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Start   >  Master's & postgraduate courses  >  Education  >  Continuing education master's degree in BIM Management. Digital Transformation and New Business Models
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Presentation

Edition
17th Edition
Credits
60 ECTS (400 teaching hours)
Delivery
Language of instruction
Spanish
Fee
€8,200 €7,380(10% discount if you enrol before 1 July)
Payment of enrolment fee options

The enrolment fee can be paid:
- In a single payment to be paid within the deadline specified in the letter of admission to the programme.
- In two instalments:

  • 60% of the amount payable, to be paid within the deadline specified in the letter of admission to the programme.
  • Remaining 40% to be paid up to 90 days at the latest after the starting date of the programme.
- In four instalments, splitting the payment by direct debit:
  • 40% of the amount payable, to be paid within the deadline specified in the letter of admission to the programme.
  • The remaining 60% will be divided into 3 direct debit payments, which will be distributed equidistantly between the beginning and end of classes.
  • The student must have and be the holder of a bank account with IBAN ESXX
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Registration open until the beginning of the course or until end of vacancies.
Start date
Start date: February of 2025
End date: April of 2026
Timetable
Wednesday: 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Friday: 4:30 pm to 8:30 pm
Taught at
Tech Talent Center
C/ de Badajoz, 73-77
Barcelona
Why this continuing education master's degree?
BIM (Building Information Modeling) is rapidly taking root internationally. This means an increasingly higher level of maturity is required. When a client asks for BIM, they do not simply want models with information about what they are promoting or operating. What they want is for their suppliers, whether they are project drafters, contractors or managers, to use this methodology to offer a product with higher quality, more added value and less risks. This demand means that all professionals in the sector must acquire new skills to complement the roles they are currently engaged in.

Competence in BIM also requires specialisation. For this reason, our postgraduate programme on Open BIM in Project Development and Management offers four different lines, for in-depth study of the particular aspects of each discipline while maintaining a holistic vision. Our innovative learning methodology enables the various specialist fields to interact with each other and collaborate in undertaking a multidisciplinary project.

The programme ends with a Master's Degree Final Project which develops a new business idea based on BIM.

Our programme provides comprehensive training that covers both instrumental and management aspects, which is highly appreciated by the professional market. In fact, student employability is 100%, to the extent that those seeking work at the beginning of the programme find it even before they complete the course.

The Master's degree has an Advisory Board formed by strategic companies in the sector. Its role is to provide different points of view that enrich the content and teaching of the Master's degree, so that students can better understand the working environment. They also offer internships and job offers.
Aims
  • To understand BIM methodology, know how to apply it and be able to convey it by internalising its methodological and ideological principles.
  • To undertake commissions for building, structures, facilities or civil works.
  • To undertake construction projects during the project execution phase.
  • To use BIM during the operation and maintenance phase.
  • To calculate the cost of executing the project and plan its construction.
  • To manage projects using BIM, confirming compliance with the requirements of the assignment, analysing the content of the constituent models, and organising work processes that permit multidisciplinary coordination.
  • To interpret bidding specifications with clauses related to BIM to correctly size the resources needed to comply with them.
  • To access new market niches.
Who is it for?
This programme is aimed at people who already work in companies in the construction sector, or those who intend to do so in the near future. It is also suitable for professionals wishing to refocus their profile or undertake their own business project.
  • Specialisation in Building
  • Architects.
  • Building engineers, quantity surveyors and/or surveyors.
  • Contractors.
  • Construction Managers.
  • Industrial engineers in the building area.
  • Project Managers.
  • Promoters and Operators.
  • Specialisation in Structures
    • Architects specialising in structures design.
    • Civil Engineers specialising in structure design.
    • Industrial engineers in the structures area.
    • Project Managers.
    • Asset Managers.
  • Specialisation in Installations
    • Architects specialising in installation design.
    • Industrial Engineers specialising in installation design.
    • Industrial engineers in the installations area.
    • Project Managers.
    • Asset Managers.
  • Specialisation in Civil Works
    • Public Works Civil and Technical Engineers.
    • Geodesy and Cartography Engineers.
    • Topographic technical engineers.
    • Project Managers.
    • Asset Managers.
The spectrum is broad because our innovative learning methodology enables different professional profiles to be developed in the same programme, learning from each other and establishing a networking relationship that will be very useful in the future.

Training Content

List of subjects
10 ECTS 84h
BIM para Modelado: Edificación - Instalaciones - Estructuras - Obra Civil
This subject focuses on the main strategies for building information modelling specialized, taking into account the specific characteristics of this discipline, as well as the requirements of the people involved. This subject is taught using Autodesk Revit.

The content is as follows:

  • Introduction to BIM in the context of building.
  • Characteristics of the BIM business model in building.
  • Introduction to Revit.
  • Start of the project.
  • Basic construction elements.
  • Complex construction elements.
  • Special Modelling strategies.
  • Data management.
  • Creation of families.
  • Documentation.
  • Interoperability through the IFC format.
  • Coordination with other disciplines.
10 ECTS 84h
BIM para Cálculo y Simulación: Edificación - Instalaciones - Estructuras - Obra Civil.
  • Initial configuration for visual simulation.
  • Configuration of files for visual simulation.
  • Animations.
  • Virtual Reality.
6 ECTS 48h
Collaborative Management and the Human Factor
Since BIM is a multidisciplinary activity, what the models represent must be coordinated on a multidisciplinary basis.

This subject deals with the strategic, technical and human aspects that enable this to happen.

The content is as follows:
  • Alignment of Objectives.
  • BIM Execution Planning.
  • BIM for Facility and Asset Management.
  • Multidisciplinary coordination.
  • Use of Common Data Environments.
  • Standards.
  • Quality Control.
  • The Human Factor.
  • Individual talents and creating balanced teams.
  • Agile Project Management.
12 ECTS 30h
Multidisciplinary IPD Project
All the subjects in this programme converge in this multidisciplinary subject which looks at BIM from the point of view of the construction life cycle. A multidisciplinary workshop is organised that takes up a large proportion of the course. In it, students will undertake a real project as a team, putting into practice everything they have learned in a collaborative environment. In this workshop, students will learn to coordinate with each other to carry out a project that starts with a statement with an open solution. In other words, they will not only put their instrumental knowledge into practice, but also their strategic, technical and human knowledge, establishing a new way of working which is more efficient and sustainable.

This activity is divided into two parts:
  • The first part deals with the conceptualisation of the project and the design of the general solution.
  • The second part deals with constructively defining the design, planning the work and preparing the model for the operations and maintenance phase.

Part 1. Draft Project and Basic Project


During the first part, each team will define the general concept of the solution, and design the solution that it considers most appropriate from a multidisciplinary point of view. The challenge lies in simultaneously making progress, and finding a way to contribute to the overall solution from the outset. Two of the people involved in the projects are the Promoter and the final Operator, in roles adopted by master's degree teaching staff. Students thereby learn to negotiate the scope of the assignment and the final solution with the client, which in this workshop is divided between those making the investment and those exploiting the investment.

From the point of view of specialisation, this subject enables students to study in depth the areas that most interest them in their specialist field, while taking into account cross-disciplinary aspects, such as cost control and optimisation of the Operation and Maintenance phase.

While carrying out their project, students will be tutored and accompanied in class by the teaching staff who have taught them the previous subjects, helping them to apply everything they have learned in a real and open case.

Part 2. Construction and Operations and Maintenance Project

During the second part, what students have learned in the BIM subjects for Pre-Construction, Operations and Maintenance in each specialist field will be applied in the context of the project that was begun in the first part of the project.

As in the previous case, the activity is carried out on a multidisciplinary basis, so that each student will apply what they have learned in the project from the perspective of the knowledge areas they want to study in more depth. Their work will be tutored and accompanied by the same teachers who provided their prior instrumental training.
10 ECTS 84h
BIM para Construcción, Operaciones y Mantenimiento
  • BIM for Pre-Construction:
    • Introduction to BIM for Constructive Modelling.o BIM for buildings and infrastructure operations and maintenance.
    • Agile work planning with Last Planner System.
    • Collaborative contracts.
  • Constructive Modelling for building with Graphisoft ArchiCAD:
    • Introduction.
    • Geometry.
    • Conceptual modelling.
    • Basic modelling.
    • Documentation.
    • Detailed modelling.
    • Open BIM interoperability.
  • Modelling for Operations and Maintenance with Nemetschek Allplan.
  • Work planning with Vico Office.
7 ECTS 60h
BIM as a Business Model
BIM involves a change in the business model in which this methodology is implemented. This means that training is necessary to be able to understand the new rules of the game. Not only does the product that is delivered to the customer change, but also the resources needed and the way it is contracted.

It is also necessary to convey the added value that is being offered to the client, since the success of most projects in which BIM is implemented depends on this ability. To do so, it is necessary to learn how to interview a client, in order to determine what they really need and consider valuable.

Finally, it is necessary to learn how to implement innovation both at the organization and project level. This means learning to change both organizational structures and habits in human and contractual relationships.

The content is as follows:
  • Commercial communication.
  • Lean Start-Up.
  • Prototypes.
  • Case studies.
  • BIM implementation in projects.
  • BIM implementation in organisation.
5 ECTS 10h
BIM Start-Up Practical Session
The Master's degree programme completes the training process with this Master's Degree Final Project. The aim is for students to find their own professional path while learning to develop new business ideas.

BIM opens up a wide range of possibilities, in which everyone has the opportunity to develop the services with which they feel most comfortable and capable. Students will also find out which opportunities provide a response to the real needs of the market. They will therefore develop an entrepreneurial attitude that will accompany them throughout their lives.

The valuable professionals of the present and of the future are those who provide value and innovation in their professional development, regardless of the position they occupy. The labour market demands excellent candidates who are able to think judiciously, based on arguments and foundations. People capable of adapting to constantly changing environments are also highly valued.

For this reason, we incorporate the Lean Start-up methodology in our programme, for students to learn to develop a new service or improve an existing one so that a real customer can assess their suitability.

This enables students to cover the subject that interests them most based around BIM, enabling them to grow beyond the scope of the programme itself.

The contents of the practical session are as follows:
  • Description of the Idea.
  • Customer Fit.
  • Interviews and results.
  • Unique Value Proposition.
  • Prototypes produced.
  • Landing Page.
  • Feedback obtained.
  • Lessons learned.
The UPC School reserves the right to modify the contents of the programme, which may vary in order to better accommodate the course objectives.
Degree
Continuing education master's degree issued by the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Issued by virtue of the provisions of art. 7.1 of Organic Law 2/2023 of 22 March, concerning the University System, and art. 36 of Royal Decree 822/2021 of 28 September, which establishes the organisation of university education and the procedure for ensuring its quality. A prior official university qualification is necessary to obtain it. Otherwise, the student will receive a certificate of completion of the course issued by the Fundació Politècnica de Catalunya. Lifelong learning studies at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya are approved by the University's Governing Council on an annual basis. (See details appearing on the certificate).
Range of modules
The continuing education master's degree programme is organized into the following modules. If you don't wish to take the entire continuing education master's degree you can sign on one or several modules.
Continuing education master's degree:
relation Postgraduate courses:

Learning methodology

The teaching methodology of the programme facilitates the student's learning and the achievement of the necessary competences.

For this, we use a wide variety of tools depending on the type of skills to acquire.


Learning tools
Participatory lectures
A presentation of the conceptual foundations of the content to be taught, promoting interaction with the students to guide them in their learning of the different contents and the development of the established competences.
Practical classroom sessions
Knowledge is applied to a real or hypothetical environment, where specific aspects are identified and worked on to facilitate understanding, with the support from teaching staff.
Success stories
Outstanding business knowledge and experiences with high added value acquired during an outstanding professional career are presented and shared.
Problem-based learning (PBL)
An active learning methodology that enables the student to be involved from the beginning, and to acquire knowledge and skills by considering and resolving complex problems and situations.
Flipped classroom
The contents are prepared prior to the face-to-face lessons. Practical sessions take place in the classroom, which enable understanding and application of concepts to real cases and the expansion of knowledge with more technical and specialised details.
Workshops
Students are supported when undertaking group work, including theoretical sessions which provide the tools and knowledge needed to achieve a result. Ideas and results are exchanged between all the participating groups.
Streaming sessions
Synchronous online interactive open sessions will be planned. Professors attend these sessions and students pose questions and address their concerns. Synchronous sessions will be scheduled in calendar.
Assessment criteria
Attendance
At least 80% attendance of teaching hours is required.
Solving exercises, questionnaires or exams
Individual tests aimed at assessing the degree of learning and the acquisition of competences.
Work out projects
Studies on a specific topic, by individuals or groups, in which the quality and depth of the work is assessed, among other factors.
Completion and presentation of the final project
Individual or group projects in which the contents taught in the programme are applied. The project can be based on real cases and include the identification of a problem, the design of the solution, its implementation or a business plan. The project will be presented and defended in public.
Work placements & employment service
Students can access job offers in their field of specialisation on the My_Tech_Space virtual campus. Applications made from this site will be treated confidentially. Hundreds of offers of the UPC School of Professional & Executive Development employment service appear annually. The offers range from formal contracts to work placement agreements.
Virtual campus
The students on this continuing education master's degree will have access to the My_ Tech_Space virtual campus - an effective platform for work and communication between the course's students, lecturers, directors and coordinators. My_Tech_Space provides the documentation for each training session before it starts, and enables students to work as a team, consult lecturers, check notes, etc.

Teaching team

Teaching staff
  • Miquel Becker, Susanna
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    A graduate in Architecture from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia. A Gallup-certified instructor in Strengths-Based Education. Co-founder of the TalentUp Programme to identify and develop innate talents in people.Consultant and instructor in the application and management of individual and team strengths, to help organizations place the person at the center of agile and innovative methodologies, driving the path to Transformational Culture. She co-author of the book "Invisible Diversity and Transformational Culture".
  • Puig Soler, Pio
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    A graduate Electronic Engineer from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia. MBA from the Rovira i Virgili University. Gallup- Certified Strengths Coach. Founder and promoter of TalentUp !, for the detection and development of innate talents in people. His training and experience integrate three key pieces, technology, methodology and people, to transform organizations, making Transformational Culture a reality. Co-author of the book "Invisible Diversity and Transformational Culture"

Associates entities

Strategic partners
  • 1AUNO PROYECTOS DE ARQUITECTURA Y CONSTRUCCION S.L.
    • Participates in the design of the contents of the programme, and ensures they are appropriate to the needs of the professional sphere.
  • Acciona Construcción, S.A.
    • Participates in the design of the contents of the programme, and ensures they are appropriate to the needs of the professional sphere.
  • BAC Engineering Consultancy Group
    • Participates in the design of the contents of the programme, and ensures they are appropriate to the needs of the professional sphere.
  • BIS Arquitectes David Garcia SL
    • Participates in the design of the contents of the programme, and ensures they are appropriate to the needs of the professional sphere.
  • Bryden Wood Technology, S.L.
    • Participates in the design of the contents of the programme, and ensures they are appropriate to the needs of the professional sphere.
  • Capella García Arquitectura, S.L.P.
    • Participates in the design of the contents of the programme, and ensures they are appropriate to the needs of the professional sphere.
  • CEMEX Ventures España S.L.U.
    • Participates in the design of the contents of the programme, and ensures they are appropriate to the needs of the professional sphere.
  • COMSA Corporación de Infraestructuras SL
    • Participates in the design of the contents of the programme, and ensures they are appropriate to the needs of the professional sphere.
  • CRC Obras y Servicios, S.L
    • Participates in the design of the contents of the programme, and ensures they are appropriate to the needs of the professional sphere.
  • FERROVIAL CONSTRUCCIÓN, S.A.
    • Participates in the design of the contents of the programme, and ensures they are appropriate to the needs of the professional sphere.
  • Gabinete de Construccion Y Arquitectura, S.L
    • Participates in the design of the contents of the programme, and ensures they are appropriate to the needs of the professional sphere.
  • IDOM CONSULTING ENGINEERING ARCHITECTURE SAU
    • Participates in the design of the contents of the programme, and ensures they are appropriate to the needs of the professional sphere.
    • Offers professional internships for students on the programme.
  • INGREEN INNOVACION SL
    • Participates in the design of the contents of the programme, and ensures they are appropriate to the needs of the professional sphere.
  • JG Ingenieros, S.A.
    • Participates in the design of the contents of the programme, and ensures they are appropriate to the needs of the professional sphere.
  • Pinearq, SL
    • Participates in the design of the contents of the programme, and ensures they are appropriate to the needs of the professional sphere.
Collaborating partners

Career opportunities

  • BIM Designer.
  • BIM Asset Manager.
  • BIM Director.
  • BIM Manager.
  • BIM Coordinator.
  • Information Manager.
  • BIM Analyst.
  • IFC Specialist.
  • BIM Modeler.
  • Responsible for implementation of BIM projects.
  • Entrepreneur in BIM.

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