Education Towards the Use of BIM on the Example of Polish Universities

Abstract

BIM (Building Information Modeling) has been one of the rapidly developing fields of digital techniques supporting the realization of construction projects in recent years. Further development, and especially the use of these techniques, depends to a large extent on the qualifications of young construction engineers who start their professional careers in this field. The article attempts to synthetically list and compare subjects, specializations or fields related to teaching about the BIM methodology in Polish universities curricula. The aim of the study is to present the key factors and differences in the approach to education in this field and on this basis an attempt to formulate conclusions regarding the optimal way of conducting the didactic process in the field of BIM education. The subject of the research were BIM education offers at Polish universities at various levels of education. The places where education occur at Polish universities were identified and the time of implementing BIM technology teaching was compared. The levels, paths, graduate profile, educational programs, the presence of practical elements, the achieved results as well as the types, forms and modes of conducting classes at individual universities were analyzed. The analysis was conducted on the basis of information available on the Internet about the faculties and programs of education of individual universities, supplemented with additional information obtained in e-mail correspondence and conducted by telephone interviews. As a result of the analyzes, the key guidelines for conducting education at the university level were proposed.