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Master Session ONLINE
In the "Master Session ONLINE" on Monday, April 7th, 2025, from 4 - 7 p.m. CET, you will receive valuable information about all master's degree programs and courses at Carinthia University of Applied Sciences (CUAS). These will be presented in 30-minute time slots each.
HERE you can register for the info session on your desired study program or course.
Participation is free of charge and without obligation.
Masterstudium Digital Construction Management*
Start from winter semester 2025
The digital transformation in the construction industry requires specialists who not only have technical expertise, but are also able to manage complex projects efficiently. The part-time Master's degree programme in Digital Construction Management teaches precisely these skills and prepares students to play an active role in shaping the construction industry.
The focus is on the use of digital tools and processes to optimise the construction process, the application of AI-supported methods and the management of construction projects, taking into account legal and normative requirements. The three-semester Master's programme is divided into an online part and attendance block weeks, which take place in Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia (DE) and Spittal an der Drau, Carinthia (AT).
Highlights of the Master's program in Digital Construction Management
- Recognizing and harnessing the potential of digital transformation
- Using state-of-the-art software solutions to digitally control the entire construction process
- Developing practical strategies for holistic process optimization
- Focus on interdisciplinary collaboration
- Actively shaping digital change in the construction industry
- Excellent career opportunities for graduates
Digital Construction Management - Information
Contact
Please contact us if you have any questions about your studies:
FH-Prof. DI Dr. Martin Schneider
Head of Degree Program Civil Engineering
General Study Information
Profil des Studiengangs
The construction industry is facing a “multi-transformation” driven by the need for sustainable, energy-efficient real estate and economic challenges such as rising inflation. To successfully navigate this transformation, new methods and skills are needed that go beyond conventional study programs. The part-time Master's program in Digital Construction Management, a joint degree program offered by the Carinthia University of Applied Sciences and the Bochum University of Applied Sciences, teaches precisely these skills.
The program is aimed at professionals who want to actively shape the digital transformation in the construction industry. The focus is on sustainable and digital project management, supported by practical teaching and modern technologies such as BIM and AI. Students acquire comprehensive knowledge in the areas of digitization, sustainable infrastructure and digital tools for optimizing construction projects. They also learn to integrate life cycle-based requirements and social aspects into their work.
The modular structure combines online teaching with block weeks of on-site teaching in Austria and Germany, enabling flexible and practice-oriented training. Through interdisciplinary collaboration and exchange with industry, graduates are ideally equipped to take on leading roles in the construction industry. They are able to apply digital methods in the planning and implementation of real estate projects and promote change towards sustainability.
Skills and abilities:
- Applying digital methods in planning and construction
- Integrating life cycle-based requirements into projects
- Managing the digital transformation in the construction industry
- Organizing and promoting collaborative teamwork
- Anticipating and applying new technologies
This master's program is aimed at ambitious professionals who want to deepen their knowledge and skills in the field of digital construction and develop their careers in the long term.
Students in the Master's program in Digital Construction Management should have the following skills:
- Technical understanding: Basic knowledge of construction and architecture, as well as a fundamental understanding of digital technologies, in order to quickly become familiar with the requirements of digital transformation.
- Analytical skills: The ability to analyze complex problems, evaluate digital processes and develop solutions that meet the requirements of modern construction projects.
- Teamwork and communication skills: A strong ability to work in interdisciplinary teams and communicate effectively to foster collaboration in the digital transformation process.
- Proactive problem solving: Initiative and the ability to independently identify challenges and develop innovative, sustainable solutions.
- Organisational skills: Good time management and the ability to efficiently coordinate various projects and tasks, especially with regard to combining work and studies.
- Openness to new technologies: Interest in and willingness to continuously engage with new digital tools and technologies and to recognize and exploit their potential.
- Critical thinking: The ability to question existing processes and find creative ways to optimize them, particularly with regard to the sustainability and efficiency of construction projects.
The main qualification objective of the Master's program “Digital Construction Management” is the ability to support teams and companies on the road to digitization in the industry. Graduates are able to apply the principles of team building and cooperation in the transformation process and to master the methods to support teams constructively and purposefully on the road to digitization in every phase of a project.
In addition to acquiring comprehensive technical, economic and legal knowledge, this also requires skills in sustainable digital infrastructure and options for action in the sustainable environment of the industry, an awareness of new technologies and digitization, and knowledge of the changing social and economic needs and solutions in order to be able to react to them accordingly. The
interaction of the selected teaching content and teaching methods should provide potential for new creative approaches.
The technical and methodological knowledge acquired through the modules forms the basis for strategic decision-making in the subject area and its implementation, also with regard to taking responsibility at the economic, ecological and socio-social level. To this end, a wide range of technical and interdisciplinary skills are acquired in the following areas:
Technical, methodological and scientific skills
On the basis of comprehensive theoretical and methodological training, graduates are able to recognize connections in digitally motivated transformation and the sustainable alignment of projects, to work on specific tasks in a solution-oriented manner and to implement them as professional projects.
Social and personal skills
Graduates acquire the skills for flexible self-organization, proactive problem solving and creative approaches. They are proficient in professional communication, discussion and constructive collaboration in interdisciplinary teams. This enables them to quickly become familiar with the areas and tasks of the fields of activity described in more detail below.
Subject-specific skills
The Master's program in Digital Construction Management requires the acquisition of comprehensive technical, economic and legal skills and competencies in order to sustainably manage and shape the digital transformation process in the construction industry. This requires further core competencies for the sustainable development and management of real estate projects, such as infrastructure planning, reducing CO2 emissions in the field of action, social awareness and an awareness of the necessary use of new technologies, digitization and their potential.
Accordingly, graduates are able to:
- apply digital methods of planning and construction,
- integrate life cycle-based requirements for real estate into project work,
- integrate construction information needs into the change process,
- promote collaboration in the transformation process with the human factor,
- organize collaborative work in teams and groups, and
- know current developments in technology – or even anticipate them – and take them into account in their own actions.
Beruf und Karriere
The professional fields of activity of graduates of the master's program are broader and more comprehensive than the fields of activity previously known in the construction industry (e.g. design and structural planning or construction operations). The following fields of activity are particularly noteworthy:
Activities in
- construction companies as digitization managers, BIM managers, sustainability managers or project management experts
- Architecture and engineering firms as digitization managers, BIM managers,
- sustainability managers or project management experts
- Service companies for the construction industry as experts for
- digitization, BIM managers, project management experts
- client organizations as client representatives,
- digitalization managers, BIM managers, sustainability managers or project management experts
- public organizations such as municipal, state and
- federal institutions as digitalization managers, BIM managers,
- sustainability managers or project management experts,
- real estate development companies as digitization managers, BIM managers,
- sustainability managers or project management experts and
- real estate operating companies as digitization managers, BIM managers,
- sustainability managers or project management experts.
- Deployment in development departments of companies in the construction industry for new technologies and digitization.
- Activities in research institutions
The successful completion of the Master's degree program in Architecture subsequently entitles the holder to pursue doctoral studies in accordance with § 6 FHStG (4).
Of course, graduates of the Master's program in Architecture can also go into self-employment after passing the civil engineer or master builder examination.
Campus & Arrival
Spittal an der Drau stands out
The comedy town of Spittal in the Carinthian Oberland with its 16,000 inhabitants knows perfectly well how to combine living tradition with a culturally conscious present.
It is not without reason that the university town of Spittal, situated between education, culture and nature, presents itself as a true experience for body and soul. Cultural awareness, living tradition and a touch of southern serenity - these are the characteristics that make the "little historical town" so worth living in. Lake Millstätter See invites you to swim in summer, in winter the Goldeck is waiting for you to enjoy skiing. Shopping, cultivated gastronomy and cultural activities complement this perfectly. Studying in Spittal an der Drau is therefore a true experience for body, mind and soul!
Explore Campus Spittal on a 360° Tour
Coming from the north along the A10 (Tauernautobahn)
Exit Spittal Nord - Millstätter See, turn right onto the B98 in the direction of Spittal, at the next crossing turn left onto the B99 (Gmünder Straße) in the direction of Spittal, continue straight ahead along the Lieser, across Neuen Platz to Burgplatz (Porcia Castle), turn left at the crossing Burgplatz, across Hauptplatz and through the archway (Villacher Straße), straight ahead across the Lieserbrücke first building on the left directly at the Lieser: Fachhochschule Kärnten "Spittl".
Coming from the west along the B100 (Drautalbundesstraße)
towards the city centre as far as Burgplatz (Porcia Castle on the right), continue straight ahead across the main square and through the archway (Villacher Straße), straight ahead across the Lieserbrücke, first building on the left directly on the Lieser: Carinthia University of Applied Sciences "Spittal".
Coming from the south or east along the A10 (Tauernautobahn)
Exit Spittal-Ost, keep left towards Spittal Zentrum - you are already on the B100 (Villacher Straße), follow the road until you reach the Carinthian University of Applied Sciences "Spittal" (immediately before Lieserbrücke on the right hand side).
With the InterCity to Spittal an der Drau/Millstättersee, footpath along Bahnhofstraße, after the city park turn right into Villacher Straße, straight ahead past Porcia Castle over the main square, through the archway and over the Lieserbrücke:
Carinthian University of Applied Sciences "Spittal" turn left immediately after the bridge.
Duration from main station about 15 min.
Contact
Villacher Straße 1
A-9800 Spittal a.d. Drau
+43 5 90500 1101
bau[at]fh-kaernten[dot]at
Explore Campus Spittal on a 360° Tour.
Villach
The Villach region combines tradition, cosmopolitanism and quality of life with the advantages of an innovative business location. Villach, a small town with about 60,000 inhabitants, is an international high-tech location with groundbreaking cooperation between science and industry and is also increasingly developing into a start-up town.
Situated directly at the intersection of three cultures, Villach, situated on the Drava river, is an important traffic junction in the Alps-Adriatic region. This special geographical location and the beautiful landscape around Villach and in the federal state of Carinthia have made the region a popular holiday destination for generations, further beyond the borders. The drinking water quality of the lakes and the particularly clean air make Villach and its surroundings an environmental paradise.
In addition to its geographical advantages, Austria also leads the world in terms of its social and health care system and is considered a particularly safe, prosperous and liveable country.
Despite the above-average prosperity and the comprehensive state social benefits, Villach compares favourably with many international destinations. The "small town bonus" comes into its own here and makes everyday life affordable.
Explore Campus Villach on a 360° Tour.
Make a virtual walk through the Science & Energy Labs – T10.
Motorway exit Wernberg, then on the B 83 approx. 2 km in the direction of Villach, after the Villach town sign the B83 passes under the A2 motorway, and then immediately right the first exit in the direction of MAGDALENEN SEE. Following the signs for Magdalenen See, the road leads through a small wooded area, always follow the road, after an S-curve past Magdalenen See (left) always straight ahead, cross the southern railway line and go uphill directly into the centre of St. Magdalene. Turn right at the top of the hill, down the road, the grounds of the technology park are already visible to the south, the chimney of the combined heat and power plant, and directly in the sharp right-hand bend turn left onto the grounds of the technology park.
Motorway exit Villach/Ossiacher See, then approx. 2 km in the direction of Villach, on the right is Gasthof Seehof, on the left is Lake Vassach, continue on the B33 left in the direction of east, Wernberg, Klagenfurt, always follow the B33, after approx. 4 km turn right in the direction of Magdalenen See. The road leads through a small forest, always follow the road, after an S-curve past Lake Magdalenen (left) always straight ahead, cross the southern railway line and go uphill directly into the centre of St.Magdalen. Turn right at the top of the hill, down the road, the grounds of the technology park are already visible to the south, the chimney of the combined heat and power plant, and directly in the sharp right-hand bend turn left onto the grounds of the technology park.
The bus company Dr. Richard runs from Villach city to the FH in about every 15 minutes. The timetables are coordinated with the timetables of the ÖBB.
Contact
Europastraße 4
9524 Villach, Austria
+43 5 90500 7700
villach[at]fh-kaernten[dot]at
Explore Campus Villach on a 360° Tour.
