Helsinki meets Berlin
The building and construction industry faces the consequences of globalisation, expansion of the European domestic market and cyclical, as well as structural crisis, causing various challenges and basic changes. The classic architectural and civil engineering disciplines design and building - are increasingly replaced by a holistic consideration of the process of planning, financing, construction, operating and conserving or recycling.
 
Helsinki Metropolia (STADIA Helsinki until 31 July 2008) and HTW Berlin both define internationalisation and the orientation towards the East as a central target. In this respect are Finland, the City of Helsinki and Helsinki METROPOLIA much more advanced. Close relations to the Baltic States can be traced back until long before the Fall of the Iron Curtain. With respect to the jointly run international master’s programme ConREM, two universities of applied sciences from two different countries have the same targets and intentions concerning their future development. The Construction and Real Estate Management course has been developed in close collaboration between the former STADIA Helsinki Civil Engineering course and the HTW Berlin Civil Engineering course. Both parties deliver the programme in equal parts. Apart from the home institutions HTW Berlin and Helsinki METROPOLIA students are coming from all over the world. Lecturers are not only Finnish or German but also come from Estonia and Lithuania.

Project and Culture Competence for Architects and Civil Engineers
ConREM is designed for professionals in the field of architecture and civil engineering who wish to manage international projects for building construction and real estate in the future. Understanding for different cultures shall be aroused as an essential qualification to cooperate in a global market in a leading position. ConREM strengthens students to adapt to foreign environments and to become acquainted with different mentalities and habits and prepares for future challenges: global markets, changing customer demands and strategic use of digital information as well as modern communication technologies. Mastering these challenges, as well as the English language are central contents of this master programme. After four semesters graduates are equipped to successfully perform in leading positions in the operating and strategic business, in areas like project development, project management and the delivery of engineering services in the field of construction and real estate management.

Opportunities
ConREM enables to leading positions in the operating and strategic business of
•    Engineering services (e.g. consulting engineer),
•    Project engineering and project management,
•    Facility management or
•    Real estate engineering and management.

Competencies and qualifications, which are required for those business activities, like
•    economic proficiency and management methods,
•    scientific expertise,
•    mechanisms of human resources management as well as
•    the competence to take leadership of a department or business
are imparted in the master programme ConREM.

Information about the two Partners
METROPOLIA - Helsinki
HTW - Berlin
 
Articles and Info about ConREM in German
Der Tagesspiegel 2008
Presseinfo der HTW
Der Tagesspiegel 2004