The professionals that this Laurea Magistrale (equivalent to Master of Science) programme proposes to train must be capable of operating in different built environment management fields, such as:

Maintenance design and organisation. In this field, professionals will be capable of operating on two elements:

• on the architecture of the maintenance service, working to define maintenance strategies and to formulate information systems and maintenance plans;
• on service engineering and design with the support of technical managers and specialists, the maintenance service and its relative processes, identifying critical points, roles and duties and analysing the technical, organisational, financial and procedural contents of the activities planned.

Designing and organising integrated service management activities which can involve real estate management:

• professionals coordinate and supervise maintenance at performance levels and pre-set costs of all the physical components of building stock and also organise and manage all the activities necessary for their roles.

Designing and organising building management services aimed at guaranteeing maximum operational efficiency, preserving building performance characteristics over the medium-long term and maximising obtainable income:

• professional tasks are mainly linked to management: of administrative acts (relations with appointed institutes); leasing and sub-leasing as lessor or lessee (including the drafting of contracts, periodic checks on lease values, updating ISTAT, managing deadlines and renewals, possible eviction procedures, management of responsibilities); tax and legal updating, insurance contracts.

Strategic real estate management aimed at its development:

• professionals operate in the strategic management of real estate development including: analysis and assessment of costs and benefits and defining operational approaches designed to change, enhance and transform destination of use or redefining the property; operational and financial programming of identified operations; services aimed at seeking new tenants or buyers; and organisation of property transformation, by planning and coordinating a series of technical-legal procedures.

In a nutshell, the fields identified can lead to two skill profiles: asset and property management and the technical-operational management of support services, respectively, for the activities carried out in the built environment, namely facility management.

Regarding the educational trajectory of the programme, students coming from different laurea (equivalent to Bachelor of Science) programmes taken at the Politecnico’s other three schools take courses aimed at standardising their basic knowledge and developing basic building management know-how (first semester).

Subsequent semesters (second and third) analyse the fundamental knowledge fields of architecture and building engineering, architectural technology, building production, management engineering and the details of territorial, urban planning and economic aspects together with a basic knowledge of real estate management with especially important cultural history study. In addition, students are specifically trained in building maintenance organisation and management.

The last semester completes the knowledge acquired thus far through seminars and laboratory experience, both in internships that are a fundamental moment of contact with the world of work in professional, company and/or public administration fields, and also preparing a final thesis.