Building and Energy Technology

The bachelor's degree programme aims to train specialists who deal with the planning, installation or ongoing operation of technical facilities in buildings. The essential goal here is to create cosy and comfortable environmental conditions for the users of a building and to be as energy-efficient, resource-saving and ecological as possible.

The Building and Energy Technology degree programme can be studied either full-time, part-time or extended part-time - for details see Facts about the degree programme.

Online application - University of Applied Sciences Burgenland (hochschule-burgenland.at)

Highlights of this degree programme

• Unique training in building services engineering and energy technology. Many years of expertise
• High proportion of courses in a unique laboratory for building services engineering and energy technology
• Flexible study options for an optimal balance between studies, work and private life
• Individual support before and during studies through support courses for students without prior technical/scientific knowledge, support courses for all students

Career opportunities

Graduates work in companies and organisations that deal with the conception, planning, tendering, execution and construction, construction supervision, operational management, renovation, analysis and optimisation of technical building systems and facilities. They understand the technical building equipment with its interactions with buildings, users and environmental influences as an overall system, and they understand that buildings are to be considered in the context of other buildings, especially with regard to energy supply (at the level of local energy communities).

Planning, construction and project management

• HVAC technician
• Planning engineer
• Project coordinator
• Commercial-technical project manager
• Project manager
• Site coordinator

Sales, training, customer service and sales

• Product Manager
• Sales and customer service engineer
• Contract Coordinator

Operations and refurbishment; consulting

• Building manager
• Maintenance Manager
• Consultant
• Energy consultant
• Energy auditor

Appointment

Application mode:
online at https://www.hochschule-burgenland.at/

Admission procedure:
personal interview

Start of studies:
annually in the winter semester (September)

Tuition fee:
No tuition fees

Internship:
Work placement in the 6th semester