Building Services

This specialization offers students theoretical and practical knowledge in building services activities: research, design, services, maintenance in the different areas of installations (water supply and canalization, sanitary and gas installations, heating systems, ventilation and air-conditioning, refrigeration systems, electrical installations and automation). Through the course content and by finalizing the interdisciplinary training, this specialization assures a complex vocational training, while covering an area of social and economical interest, where specialized human resources are needed. Considering the technological impact registered in all the domains of building services, at least three principal activity directions for building services engineers can be identified: New buildings equipped with high performance installations (civil buildings, social-cultural, administrative and industrial buildings); System modernization / rehabilitation of existent buildings; Ambient comfort improvement. The main domains where the graduates of this specialization could be useful are: teaching/education, research-design, performing services, and administration.