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FACility mAnAGement
Facility Management is a management
discipline that, through resultsorientation
and consideration of the
life-cycle of facilities (buildings, technical
facilities and installations, infrastructure)
and services (in-company services not
part of the core business, such as maintenance,
disposal, cleaning services)
brings about, within the framework of
planned, controlled and supervised business
processes, the satisfaction of basic
human needs within the workplace, the
support of a company’s core processes
and an improvement in its profitability.
In short, Facilities Management is the
on-going observation, analysis and optimisation
of all cost-relevant processes
having to do with facilities and services.
Facility Management encompasses the
entire life-cycle of a building from planning
to administration and controlling,
up to sanitation of buildings, facilities,
equipment and services. Thus, it is not
about, as some people believe, being a
well-educated janitor or caretaker. Facility
managers are strategically and operationally
responsible for providing the conditions
for the optimal execution of the core
business of a company. They arrange the
work environment or residential conditions
in a professional manner in order
to meet economic, social and environmental
requirements. They treat users,
locations and processes as an interrelated
organisational entity. The goal is the
improvement of profitability, maintenance
of value, optimised utilisation and the
minimisation of resource use in order to
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protect the environment. Because of this,
facility managers must take into consideration
the requirements of the company’s
management and departments regarding
facilities, as well as the needs of its customers.
Facility managers are employed in
management or as consultants and they
can perform their tasks in-company or as
an external service provider. They especially
need an understanding of higherlevel
interrelations.
The Facility Management Masters
Degree Programme offers you a varied
spectrum of qualifications. You obtain
and consolidate, for example, knowledge
of structural engineering and physics,
systems engineering, building automation,
technical building management including
life span and availability analysis, and
service management. Real estate economics
and management, business economics,
law, energy management, computer
science, personnel management and
communication skills are also important
topics within the programme. The lectures
take place a maximum of three days a
week so that it is possible to continue
working during your studies.
,Faculty:
Civil engineering
,degree programme:
m.eng.
, language of
instruction:
German
, Standard period
of study:
4 semesters
,degree programme
director:
Prof. dr.-ing.
Ursula Holthaus
telephone:
+49 241 6009 51168
e-mail:
holthaus@fh-aachen.de
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