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Facilities Management MSc/Diploma

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Duration: 1 year (full-time) MSc/Diploma, 2 years (part-time) MSc/Diploma Delivery: Evenings and weekends

Programme information
The professional field of facilities management is growing rapidly worldwide, establishing itself as the source of strategic management for the co-ordination of modern business processes and support facilities. Professionals working in facilities management hold a broad range of constantly evolving roles, from fulfilling the operational functions of asset maintenance management to supporting the development of strategic facilities management for business advantage. The MSc/Diploma in Facilities Management develops competencies and skills to enable its graduates to manage facilities effectively for a changing business world. Taught from the perspective of strategic facilities management, graduates of the programme will gain the skills needed to realise the strategic potential of Facilities Management to contribute to business effectiveness. The programme is focussed on industrial relevance, ensuring that graduates of the programme are quickly able to make a positive and effective contribution to the success of their working environment. The growth of facilities management offers great opportunities for Facilities Management professionals who are competent in the core roles required for 21st century facilities management. The programme is fully accredited by both the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) and the BIFM. Students undertake eight taught courses plus the research dissertation for the MSc or project report for the Diploma. Students can opt to complete a total of five courses and graduate with the Heriot-Watt University Postgraduate Certificate. Each taught course requires 120 hours and the dissertation requires 840 hours.

Courses
The taught element of the programme includes: Service Procurement and Provision This course looks at the key services that make up modern facilities management operation. These services range from interior design, landscaping and courtesy services to the more traditional property related services concerned with the upkeep of facilities. The course provides a theoretical basis for service procurement; the selection of service providers; and risk management models. It considers the organisational, human and cultural impact of facilities and ways in which improved services can affect facility performance. Within the course, ongoing performance measurement systems are also described which enable the effective management of service contracts. Space Planning and Management This course provides a strategic overview of space from a business perspective. It identifies the supply and demand process in relation to property portfolios and considers tools and techniques that enable the effective modelling and use of space. It examines the concept of flexibility and reuse in the context of a changing organisational context. Alternative space strategies are examined in the course in tandem with new ways of working. It also considers how space can be used to support worklife balance in organisations. Asset Maintenance Management

This course examines the rationale underpinning the effective management and maintenance of a key business resource its supporting physical assets, and the strategic and operational processes involved in the ongoing management of the operational property assets of a company. Key aspects include; maintenance policy and standards; planned and responsive maintenance, asset appraisal and evaluation; information management; maintenance property portfolios; acquisition and disposals. Contracts and Procurement This course considers facilities management in the broader context of the construction cycle. The advent of new procurement methods such as the Private Finance Initiative (PFI) have inevitably drawn facilities managers into the larger issue of construction projects and their procurement through Public Private Partnerships, construction contracts, negotiation, as well as conflicts and disputes. Facilities managers have an ever increasing contribution to make in this process in the capacity of informed client. Sustainable Practices in Facilities Management This course examines a number of key issues in facilities management which are rapidly gaining significance within the industry. The purpose of the course is to familiarise the facilities manager with contemporary issues in FM and the relevant guidelines, assessment procedures, and standards for sustainable and strategic facilities issues. Key issues covered include; sustainability, energy management, waste management, the working environment, and comfort and productivity in the workplace. Other courses students should undertake are the following:
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People and Organisational Management in the Built Environment Business Management for the Built Environment Professionals Project management Theory and Practice

Programme delivery
The programm is offered via full-time (one year), part-time (two years). Many of our part-time students are in highly demanding employment. These students can opt to reduce the level of study per year and increase the study period to a maximum of six years, thus gaining a respected postgraduate degree whilst contributing to the CPD requirements of their professional bodies. Intakes for the MSc in Facilities Management are available in January, May, and October annually.

Programme benefits
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Approachable and pro-active staff Flexibility within programme allowing students to change course This programme has professional accreditation from the British Institute of Facilities Management (BIFM) and the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).

Entry requirements
Postgraduate Masters Level
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Bachelors Honours Degree A good first or second class Honours degree in a cognate or semicognate discipline. PG Diploma Attainment of 50% Pass level in the MSc Construction Project Management course examinations. Professional/Corporate Membership Membership of a professional institution in a cognate discipline that normally requires an Honours degree for entry.

Postgraduate Diploma Level


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Undergraduate Degree An Ordinary degree in a cognate or semi-cognate discipline. SQA Higher National Diploma HND or equivalent qualification deemed suitable to third year entry of a cognate

Bachelors degree, plus four years' relevant post-qualification work experience.


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SQA Higher National Certificate HNC or equivalent qualification deemed suitable to second year entry of a cognate Bachelors degree, plus six years' relevant post-qualification work experience. Work experience Eight or more years of relevant work experience at a suitable level.

Additional information
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Where English was not the medium of instruction at secondary school, applicants must demonstrate English language proficiency equivalent to IELTS 6.0, TOEFL 550 (paper-based exam); 213 (computer-based exam); 80 (internetbased exam). For MSc/Diploma programmes that last two years, the first year is part conversion in emphasis and so the criteria could be relaxed. In these cases, the entry requirements for PG Diploma level may be sufficient to gain entry to the MSc programme.

Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK EH14 4AS, Tel: +44 (0) 131 449 5111 This PDF has been generated automatically from http://www.hw.ac.uk/what-can-istudy/dubai/postgraduate/facilities-management.htm

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