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building products and processes, b.eng.

faculty european campus rottal-inn

Building Products & Processes - today's megatrend! 

 

This innovative degree programme was developed on the initiative of our numerous industry and business partners. To be at the forefront of challenges in the construction industry, we train students to be engineers with a focus on the development, management and marketing of building products and building processes, including:

  • Sustainability and circular economy of all building elements
  • Digitalisation and Building Information Modelling (BIM)
  • Holistic view of building products from idea to market launch
  • National and international building law and building product law
  • Technical and commercial project management for the construction and interior fit-out of buildings
  • Finishing trades in new and existing buildings
  • German and English technical language


Study - Work - Live

You will enjoy the benefits of flexible and individual studies in the heart of Europe. Thanks to the unique concept of the BPP degree programme, you don‘t have to sacrifice anything:

  • Study, work, family and leisure in your own combination!


Unique study model that combines flexibility with quality:
Our innovative learning concept for you.

You will gain an insight into industry-relevant topics through:

  • Practice
    • On-site lectures and workshops in our modern laboratories
    • Project work in a team
    • Excursions to the industry
  • Online offer
    • Teaching the theoretical basics via lectures
    • Moderated group work and self-study for in-depth study


How do your studies look in one semester?


What does that mean for you?

  • High quality teaching and research thanks to state-of-the-art laboratories
  • Efficient and practice-oriented studies
  • More freedom alongside your studies
  • Close proximity to companies alongside your studies
  • Practically relevant content and a combination of theory and practice


How do we support you?

  • Intensive training in small workgroups
  • Preparation for the German and international market via
    • Inclusion of English and German in lectures
    • Industry cooperation and project work
  • We have a network of company contacts for internships and theses
  • Communication channels to teaching staff are easy and direct, both on- & offline


Practical relevance through our labs and cooperation partners

Practice is very important to us. In our specialized labs, you will learn during your studies how to successfully apply theoretical principles in the areas of testing and measurement technology for industrial product development and quality management.

Our cooperation partners come from all areas of the construction industry! We are in constant contact with them so that current challenges and issues in the construction industry are constantly incorporated into the course.

 

Are you aiming for a career in construction or product development?

Then languages are important for your professional success! Because you need to be able to read and understand national and international building regulations and laws.

As a BPP engineer, you must therefore be proficient in English and German, and we have already taken this into account in our Building Products and Processes degree program:

  • For technical content, your studies will start with lectures in English and then gradually switch to German
  • The technical lectures will give you the specialist English skills you need to communicate effectively in the construction industry worldwide
  • International students also acquire practical German language skills that facilitate their integration and employment in German companies

Study at the European Campus Rottal-Inn in Pfarrkirchen.

fact sheet building products and processes

Degree: Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.)

Duration: 8 Semester (4 years)

ECTS points: 240

Start: October (winter semester)

Location: European Campus Rottal-Inn, Pfarrkirchen

Lab location: Building of the GiB (Gesellschaft für innovative Bautechnologie mbH), Simbacher Str. 8, 94424 Arnstorf

Taught in: English in the basic lectures and German in higher semesters

Application period: 15 April - 15 July

Admission requirements:

  • General German university entrance qualification, or please check your eligibility at the DAAD if you own an international qualification
  • Language requirements

Postgraduate degrees:

Fees:

  • No tuition fees, only student union fee
  • International students from non-EU/EEA countries are required to pay service fees for each semester. Click here to read about our service fees.

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career prospects

As a graduate engineer, you are able to develop, market and manage sustainable building products all over the world. You will use your knowledge of the complex building systems of building structures (concrete, masonry, steel and timber construction, hybrid construction methods). The same applies to your knowledge of the building structure (façade to roof) and interior finishing (floor, ceiling, wall). You have to be fit in these areas, because the demands on the products are increasing: architecturally and constructionally sophisticated, resource-saving, recyclable, healthy. And these are only some of the attributes that a building product should fulfil in the future. You also know the finishing trades (building automation, heating, ventilation, sanitation) including their numerous interfaces.

In the development and processing of building products, engineers in the Building Products and Processes degree programme rely on the continuous use of digital building blocks (BIM) for the efficient networking of all those involved in the planning, production and construction of buildings. After graduation, you will have a high level of language competence. The confident handling of both German- and English-language literature, building regulations, EN standards, etc. is daily business for engineers in the Building Products and Processes degree programme. You have to implement and coordinate building specifications and technical documents accordingly during construction. The modular structure of the lectures and the teaching of both technical and language skills offer graduates excellent career opportunities in all branches of the national and international construction industry. If you want, you can travel the world through your profession.

What are your prospects and career after graduation?

Many doors are open to you after the BPP degree:

  • Start your career in the construction industry - here, for example, you can work as
    • Product developer and project manager for construction products
    • Technical and commercial project manager for the management and implementation of interdisciplinary projects
    • Process owner, digital transformation, digitalization manager and Industry 4.0 expert
    • BIM manager and BIM coordinator (Building Information Modeling)
    • Sustainability consultant in the construction industry
    • Technical purchasing and sales
    • Technical editor
    • Technical and commercial project controlling
    • Customer support and consulting
    • Quality management
  • An advanced Master's degree, e.g. our Master's degree program in Healthy and Sustainable Buildings

Subject Overview

Overview of the coursesWeekly Semester Hours (SWS) and ECTS (European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System) for the programme Bachelor of Engineering in Building Products and Processes.

 

1. Semester SWS ECTS
Engineering Mathematics 4 5
Chemistry of building Materials 4 5
Building Material Characteristics 4 5
Building Informatics and AI 4 5
German A1 8 10
     
2. Semester SWS ECTS
Building Physics: Thermal and Moisture Protection 4 5
Building Physics: Building and Room Acoustics 4 5
CAD 2D / 3D (BIM) 4 6
Intercultural Competences and Self- Organization 4 4
German A2 8 10
     
3. Semester SWS ECTS
Building Physics: Thermal Protection  4 5
Building Constructions 4 5
Testing of Building Materials 4 5
Digital Building Process (BIM 4D bis 6D) 4 5
Scientific Work 3 3
English: Negotiations 2 2
German  B1/ Part 1.+2. 4 5
     
4. Semester SWS ECTS
Structural Engineering 4 5
Completion of the Interior, Technical Building Equipment and Smart Home 4 5
Construction Calculation 4 5
Product Management: Strategy and Marketing 4 5
Law: Building Law / Construction Contract / VOB 4 5
German B1/ Part 3.+4. 4 5
     
5. Semester SWS ECTS
Fundamentals of Project Management and Planning 4 5
Project Execution and -Controlling 4 5
Commercial Management 4 5
Compulsory Elective (FWP-1) 4 5
German B2 8 10
     
6. Semester SWS ECTS
Sustainable Building 4 5
Building Envelope and Supporting Structures 4 5
Product Development and Testing 4 5
Seminar on Product Development 4 5
Project Seminar 4 5
Law: Building Product regulations 4 5
     
7. Semester SWS ECTS
Internship including  PLV  1 and 2   30
     
8. Semester SWS ECTS
Building in Existing Structures 4 5
Management Systems 4 5
Workshop Architecture 3 3
Compulsory Elective (FWP-2)  4 5
Bachelormodule (incl. Thesis and Defense)   12
     
     

*FWP subjects pool to choose from:

   
  • Architectural History and Theory

 

 

  • Entrepreneurship
   
  • Strategic Planning und Project Management
   
  • Financing and Accounting
   
  • Technology and Intellectual Property Rights
   
  • Prozess Optimization

 

 

  • Prozess Safety
   
  • Life Cycle Analysis and Ecobalancing

 

 

  • SIVV-Certificate

 

 

  • IFRS and Organizational Law

 

 

  • Interdisciplinary Product Development

 

 

  • Innovative Constructions and Building Products

 

 

  • Applied AI in the Building Process
   
  • Real Estate Investment
   
  • Vernomimicry
   

a small selection of our cooperation partners

 

Our cooperation partners come from all areas of the construction industry! We are in constant dialogue with them so that current challenges and issues
in the construction industry are constantly incorporated into the course.