Advanced Construction and Building Technology
                                                             Automation, Robotics, Services 
                                                                        Master of Science M. Sc.
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                                                                                  Advanced Construction and Building Technology
                                                                                                                 Automation, Robotics, Services 
                                                                                                                        Master of Science M. Sc.
                                                                                  Introduction  .......................................................................................................  5
                                                                                  The Master Course at a Glance  ........................................................................  7
                                                                                  Topics of the Master Course  .............................................................................  9
                                                                                  Positioning for Future Job Market Opportunities  ............................................  11
                                                                                  Course Modules and Details ..................................................................... 12 – 47
                                                                                  Course Cycles  .................................................................................................  49 
                                                                                  Course Coaching  .............................................................................................  51
                                                                                  Learning by researching  ..................................................................................  52 
                                                                                  International Relations ......................................................................................  55
                                                                                  Present State and future Course Trends  .........................................................  57 
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Introduction
                                                                                                                                                                „Nothing is permanent except change“      Heinrich Heine
                                                                                                                                                                 Frontier  engineering  sciences  in-      only be generated by innovational         of future societies and incubates it 
                                                                                                                                                                 creasingly     breed     innovations.     leaps and radically new types of          into augmented skill formation for 
                                                                                                                                                                 These innovations are driven and          value design and engineering. Half        socio-technical  qualifications  of 
                                                                                                                                                                 amplified by globalization, closed        of total investment is allocated in       next generation engineers. 
                                                                                                                                                                 loop resource utilization, transfor-      built environment, infrastructure, 
                                                                                                                                                                 mation  of  technological  potenti-       and facilities, signifying the strate-    Future  socio-ecologic  engineers 
                                                                                                                                                                 als, environmental and demografic         gic importance of the construction        will  be  prepared  to  tackle  yet 
                                                                                                                                                                 challenges.                               sector.                                   unknown challenges by designing 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     solutions  for  future  technology, 
                                                                                                                                                                 Global  competition  brought  infla-      The Master of Science in Advanced         economy,  ecology  and  society. 
                                                                                                                                                                 tionary labour capacities resulting       Construction and Building Techno-         They apply frontier science compe-
                                                                                                                                                                 in decreasing labour costs. But to        logy is tailored to offer solutions to    tence and define crossdisciplinary 
                                                                                                                                                                 achieve  welfare  and  culture  any       the  above mentioned challenges.          domains permanently. The Master 
                                                                                                                                                                 society needs sufficient income. To       The future construction sector will       Course  of  Advanced  Construc-
                                                                                                                                                                 provide sufficient income for crea-       expand to new business fields by          tion and Building Technology can 
                                                                                                                                                                 ting wealth and culture one has to        absorbing advanced technologies           be considered as an incubator for 
                                                                                                                                                                 be efficient. “One has to be good         from  various  disciplines.  Its  suc-    strategic design and development 
                                                                                                                                                                 to be expensive”: High income is          cess will depend on its innovation        of continuous improvement and in-
                                                                                                                                                                 based on high tech, if you can’t          leap ability of the complete value        novation for life long learning. 
                                                                                                                                                                 just sell natural resources. The de-      chain  of  the  artefactual  enginee-
                                                                                                                                                                 mographic  change  requires  even         ring and built environment by en-
                                                                                                                                                                 more  efficient  socio-economical         bedding ICT, automation, robotics 
                                                                                                                                                                 and socio-technical processes to          and  services.  This  approach  will 
                                                                                                                                                                 be affordable.                            create new markets, qualifications, 
                                                                                                                                                                                                           skills and professions.
                                                                                                                                                                 The notion of “Made in Germany” 
                                                                                                                                                                 is internationally famous for its         Even  though  architecture  and 
                                                                                                                                                                 cars, machines, industrial facili-        construction  are  the  focal  points 
                                                                                                                                                                 ties, and medical and environmen-         of this Master Course, it crosslinks 
                                                                                                                                                                 tal technologies. Its success is          considerably  to  other  disciplines 
                                                                                                                                                                 based on research and innovation,         and faculties such as potential psy-
                                                                                                                                                                 stressing that future wealth can          cho-social  health  transformation 
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                                                                                                    © Prof. Prof. h.c./SRSTU Dr.-Ing./Univ. Tokio Thomas Bock
                                                                                                                                                                            The Master Course at a Glance
                                                                                                                                                 Name of the Course:   Advanced Construction and Building Technology
                                                                                                                                            Type of Degree awarded:   M. Sc.
                                                                                                                                                       Hosting Faculty:       Faculty of Architecture
                                                                                                                                                         Leading Chair:       Chair for Building Realization and Robotics
                                                                                                                                                                              Prof. Prof. h.c. / SRSTU Dr.-Ing. / Univ. Tokio T. Bock
                                                                                                                                                        Advising Chair:       Prof. Dipl.-Ing. F. Musso
                                                                                                                                                          Course Type:        Full time
                                                                                                                                                               Duration:      4 Semesters
                                                                                                                                                                 Credits:     120 ECTS
                                                                                                                                                       Language used:   Englisch 
                                                                                                                                                                 Tuition:     State of Bavaria standard tuition
                                                                                                                                                          Starting Date:      Fall/winter term 20011/12 
                                                                                                                                                     Interdisciplinatity:     Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, 
                                                                                                                                                                              Mechanical Engineering, Economics, Medicine,  
                                                                                                                                                                              Civil Engineering
                                                                                                                                                        Internationality:     Asia, Americas, Europe
                                                                                                                                                           Uniqueness:   Innovation by cross disciplinary teaching and
                                                                                                                                                                              research interaction of 7 disciplines for 
                                                                                                                                                                              frontier engineering sciences
                                                                                                                                                     The implementation of this Master Course is subject to confirmation by the Bayerisches 
                                                                                                                                                     Staatsministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst, expected until Ferurary 2011
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