• Spring Semester 2025

    Start

  • 4 months

    Duration

  • ETH Zurich

    Location

  • German

    Tuition language

  • 01.09–30.11.2024

    Application period

  • CHF 7,000

    Programme fee

In brief: The CAS ETH in Repair and Maintenance

The building industry needs resource efficient solutions to meet current comfort and energy demands. This programme trains professionals in sustainable repair and maintenance strategies for buildings and their components.

Structure and content

Programme description

The new continuing education programme CAS ETH in Repair Maintenance (CAS ETH ReMain) focuses on the scalable repair and maintenance strategies for buildings and their components as well as economic concepts of value preservation. By means of a model repair project, participants will analyse and develop different approaches. The project work is supplemented by a transdisciplinary range of input lectures and workshops.

Objectives

The aim of this programme is to equip participants with the skills to identify problems and potentials related to repairability, to develop appropriate sustainable solutions and to communicate these effectively to different stakeholders. Their contribution extends the life of existing buildings and their parts and reduces the demand for new resources and materials.

Professional perspectives

By completing the CAS programme, graduates will be qualified for positions in the field of sustainable development in relevant companies and public institutions. They also play a key role in negotiating sustainable changes in the construction industry.

Structure and format

The CAS is a part-time course during Spring Semester. In groups, students develop serial and scalable repair and maintenance strategies for an exemplary project. Weekly lectures and excursions complement the project work.

Additional information

The programme addresses not only subject-specific, but also interdisciplinary and overarching social, economic and ecological issues. In addition, the application of new manufacturing processes for the repair of objects, technical, structural and façade components is being investigated, and the economic scalability of relevant repair concepts. is being examined. The collaboration between the two departments D-ARCH and D-MAVT of ETH Zurich is ideal for this purpose.

Tuition language(s)

German (Presentations may be held in English)

Credits

12 ECTS credits

Target group and admission

Target group

The CAS ETH ReMain is aimed for specialists in architecture, engineering, industrial design, real estate, risk management and related fields.

Requirements

Master's degree acknowledged by ETH or equivalent educational qualifications. Professional experience is recommended.

Required language skills

Language(s) of performance assessment

German, English

Dates and venue

Start

Spring Semester 2025

Duration

4 months

Application period

01.09–30.11.2024 (rolling admission)

Location

ETH Zurich

Fees

Programme fee

CHF 7,000

Application fee

CHF 50 for persons with a Swiss university degree, CHF 150 for persons with another university degree (non-​refundable, credit card payment only)

Withdrawal fee

  • Within 30 days after the admission date: Free of charge
  • More than 30 days after the admission date: CHF 2,500
  • After the start of the semester: CHF 7,000

Application

Questions about the application

ETH Zurich, School for Continuing Education, HG E 17–18.5, Rämistrasse 101, 8092 Zurich, Tel. external page +41 44 632 56 59, E-mail

Application documents

Additional application documents

  • Motivation letter
  • Employer references

Organiser

Programme management

Professor Silke Langenberg
Programme Director
Professor Silkek Langenberg
Anne Fabritius
Programme Coordinator
Anne Fabritius
Professor Mirko Meboldt
Deputy Programme Director
Professor Mirko Meboldt

Contact

Anne Fabritius
Chair for Construction Heritage and Preservation
  • +41 44 633 33 87

ETH Zurich
Wolfgang-Pauli-Strasse 27
8093 Zurich

Responsible body

ETH Zurich, D-ARCH, IDB/ITA, Chair for Construction Heritage and Preservation in collaboration with D-MAVT, Product Development Group Zurich

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