Bachelor of Building Installations
Technical University of Civil Engineering Bucharest
Key Information
Campus location
Bucharest, Romania
Languages
French
Study format
On-Campus
Duration
4 years
Pace
Full time
Tuition fees
EUR 2,700 / per year *
Application deadline
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Earliest start date
Sep 2024
* Free for the EU, Moldova and Romania
Introduction
The higher education in the field of Civil Engineering was born in Romania in 1864 with the creation in Bucharest of the School of Bridges and Roads, Mines and Architecture. It is called, from 1888, the National School of Roads and Bridges, being the first Technical University in Romania. The Technical University of Construction in Bucharest (U.T.C.B.) is currently the only university in Romania with a general specialization in civil engineering. U.T.C.B. is a State University, accredited by ARACIS (Romanian Agency for Quality in Higher Education - listed in EQAR) and by the Romanian Ministry of National Education (M.E.N.) with "High degree of confidence".
The Faculty of Facilities Engineering (F.I.I.) was founded in 1949. Through its profile, unique in Europe, this Faculty trains engineers specialized in the design, realization and operation of all the installations of a building: comfort installations (heating, ventilation, air conditioning, sanitary facilities, lighting, etc.), security installations (anti-fire, anti-burglary, etc.), energy production and distribution installations (thermal and cold power plants, renewable sources of energy, heat distribution, electricity distribution, etc.) and automation and automatic management installations This area covers the existing built environment, its rehabilitation and also the design and realization of the built environment of the future. The activity of the facilities engineer is closely related to the activity of architects and civil engineers. Today, the staff is formed by 112 teachers and 28 auxiliary personnel who ensure the training of 1420 students in: bachelor's degree (2 tracks "Installations for buildings", one in Romanian and the other in French, and a track "Installations for the protection of the atmosphere"), master's degree (4 tracks: 1 in French, 'Energy Efficiency of Installations for Buildings', master's degree in co-degree with the University of La Rochelle; 3 in Romanian: 'Energy Efficiency of Installations for Buildings', 'Energy, Comfort and Sustainable Development', 'Efficient Technologies for the Protection of the Urban Environment') and doctorate (Doctorate in Civil and Installations Engineering).
The training in French: 'Installations pour les bâtiments' started in 1994. Since then, 155 students have graduated with an engineering degree. The course is accredited by ARACIS and M.E.N. of Romania. The teachers in this program have, in most cases, followed advanced training courses, research courses, teaching courses, DEA, master and/or doctorate courses in partner universities in the French-speaking world.
The Courses.
The training is based on three pillars: thermal, hydraulic and electrical (fundamental technical disciplines). On this basis, and on the study of Thermal Appliances, Hydraulic Machines and Electrical Machines, from the third year onwards the learning of the speciality disciplines is developed, i.e. the disciplines of 'systems of installations for constructions': heating, ventilation, air conditioning, refrigeration and heat pumps, sanitary, fire-fighting, electrical, lighting, automation.
Each discipline has applications (projects). In the second part of the last semester, a practical internship is planned for the realization of the license project (dedicated in principle to the design of an installation system). In the first three years, practical internships in companies are planned, with the possibility of hiring at certain times.
Diploma, Skills and Professional Career.
The diploma of the Romanian Public Higher Education obtained in the field of "Construction Installations (Civil Engineering)" is officially recognized in all the EU member countries. The skills obtained allow to work in installation, design (for systems of reduced complexity) and operation of installations in buildings. The in-depth knowledge of the functioning of the installation systems offers the possibility to evaluate the existing systems (by technical inspection, by energy audit and certification and by functional diagnosis), to anticipate the behavior of the buildings and their systems and also to realize their efficient use.
With the Bachelor's degree and especially with the acquired knowledge, the plant engineer finds in the vast majority of cases a suitable position in plant engineering (see survey). The Bachelor's degree is normally followed by the Master's degree, which completes the skills of a full-fledged engineer.