Architectural Engineering MSc – (M.Sc.)

Graduates can expect to:

- Develop, evaluate, and validate building energy concepts

with the help of modern simulation tools and field studies

- Devise solutions to energy and facility management issues

- Provide consulting services in building design, construction,

and operation either in a firm or as an independent

consultant

The Master of Science is a three semester program focusing

on the scientific methodology underlying the conceptual

and detailed design, construction, and operation of energy

efficient built environments that are characterized by superior

indoor environmental quality.

To achieve this objective, the first semester lays both the

scientific and economic foundation for the students to

embark on advanced architectural engineering studies,

enhanced by coursework in business management. Moreover,

in the context of a research seminar, students are charged

to select a research topic of their own preference, which

they will pursue for the remainder of the M.Sc. program.

Research topics commonly address a practical problem and

are a result of close interaction with students, faculty, industry

partners, and other stakeholders. During the second and

third semester of the Master of Science program, the program

of study is individually tailored to the needs and interests of

the student and the selected research project.

Required courses:

- Modelling and system theory

- Cost and process optimisation

- Applied mathematics

- Business management

- Integrated building design and operation

- Climate responsive building design and building physics

Electives

- Thermodynamics

- Facility management

- Renewable energy systems

- Refrigeration engineering

- Hydraulic systems

- Computational fluid dynamics (CFD)

- Building energy simulation

- Geothermal systems

- HVAC systems

- Quality management

- Building automation

- Fire Protection

- Electrical building systems

- Building information modelling

The scientific and project orientated education is enhanced

through cooperation with interdisciplinary institutes at

HBC whose labs provide the vehicle for the students’

specialised research. Master of Science students benefit

primarily from the Institute for Energy and Building Systems,

which offers labs for:

- Building energy simulation lab

- Hydraulics lab

- Building control and automation lab

- Heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning systems lab

- Daylighting and lighting simulation lab

- The HBC Technikum: A living laboratory for buildings

systems engineering

Entry requirement for the M.Sc. program is a successfully

completed undergraduate engineering degree program

leading to the Bachelor of Science or Diplom-Ingenieur

degrees in architectural engineering or a related field of

engineering.

A part-time program of study can be developed for those

students who plan to maintain employment in outside

HBC.