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Bachelor in Digital Construction Leading-edge study program focusing on the key digital skills required in the construction sector.

This interdisciplinary degree program turns you into a digitalization specialist in the field of construction. You acquire both a digital and specialist skills profile and, upon graduation, occupy the intersections of classical design and engineering professions within the construction sector.

Mann mit VR-Brille

Digital Construction @Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts

Digital Construction denotes the digital design, planning and construction of tomorrow’s buildings.

Eine Gruppe Menschen steht in einem dunklen Raum vor einer Projektion

Digital Construction – studying according to a completely new concept

Ein Student betrachtet in seinem Laptop eine 3D-Gebäudekonstruktion

Curriculum

A wide range of elective related and minor modules allow for an individualized Bachelor’s education.

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Tuition

Lecturers from the business world impart the necessary, practice-oriented knowledge to be able to work together on an interdisciplinary basis.

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Professional profile

Graduates go on to work in model-based project development or in the data-based services sector.

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Digital Lab

The Digital Lab is a leading-edge practical project environment for the students to use and experiment in.

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Testimonials

What industry and business experts say.

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Vocational training program

Lacking professional practice may be compensated through a bespoke work placement program.

Facts

Degree

Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science Hochschule Luzern/FHZ in Digital Construction

Graduate profile

Graduates have the necessary skills to create digital twins based on methods and tools of interdisciplinary digital process and construction design such as Building Information Modeling (BIM), Parametric Modeling, Internet of Things (IoT), or Virtual and Augmented Reality (VR/AR). In compliance with cyber security standards, they secure the data flow and communication in complex construction planning processes across disciplines and planning stages. There are many related fields of activity in all branches of the construction industry. 

Field of activity
  • Creating digital twins based on methods and tools of interdisciplinary digital process and construction design (BIM, parametric modeling, IoT, VR/AR)
  • Complex construction planning processes in compliance with cyber security standards across disciplines and planning stages
  • Adequately incorporating and implementing the issues of sustainability, energy and business in construction planning and realization processes
  • Assessing and integrating international trends and developments in the topic areas of digital planning and construction processes and smart cities
  • Reflecting and aligning one’s attitude and actions through a robust foundation of meta skills
  • Systematically planning, managing or participating in projects and documenting and communicating the project results in a comprehensible and secure fashion
Admission

Candidates are required to have a vocational baccalaureate with a technical or design specialization (Germany: university of applied sciences entrance qualification) with recognized relevant vocational training (PDF only in German) or an academic baccalaureate with work experience. Candidates with a relevant diploma from a college of higher education will also be granted admission. Candidates with diplomas from colleges of higher education may apply for the recognition of individual modules with the head of program.

There is also the possibility to be admitted to the Bachelor of Science Digital Construction (DCS) through the pre-admission course (only in German). However, this path to admission is not applicable for the BA in Digital Construction (DCA). 

If German is not the native language: German language skills of level C1 (passed) are required for admission to the Bachelor's program.

 
Application deadline

For organizational and administrative reasons, we recommend you sign up for the program at least four months before the commencement of studies. Later registrations are possible as well.

Commencement of studies

Start of the fall semester in September Start of the spring semester in February—starting in the spring semester typically adds one semester to the duration of study (seven instead of six full-time semesters).

Semester dates

Spring Semester 2025

Contact study: 17 February to 31 May 2025
Easter break: 17 April to 23 April 2025
Exam phase (preparation and examinations): 2 June to 5 July 2025
Summer break: 14 July to 31 August 2025
Intensive weeks: 1 September to 13 September 2025

Fall Semester 2025

Contact study: 15 September to 20 December 2025
Christmas holiday: 21 December 2024 to 4 January 2026
Exam phase (preparation and examinations): 5 January to 31 January 2026
Intensive weeks: 3 February to 14 February 2026

For newly enrolled students, the 2025/26 academic year already starts with the compulsory introductory days on 8/9 September 2025.

Information events
Language of instruction
  • German
Student counselling
Study fees

Enrolment fee (one-off): CHF 200
Semester fee (per semester): CHF 800
Additional semester fees for foreign students*: CHF 500.–
Costs of learning materials and excursions (per semester):
Full-time students about CHF 600
Part-time students about CHF 400
Cost of laptop computer: about CHF 2,000

Other fees are listed in the «Übersicht Gebühren» PDF leaflet (only German).

*Foreign students are those who enter Switzerland for the purpose of studying or who have their place of residence under civil law abroad at the time of enrolment and for whom the FHV contribution of a canton does not apply.

International

Attending a semester abroad offers a valuable extension of specialist and social skills.

Place of study

Horw

Time model
  • full-time
  • work-study
  • part-time
Cross-disciplinary modules
ISA Modules

Study Guide: Bachelor in Digital Construction (in German)

Digital Construction Digital skills required in the construction sector