Deadline:
July 20, 2024
Location(s)
Italy Portugal Slovenia
Milan, Guimarães, Ljubljana
Overview
The objective of BIM A+ is to offer an advanced education programme on BIM integrated design, construction and operation processes, with a strong focus on the collaborative practices that are the cornerstone of such integration. The Master combines the diversity of expertise at leading European universities in the relevant fields, offering education oriented to a multidisciplinary understanding of virtual construction through the involvement of experts from complementary fields (engineers, architects, programmers and others). Students gain top level knowledge on BIM in a research-oriented environment, with close cooperation with the industry and with a strong focus on problem solving.
Details
The course will combine the recent advances in research and development with practical activities applications. After successful completion of the BIM A+ a student will gain competences to compete in a highly demanding market as a BIM Manager/Coordinator/Specialist. Furthermore, students may consider engaging in a further degree of studies towards (PhD) research on the BIM proficiency level.
BRIEF LIST OF THE MAIN LEARNING OUTCOMES
- Understand the role and potential of BIM for the industry
- Be able to plan the use of BIM in Building projects and provide the right level of detail
- Be able to comply legal and project collaboration requirements
- Identify, describe and apply adequate modelling practices in view of intended uses for the models
- Capability to understand and perform BIM models for the specialties of Architecture, Structural Engineering and MEP Engineering
- Master the use of parametric approaches for advanced object creation
- Be capable of advanced object use in BIM context through interactive editors and object libraries
- Capability of applying scripting methodologies to extend the capacities of existing BIM platforms towards customized capacities
- Be able to assess interoperability issues in BIM Exchange from technical, semantic and organizational point of view
- Apply methods of development of schemata and databases that are relevant to BIM, as well as methods for exchange of building product specifications
- Be capable of dealing successfully with interoperability issues in BIM based exchange of project information in infrastructure and building projects
- Detail and apply the business processes impacted by BIM 4D, 5D and 6D and describe the digitalization approach in terms of workflows, data exchange mechanisms (incl. data management roles, data drops and system interfaces)
- Understand how the Common Data Environment (as prescribed in European practices) can support other business processes such as contract management, tendering and eProcurement, BIM to Field.
- Being able to adapt BIM 4D, 5D and 6D to modelling and applications for the specialties of Architecture, Structural Engineering and MEP Engineering
- Capability of in-depth application of BIM in specific contexts of building rehabilitation and sustainability analysis/assessment.
PROGRAMME STRUCTURE AND CONTENT
2 semester course with mandatory mobility
The BIM A+ programme has a duration of one academic year (60 ECTS credits) and is held on a rotating basis among partners. In the academic year 2023/24, Coursework (October – March) is concentrated at the University of Ljubljana or the Politecnico di Milano and the elaboration of Dissertation (April – July) can be performed in any of the three involved institutions. This results in 4 possible tracks of mobility, as shown below:
The location of coursework changes in every school year: in 2023/24 the coursework will be held at the University of Ljubljana and the University of Minho.
It is mandatory that students carry out the entire coursework in one location and the dissertation in another location. The mobility track is based on students’ preferences taking into account an adequate balance between different institutions. The curriculum is exactly the same, no matter the student mobility track.
The study programme is composed of seven modules, with six sequential coursework modules and one final dissertation.
- BIM A+1 (5 ECTS) MANAGEMENT OF INFORMATION AND COLLABORATION IN BIM
- BIM A+2 (5 ECTS) MODELLING IN ARCHITECTURE AND ENGINEERING
- BIM A+3 (5 ECTS) PARAMETRIC MODELLING IN BIM
- BIM A+4 (5 ECTS) ADVANCED BIM DATA-SYSTEMS AND INTEROPERABILITY
- BIM A+5 (5 ECTS) 4D, 5D, 6D MODELLING AND APPLICATIONS
- BIM A+6 (5 ECTS) BIM BASED REHABILITATION AND SUSTAINABILITY ANALYSIS
- BIM A+7 (30 ECTS) DISSERTATION
Modules BIM A+1 to BIM A+6 are arranged as a mix of theory and application, in a context of a project-led education. The Dissertation (BIM A+7) aims at developing research and/or professional competences in the field of Building Information Modelling.
DEGREE AWARDED
The degree awarded is a Master’s degree, provided as an independent degree from each of the two institutions involved in Coursework and Dissertation for each student. The degree awarding institution and degree awarded are as follows:
- University of Minho, Portugal: BIM A+ Mestrado Europeu em Modelação de Informação na Construção de Edifícios
- University of Ljubljana, Slovenia: Magister BIM A+ European Master in Building Information Modelling
- Politecnico di Milano, Italy: BIM A+ EU – II level Specializing Master
Opportunity is About
Eligibility
Candidates should be from:
Description of Ideal Candidate
All applicants need to have a degree in Civil Engineering, Architecture or related field with a minimum of:
- Bachelor degree with 240 ECTS-credit points* (typically equivalent to a 4 years Bachelor).
- this requirement becomes a Master degree with 300 ECTS-credit points for all students whose mobility track includes POLIMI (typically equivalent to a Master with a total of 5 years of studies).
LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS
BIM A+ is taught in English and all applicants have to prove language proficiency. An applicant from an institution where the language of instruction is not English is required to provide official test results:
- TOEFL:
- Paper Based Test: 525 or higher
- Internet Based Test: 72 or higher
- Cambridge ESOL IELTS: 6.5 points or higher
- Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR): B2 or higher
- Cambridge English Scale: 180 or higher
- Cambridge English (First): Grade B or higher
- Cambridge English (Advanced): Level B2 or higher
- Cambridge English (Business Vantage): Grade B or higher
- Cambridge English (Business Higher): Level B2 or higher
- other recognized language proficiency certificate
The language proficiency certificate must be less than 3 years old.
If you don’t have an official English proficiency certificate but consider that your English knowledge is enough to enroll in an English taught Master programme, you may still apply anyway. A relevant declaration/proof should be attached anyway in the application form in the field “other recognized language proficiency certificate”. Please consider that if you opt to not submit an official English proficiency certificate this may determine a lower score during the evaluation process. In case an applicant not having submitted a recognized English certificate reaches an eligibility position for scholarship or enrollment, an interview will be scheduled for verification and validation of the claimed English skills, as to assess the validity of the score attributed.
If you have any doubt, please contact us before applying.
Dates
Deadline: July 20, 2024
Cost/funding for participants
SCHOLARSHIPS
There are several scholarships available funded by the BIM A+ consortium (Consortium Scholarships) and by the industry (Industry Scholarships).
All scholarships will be attributed on a competitive basis according to the following criteria:
- Previous higher education studies and quality of the institutions;
- Relevant work experience;
- Recommendation letters;
- Motivation letter;
- Additional information (publication, awards, etc.).
All the Consortium Scholarships are attributed to students in mobility tracks #1 and #2. Students in mobility tracks #3 and #4 are not eligible for Consortium Scholarships. Industry Scholarships have specific requirements.
CONSORTIUM SCHOLARSHIPS
Consortium scholarships are planned for students from any geographical origin applying within the first and second calls. These scholarships are financed by the BIM A+ Consortium.
Consortium scholarships are organized as follows:
- Up to 2 scholarships of 14,000 Euro (fully covering tuition fees plus a living allowance support of ~500€)
- Up to 15 scholarships of 5,000 Euro (partially covering the tuition fees)
INDUSTRY SCHOLARSHIPS
Starting from the academic year 2023/2024, the consortium has begun the possibility of companies offering sponsored scholarships.
Any student applying in the first call of BIM A+ is allowed to select whether he/she wants to apply for industry scholarships. Industry scholarships may involve specific agreements with the sponsoring entity (e.g. that the dissertation is made on a given topic in collaboration with the company, or that the mobility track is limited to a certain pre-defined path, or that a post-MSc agreement of collaboration is made directly with the sponsor).
Un-save Opportunity
Internships, scholarships, student conferences and competitions.
