University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria
Masterstudium für AnlagenbauWels, Austria
DURATION
4 semesters
LANGUAGES
German
PACE
Full time, Part time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
30 Jun 2025
EARLIEST START DATE
Oct 2025
TUITION FEES
EUR 363 / per semester
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Key Summary
Introduction
Springboard into the world of international project business!
Lead and manage international plant construction projects, coordinate multinational teams and become a sought-after expert in the dynamic project business. As a project manager, you are the leading interface between customer and suppliers who realize complete or partial plants. Whether planning, automation, process engineering, procurement, transportation, assembly or the legal department – you ensure that every cog in the machine meshes efficiently. Your mission: to implement the scope of supply and services stipulated in the plant construction contract in a targeted manner while adhering to costs, deadlines and performance guarantees. And how? By studying a mix of engineering, business administration and business law specially tailored to the international project business, so that as a future project manager you can realize the plant construction projects of tomorrow.
Important facts
Students learn the technical and economic-legal aspects of the plant construction business with a special focus on project management. What’s more, they acquire the skills they need to coordinate and lead multinational (project) teams and lead them to project success.
- Mode of Study: Full-time
- Degree: Diplom-Ingenieur für technisch-wissenschaftliche Berufe, Diplom-Ingenieurin für technisch-wissenschaftliche Berufe: Diploma is equivalent to degree "Master of Science in Engineering"
- Application Procedure: Online application and MS Teams interviews with pre-selected candidates
- Language of Tuition: English (full time degree program) / German (part time degree program)
- Duration: 4 semesters
- ECTS: 120
Admissions
Curriculum
Curriculum
Plant engineering
- Overall plant engineering
- Plant engineering
- Balance of plant
- Welding technology
- Civil engineering in plant construction business
- Damage analysis
- Software supported plant engineering
- Sustainable energy systems
- Digital construction (BIM)
- Automation technology
Plant construction projects
- Plant engineering - Case studies
Plant engineering - Specialized project
Project management
- Accounting and project financing
- Project controlling
- Contract and risk management
- Introduction of ERP systems
Business Law
- International contract law
- Tax law
- Plant construction contracts
Soft Skills
- German
- Intercultural communication
- Negotiation
Master thesis
- Master thesis
- Master seminar
- Master exam
Topics
- Engineering sciences: Planning and construction of process plants
- Concrete and steel construction, piping and transportation technology, insulation and corrosion protection, infrastructure,
plant automation, safety engineering, international procurement of equipment parts, transportation to the construction site, storage, assembly, assembly acceptance, commissioning and acceptance testing - Project management: Project management and control, claim/change order management
- Commercial and legal skills: International contract law and contract management Design and welding of components in plant construction
- Sustainable energy systems in industrial plants
- Social skills: English, coordination and leadership skills, teamwork and communication skills
- Intercultural project cooperation
Praxis and projects
You cannot get more in touch with the project business! The course focuses on a holistic view of the project business. Students are given deep insights into real plant engineering by proven experts and professors with many years of practical
experience. As early as the 2nd semester, students solve a comprehensive plant engineering case study in teams. Countless practical project cases in the 3rd semester also prepare students for the challenges of the project business. This guarantees a high level of practical relevance and also paves the way for a national and international career. In the degree program, students not only learn a mix of engineering, business administration, business law and project management, they also acquire skills for future project teamwork.
Good to know
Students gain a deep insight into the practical side of plant engineering and work on specific tasks from industry as early as the 3rd semester. In the specialist project and in the Master's thesis, the course brings them together with people responsible for projects in plant engineering. They can apply the knowledge they have acquired to solve problems and challenges and are coached by competent professors with extensive practical experience. Thanks to the strong cooperation with Upper Austrian plant construction companies, students also gain practical knowledge at the cutting edge of technology during their studies.
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
Career profile
Graduates are able to plan, implement and monitor international projects for the construction of production plants and manage them as project managers. The core sectors include all plant construction companies that build complete or partial plants for industry, but also all larger companies in the process industry and goods production that build, expand or convert plants. The global focus gives graduates the skillset required to pursue an international career and to realize global projects in mechanical and plant engineering, regardless of the plant technology.