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Master of Engineering, Construction Engineering: YRAK24

Code: YRAK24

Degree:
Master of Engineering

Degree title:
Master of Engineering

Credits:
60 ects

Duration:
1.5 years (60 cr)

Start semester:
Autumn 2024

Descriptions

The programme is intended for engineers working in construction companies, engineering offices and other organizations who wish to develop their skills in expertise and who aim to advance in their career.

The programme grants graduates the same qualifications for job positions in the public sector as a master’s in an academic university.

Development

The programme is developed in collaboration with local construction companies and engineering offices. We have also close cooperation with some finnish UAS concerning teacher exchange and construction curriculum development.

Objective

The purpose of the programme is to enhance the expertise of professionals with adequate theoretical knowledge and to answer to the needs of the working life. The studies provide graduates with readiness to obtain the certification required by the authorities. The degree deepens and expands student’s knowledge of their profession and it is closely intertwined with the working life.

Show study timings by semester, study year or period

Code Name Credits (cr) 2024-2025 2025-2026 Autumn
2024
Spring
2025
Autumn
2025
1. / 2024 2. / 2024 3. / 2025 4. / 2025 5. / 2025 1. / 2025 2. / 2025
YRAK24-1001
ADVANCED STUDIES

(Choose ects: 25)

25
YRAK24-1002
Compulsory Studies

(Choose all)

5
8G00DM21 Development and Research 5 5 2.5 2.5 1.3 1.3 0.8 0.8 0.8
YRAK24-1003
Elective Studies

(Choose ects: 20)

20
KC28RY10310 Building Project Management 5 5 5 2.5 2.5
KC28RY10330 Construction Management 5 5 5 2.5 2.5
8E00BE92 Building Information Modeling 5 5 5 1.7 1.7 1.7
8E00BE95 Building Physics, Advanced Course 5 5 5 2.5 2.5
8E00CL14 Renovation 5 5 5 1.7 1.7 1.7
5E00DK76 Financial Management and Developing Management Control Systems 5 5 5 1.7 1.7 1.7
5E00DL17 Leadership Skills of the Future 5 5 5 1.7 1.7 1.7
YRAK24-1006
ELECTIVE STUDIES

(Choose ects: 5)

5
YRAK24-1007
Selection from the Master Level Free Choice Studies

(Choose 0)

0
YRAK24-1004
MASTER'S THESIS

(Choose ects: 30)

30
8G00CF58 Master's Thesis 30 30 30 15 15
Total 60 40 30 17.5 22.5 30 8.8 8.8 7.6 7.6 7.6 15 15

Due to the timing of optional and elective courses, credit accumulation per semester / academic year may vary.

Construction Engineering Master’s Degree competencies

Construction cost estimation and business competence

- is able to evaluate and manage construction project costs
- knows the basics of construction business economics and advanced management accounting

Building Project Management
Construction Management
Building Information Modeling
Renovation
Construction management competence

-is able to manage building construction
-is able to consider the customer needs
-is able to manage production planning
-is able to manage construction works combined with HEPAC works
-is able to manage quality and safety at work

Building Project Management
Construction Management
Building Information Modeling
Building Physics, Advanced Course
Renovation
Structural design competence

- is able to design construction structures with different building materials
- is able to calculate statics of structures
- is able to design structural physics and chemistry
- understands the effects of other design areas

Building Physics, Advanced Course
Renovation
Not grouped
Development and Research
Financial Management and Developing Management Control Systems
Leadership Skills of the Future
Master's Thesis

Shared Competences of Universities of Applied Sciences(Master’s Degrees), 2022

Shared Competences of Universities of Applied Sciences(Master’s Degrees), 2022, Arene

1. Learning to learn

The graduating student promotes their own
and their community's continuous learning and
competence development, drawing on
knowledge from different fields and the opportunities of digitalisation.
- Is able to assess and develop their
expertise diversely and in a goal-oriented manner at different stages of
their career and life.
- Is able to acquire, critically assess
and produce information while taking
into account the perspectives of different fields.
- Is able to develop and manage goaloriented, continuous learning in their
community

Master's Thesis
2. Operating in a workplace

The graduating student is able to develop and
manage their work community and reforms
working life.
- Is able to develop and manage multidisciplinary teams and work communities.
- Is able to develop the communication and interaction culture of work
communities.
- Is able to develop and manage the
comprehensive well-being of a work
community.
- Utilises the opportunities of technology and digitalisation in development
and management.
- Promotes the resilience of a work
community.

Development and Research
Renovation
Leadership Skills of the Future
Master's Thesis
3. Ethics

The graduating student assesses and promotes the realisation of ethical principles and
values of their field of profession, taking
equality and non-discrimination into account.
- Is able to promote ethically sustainable activities and the realisation of
ethical reflection in their different
operating environments.
- Promotes the realisation of the ethical principles and values of their
field.
- Makes decisions taking individual,
communal and societal perspectives
into account.
- Promotes the realisation of diversity
and accessibility.
- Implements the principles of responsible conduct of research and promotes their application in their work
community.
- Is able to manage societally influential activities based on ethical values.

Development and Research
Building Project Management
Construction Management
Renovation
Financial Management and Developing Management Control Systems
Leadership Skills of the Future
Master's Thesis
4. Sustainable development

The graduating student develops and manages
sustainable and responsible operating methods
in their work and promotes sustainable change
in their work community and society.
- Is able to apply the knowledge and future visions of sustainable development comprehensively as a basis for
sustainable solutions.
- Is able to analyse and assess systemic
dependencies of complex multidisciplinary problems and the different dimensions of solutions

- Is able to manage the search, implementation and establishment of sustainable solutions and operating models in their work community.

Building Project Management
Construction Management
Building Information Modeling
Building Physics, Advanced Course
Renovation
Financial Management and Developing Management Control Systems
Master's Thesis
5. Internationality and multiculturalism

The graduating student is able to develop and
manage multicultural and international operating environments and networks.
- Is able to develop operating methods
that take multiculturalism into account in their work community.
- Is able to anticipate the impacts and
opportunities of global development
and phenomena.
- Is able to interact, communicate and
develop activities internationally in
their own field.

Leadership Skills of the Future
Master's Thesis
6. Proactive development

The graduating student is able to manage the
development of new solutions that anticipate
the future and produces new information using
different research and development methods.
? Produces new information and reforms operating methods, combining
competence in different fields.
- Is able to implement research, development and innovation projects and
apply different research and development methods.
- Is able to develop new customer-oriented, sustainable and economically
viable solutions, anticipating the future.
- Is able to analyse the current situation
and anticipate the future of their field
and changes in the operating environment.

Building Project Management
Building Information Modeling
Building Physics, Advanced Course
Renovation
Financial Management and Developing Management Control Systems
Master's Thesis
7. Entrepreneurial competence

promotes entrepreneurial action in their working community
• develops interaction between a company and its operating environment
• is able to analyse the operations and risks of a business, and develop its operations systemically

Building Project Management
Construction Management
Financial Management and Developing Management Control Systems
Master's Thesis
Not grouped

Code Name Credits (cr)
YRAK24-1001
ADVANCED STUDIES

(Choose ects: 25)

25
YRAK24-1002
Compulsory Studies

(Choose all)

5
8G00DM21 Development and Research 5
YRAK24-1003
Elective Studies

(Choose ects: 20)

20
KC28RY10310 Building Project Management 5
KC28RY10330 Construction Management 5
8E00BE92 Building Information Modeling 5
8E00BE95 Building Physics, Advanced Course 5
8E00CL14 Renovation 5
5E00DK76 Financial Management and Developing Management Control Systems 5
5E00DL17 Leadership Skills of the Future 5
YRAK24-1006
ELECTIVE STUDIES

(Choose ects: 5)

5
YRAK24-1007
Selection from the Master Level Free Choice Studies

(Choose 0)

0
YRAK24-1004
MASTER'S THESIS

(Choose ects: 30)

30
8G00CF58 Master's Thesis 30