Information on DIT's suite of postgraduate and CPD Building Information Modelling and Management programmes - 20150513

1. BIM EDUCATION @ DIT
OPEN EVENING
Wednesday, 13 May 2015

2. What will we cover this evening?
 Programmes – Qualifications/Awards
 BIM Education Pathways & Ladders of
Progression
 MSc in aBIMM Years 1 - 3
 Delivery
 Application Process
 Q&A

4. COLLABORATIO
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DIT’s Unique Selling Point

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BIM
Collaboration
Quantity Surveying &
Construction
Management
Architecture/
Architectural
Technology
Mechanical &
Electrical
Engineering
Geomatics
Engineering
Civil & Structural
Engineering
Depending upon demand

6. College of Engineering & Built
Environment
School of
Multidisciplinary
Technologies
School of Surveying &
Construction
Management
Dublin School of
Architecture
School of
Electrical &
Electronic
Engineering
School of
Mechanical &
Design Engineering
School of Civil &
Structural
Engineering

7. • Theory & Practice of BIM
• Domain Specific Technology
• Cross-Domain Understanding
• Federated Model Collaboration

8. Point Cloud
Science
Intro to BIM
for
Construction
Management
Intro to BIM
for Cost &
Value
Manageme
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Systems &
Practice 2
BIM Engineering
(Mechanical & Electrical)
Dynamic
Simulation
Modelling
Primary
Building
Elements
Secondary
Building
Elements
BIM Civil &
Structural 1
BIM Civil &
Structural 2
Theory and Practice of BIMM
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Civil &
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9. Awards
 Technology-Specific CPD Certificates in:
 BIM Architecture (PBE, SBE, TBE)
 BIM Geomatics Engineering (PCS, S&P2,
Scan2BIM2Field)
 BIM M&E Engineering (M&E, DSM)
 BIM Civil & Structural Engineering (C&S1, C&S2,
C&S3)
 BIM Surveying & Construction Management
(Const Mgt, Cost & Value Mgt, Const & Project Mgt)

10. Awards
 Cross-Domain CPD Certificates (each Domain)
 CPD Certificate in Federated BIM Collaboration
 CPD Certificate in Theory & Practice of Building
Information Modelling & Management
 Postgraduate Certificate in BIM Technologies
 Postgraduate Diploma in Collaborative BIM
 MSc in Applied Building Information Modelling &
Management

11. Ladders of Progression

12. Ladders of Progression
Postgraduate Diploma in Collaborative BIM
Semester 1
 Market-driven, annually-updated choice of BIM elective (5
credit)
 e.g. BIM for Clients; BIM for FM; Legal Aspects of BIM
 Collaborative BIM Processes (10 credits)
Semester 2
 Multidisciplinary BIM Project (15 credits)
Electives delivered subject to demand

13. Ladders of Progression
MSc in Applied Building Information Modelling & Management
Before commencement of final module
(can be taken jointly in Sem 2 of PgDip or via Workshop /
Blended Delivery – if available)
 Research Skills
 5 credits
 Output: Proposal
 Capstone Experience
 25 credits
 Outputs:
Record of Learning
Presentations (Oral & by
Poster)
Equivalent of Journal or
Conference Paper or Trade
Magazine article

14. Delivery Options
MSc
• 2 evenings
per week
• Monday
• Wednesday
• (TBC)
Evening CPD
• 1 evening
per week
• 8 weeks per
5 credit
Daytime CPD
• Variable
• Typically 1
afternoon
per week
• 8 weeks per
5 credits
High demand modules only}

15. Application Procedures: Self-Funding
MSc in aBIMM
Postgraduate Certificate in BIM Technologies
Postgraduate Diploma in Collaborative BIM
 For all 3 awards: online via DIT’s Postgraduate
Application System
 All documentation refers to MSc but a student
can exit at PgCert or PgDip stages as fees are
paid
annually

17. Application Procedures
Daytime / Evening CPD
 Download and fill in Part Time Application Form
available at www.dit.ie/bim
 Return to avril.behan@dit.ie
 Registrations request payment
 Once payment is made Student Cards
available from Students Services or
parttimeid@dit.ie

18. Application Procedures: Springboard
Postgraduate Certificate in BIM Technologies
Postgraduate Diploma in Collaborative BIM
 Online via springboardcourses.ie

19. Standard Entry Criteria
 Level 8 Honours Degree with 2.2 award
 Level 7 Ordinary Degree plus 5 years of
relevant experience (must not have occurred
post qualification)
 Applicants are required to produce:
 a valid student study visa
 evidence of the minimum English proficiency
requirement for overseas applicants i.e. a
minimum score of 6.0 in IELTS or equivalent.

20. Non-Standard Entry Criteria
 Students who do not meet the standard
requirements may apply using DIT’s
Recognition of Prior Learning Policy
 Such applications will usually be required to
produce a portfolio of work and to present for
interview

21. Programme Costs
 5-credit CPD Certificate €500
 10-credit CPD Certificate €950
 15-credit CPD Certificate (s) €1350
 Postgraduate Certificate in BIM Technologies
€2400
 Postgraduate Diploma in Collaborative BIM
€2700
 MSc in aBIMM €1800
All fees subject to change & annual
registration fee (currently €135)

22. Update on Accreditation
 Engineers Ireland
 No accreditation can be granted until the first cohort
has graduated
 Engagement has begun to ensure that competency
requirements are met by the contents of the
programme
 1st cohort due to graduate in January 2016 or June
2016 CIBSE
 In negotiation re combined accreditation with
Engineers Ireland

23. Update on Accreditation
 Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland
 Current partnership is being reviewed
 Accreditation outcome anticipated September 2015
 CIOB
 Seeking inclusion as an accredited programme
under DIT’s existing Accredited Centre Status

24. Update on Accreditation
 School is seeking membership of BuildingSMART UK

25. THANK YOU
 www.dit.ie/bim
 Avril.Behan@dit.ie
 01-402 4093