MBUILD

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The MBUILD - Master Degree in Sustainable Design, Construction and Management of the Built Environments - is a JMD delivered and awarded by the University of Porto (Porto, Portugal), University of Cantabria (Santander, Spain) and Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen (Gieβen, Germany). MBUILD is a 2-year 120 ECTS MSc with full involvement of the partner HEI. The students will spend the first 3 semesters successively in UP, THM and UC, choosing one of these for their thesis in the 4th, in connection with supporting companies. MBUILD aims to give an answer to difficulties faced by European Construction Industry (CI) companies, mainly in developing countries, when implementing projects with a high level of sustainable and environmentally aware solutions. The course plan addresses the issues of Sustainability in CI under the views of Strategies and their application in the Design and Construction stages, as well as its Management under an Integrated Project Development (IPD) model. The modules will make the students follow the sustainability perspectives pertaining to Buildings through their impact in Urban context and, finally, to its framework in what concerns Infrastructures and the Built Environment as a whole. MBUILD aims to offer to its graduates learning outcomes that will give them the competences and skills to contribute to the development of CI projects bound by sustainable and environmentally friendly choices. These will be pertinent in the design and project development stages but also by improving the capability of students (EU and non-EU) in bridging the gap in the implementation of new technologies and work methods in developing countries, with higher concern for sustainability and lifecycle approaches. Also, the mobility that MBUILD requires will be a major experience in an increasingly international industry, both at HR and available technologies levels, will give the students improved skills for working in and managing multi-cultural and expertise team.