The Institute CONSTRUCTION DESIGN and ECONOMICS combines the bachelor degree programme “Construction design and Economics” and the master degree programme “Construction Management and Engineering”. Furthermore the institute pursues a range of applied research and development activities in cooperation with the building industry, public institutions and universities at national and international level. Design, planning, structural engineering, economics and project management are the main topics in the academic education of the bachelor degree programme „Construction Design and Economics“. Students can choose to specialize either in Architecture or in Construction Engineering. Interdiciplinary projects link the individual disciplines and prepare our students for the complex tasks in civil engineering. The master programme „Construction Management and Engineering“ provides specialist education in energy-efficient building design and modern structures in construction engineering. Students will be familiarized with project management tools and legal basics required for drawing up and interpreting building contracts. The members of the institute provide a wide range of expertise in civil engineering. The different areas of the research programmes can be summarized as follows: • Sustainable urban living for the future • Glass engineering • Life Cycle oriented planning and optimization of buildings • Facade systems • Fire Design in construction engineering • Timber engineering In these fields research projects have been worked out in cooperation with the building industry and other research partners and building institutions. The work has regularily been funded by governmental institutions. Within the scope of further education the institute offers special lectures and workshops to experts in civil engineering, in which topical tasks and results of the research activities are presented.