Facilities Management“The aim of facilities management is to add value to the Organisation through

effective management of the built environment & by supporting individual improvements and company performance”

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Trent Global Education Group in colloboration with the prestigious Heriot-Watt University, UK offers the BSc Facilities Management in Singapore, Thailand and China.

This course is designed to provide building services engineers and facilities managers with the combination of specialised knowledge they require to carry out the emerging role of building services facilities manager.

Facilities Management (FM) is essentially about organisation effectiveness and good management in the work place.

Many organisations in developed countries of the West and in Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Hong Kong and Singapore, have successfully established FM as a means to achieve more effective management of their buildings, services and associated workforce in support of the strategic objectives of their Organisation

The course is focussed on industry relevance, ensuring that graduates are quickly able to make value added contribution to their organisations

The employment success rate on completion is very high, and subsequent opportunities for career progression are excellent.

Contemporary and Increasing Role of Facilities Management: 1) Essentially strategic and business directed, with focus on what the organisation requires in the future.2) Maximizing value and gaining competitive advantage. 3) Control and sustainability of computerised integrated management systems: to achieve more informed decision-making from the vast amount of facilities data to be recorded. 4) Management of outsourcing and partnership agreements. 5) Environmental control & Sustainability. 6) Energy management & Green technology. 7) Identifying customer needs and how to satisfy them.

Programme Key Features and Star Rating Pathways leading to the academic

requirements of appropriate professional bodies like the British Institute of Facilities Management, Chartered Institute of Building, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and Association of Building Engineers

Excellent career and postgraduate prospects Internationally recognised qualification Industrial relevant, integrated and flexible

programmes of study

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Supervisory & Management Staff of:

Shopping Complexes Residential and commerical Buildings Condominiums Mega Malls Multi-Story Office Complexes Logistics Facilities Airports & Ports Integrated Resorts Casinos

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1. Asset Maintenance Management2. Facilities Management 1: Principles3. Sustainable Practice in Facilities Management4. Real Estate Development5. Procurement and Contracts6. Safety Management7. Building Pathology and Inspection8. Building Refurbishment and Maintenance

The up-to-date and comprehensivelearning materials provided to students are developed by a team of experts and subject specialists from Heriot-Watt University.

Students are able to access the VirtualLearning Environment (VLE) developed by the University.

Examinations are held three times a year, in May, August and December, and administratedby the British Council.

The maintenance of the highest possible academic standards of this programme remains the prerogative of Heriot-Watt University. All assessments areby HWU.

Organisation that sponsored their employees for the programme include:a) CAAS, b) NTUC, c) CPG-Amexd) ST Synthesis, e) SLA, f) SPg) Borsch, h) Capital LandI) JCT, .......

Trent Global Advanced Diploma in Built Environment, Diploma in Building & Property Management, Building Services Engineering, Building & Real Estate Management etc or

A recognised Diploma in Construction Mgmt, Construction Engineering, Facilities Mgmt, Real Estate Mgmt, IBT, or any area of Built Environment or

Alternative qualifications will also be considered on a case-by-case basis by Heriot-Watt University

Trent Global has a flexible fee payment scheme. Students are offered various choices, ranging from full payments to interest-free instalments.

100% education loan is available from local banks

Career Prospects

Course Structure (3rd Year) Learning ResourceProgramme

Examination Sponsoring Orgs

Entry Requirement Payment Options

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FACILITIES MANAGEMENT

Intake Per YearFull & Part Time every Sept, May, Jan

Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK

th Heriot-Watt is one of the Scotland's foremost universities and is the 8 oldest higher institution in UK. It was founded originally as theworld's first Mechanics Institution providing education for the skilled people who were becomingpioneers of the Industrial Revolution.

thThe name, Heriot-Watt, commemorates George Herio – the renowned 16 century jeweler and financier to James VI (Later know asthJames 1 of England) and James Watt – the great 18 century inventor and engineer Heriot Watt is internationally famous as a research-

based technological university dedicated to high-quality education and training.Some Star Rating

Among the top 10 universities in UK for graduate employment Rated excellent, commendable or highly satisfactory in the vast majority of subject areas by the UK Quality Assurance Agency Rated Top in Scotland for research in Built Environment The vast majority of research activities have been assessed at international levels of excellence

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The School of Built EnvironmentThe school delivers pioneering teaching and innovative research in the area of Built Environment. Its continued commitment to high quality and innovative research has been recognized in the last two UK Government Research Assessment Exercise in the built environment 1996 and 2001.

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Institution of Civil Engineers Institution of Structural Engineers Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors Royal Town Planning Institute Institute of Energy Association of Building Engineers Chartered Institute of Building Chartered Institute of Building Services Engineers Institution of Water and Environmental Management Singapore Institution of Surveyors and Valuers

Board of Quantity Surveyors, Malaysia.

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A key indicator of quality is related to the view of the industries regarding the graduates of the School of Built Environment. Each year, employers from across the industry visit the department to recruit graduates directly from our full-time postgraduates courses. Many of our part-time anddistance-learning students are funded andsupported by theirown employers, many of whom send new students to

undertake the courses on an ongoing basis each year.

Trent Global Education Group, SingaporeTrent Global is a dynamic, modern Distributed Learning Provider dedicated to provide quality programmes of study that are academically stimulating and provide solid grounding for exciting and rewarding careers in the ever changing world economy.

As an Approved External Degree Provider (EDP) by theMinistry of Education of Singapore, Trent Global is committed to leading its students to knowledge, skills and wisdom through industry-relevant course, as well as quality education experiences and career network.

Trent Global is having strong link and support from professional bodies such as The Chartered Institute of Building, Singapore and The Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). Senior members of both the Institutes are sitting in the Quality and Academic Committees to ensure courses delivered are within the standards

and requirements.

Bestway Campus12 Prince EdwardRoad, #06-03/14Podium Block B, Bestway Building,Singapore 079212

Tel:

www.trentglobal.edu.sg

Email: info@trentglobal.com

www.hw.ac.uk

has overallin Guardian University League Table 2010

leapt up from 52nd to 22nd place

The School is one of the only 8 Built Environment departments in UK, and the only one in Scotland, to receive an RAE 2001 and RAE 1996 rating of “5” And the department attracts significant research funding from the government, research funding councils and industry.

All the department's postgraduate and undergraduate degrees are accredited by the relevant professional bodies in the UK and internationally, including the following:

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Year 31. Asset Maintenance

Management2. Procurement and Contract

3. Safety Management 4. Real Estate Development

5. Facilities Management: Principles

6. Building Pathology &

Inspection

7. Sustainable Practices in

Facilities Management

8. Building Refurbishment &

Maintenance

Year 21. Construction Technology 3 2. Construction Technology 4

3. Management Theory and 4. Measurement and Value

Practice Studies 1

5. Building Services 6. Construction Practice &

Technology Property Law

7. Principles of Property Valuation

8. Collaborative Project 1

Year 11. Construction Technology 1 2. Construction Technology 2

3. History of the Built Environment

4. Introduction to the Environment

5. Built Environment Economics

6. Legal Method

7. Materials and Structures 8. Integrative Project