Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) in Building Engineering

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Building engineers are at the heart of the building design process. They design, develop, install and implement the mechanical and electrical systems that ensure our buildings are safe, sustainable, comfortable, efficient and effective.

Our graduates’ impact and value lies at the leading edge-convergence of creative design vision and making it work through engineering and construction technology.

Subjects include:

• Engineering Mathematics
• Fluid Mechanics
• Thermodynamics
• Engineering Economics & Management
• Materials
• Engineering Computing
• Electro-Mechanical Engineering
• Drawing & Design
• Manufacturing Automation
• Renewable Energy Technologies
• Lighting
• Acoustics
• Water Services
• Heating Systems
• Air Conditioning & Ventilation
• Electrical Power Systems
• Building Heat Transfer and Simulation
• Computer Modelling & Simulation
• Project Management

In all years of the course, there is a strong emphasis on low-energy solutions.

There’s a huge range of career opportunities, in four key areas (see below).

On graduation, you may proceed to postgraduate studies leading to the award of MSc, MPhil or PhD at research institutes and universities worldwide.

Study Abroad Opportunities

Students have an option to spend one semester in Year 3 at Hoschschule Munchen (University of Applied Sciences in Munich) under the Erasmus course.

Work Placement

We work with 20 industry partners to secure informal work placement over the summer for our students, both in Ireland and abroad.

Professional Accreditation

This course is accredited by Engineers Ireland and is recognised internationally.

If English is not your first language you will need to provide evidence of your English language proficiency as detailed on our website. Applicants for this course should have a minimum IELTS (Academic Version) English Proficiency of 6 overall (or equivalent) with nothing less than 6 in each component.