Bachelor in Facilities Management

Facilities management is an area of work with fantastic opportunities both in the UK and worldwide. Businesses and institutions throughout the world are recognising the importance of facilities management in terms of the support and the added value it is able to provide to an organisation's core activities. You will have skills to work for professional facilities management companies, hospitals, local authorities, major retailers, manufacturers, transport organisations or any organisation which occupies premises.

• Facilities Manager - Retail Sector
• Facilities Manager - Local Authorities
• Facilities Manager - Health Service
• Facilities Manager - Transport Sector

Core Modules

Financial & Commercial Management

This module looks at the financial aspects of running a business, a practice, or a department. It deals with accounts, time value of money and net present values. The commercial management aspect includes focus on management styles and human resource management.

Facilities & Maintenance Management

You will study what facilities management is in its broadest sense and the different components that make it. We also concentrate on management of buildings, plant and real estate - looking at the different types of maintenance available.

Major Project (Capstone) - double module

This module puts together all you have learned and relates it either to a major project at work, or a simulated project if necessary. An example of a project could be a major relocation, which would involve HR, estate management, space planning, contracts, budgets and project management.

Work-Based Learning

We will focus on a project from your workplace, exploring what you have learned and how it has helped. We will also examine how what you have learned from your project has helped with your study.

Facilities Management Practice

You will examine the role of a facilities manager, learn how to become a facilities manager and study the employment options that will be available to you.