement standardised integral management systems (quality, safety and the environment).
- They will be able to carry out reliability analyses and life-cycle studies of buildings and their components.
- They will be able to manage a building's energy consumption, improve energy efficiency and reduce running costs.
- They will be able to integrate the competencies acquired in Building Construction Management in their master’s theses.
Further information
- UPC school
- Barcelona School of Building Construction (EPSEB)
- Academic coordinator
- Laia Haurie Ibarra
- Academic calendar
- General academic calendar for bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees courses
- Academic regulations
- Academic regulations for master's degree courses at the UPC