Building integral management (real estate and facility services) is becoming an area of vital importance for companies, as it allows optimizing the profitability of real estate assets and infrastructure, reducing the costs of maintenance and conservation in the operation phase, in addition to offering more competitive and appropriate facility services to its core business.
The diversity of activities included in the management of building conservation and facilities maintenance requires professionalism of the people in charge of this functional area of the companies, currently acting in a way of self-study and lacking methodology.
The professionalization of these activities has given way to what is known internationally as facility manager. This professional encompasses multiple disciplines to ensure functionality of the built environment, consisting of people, processes and technology. Its objective is to guarantee the maximum performance of the assets and the satisfaction of the clients towards the support services offered. In addition, the preservation of real estate assets, their maintenance and the management of these facility services must be developed under criteria of sustainability and energy efficiency, in commitment with the rest of the society. Therefore, it is a profile with an increasing demand for professionals.
The master in Facility Management offers as a modular offer the postgraduate course in Facility Management Services Management, which will allow to achieve basic competences on property management and support services.
Although this is the third online edition, the master's degree has a history of seven editions made using face-to-face methodology.
This Master's Degree is designed to respond to the need for training in the management and operation of the large existing real estate park and includes various professional groups, such as: