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AI2117 Facility Management 7.5 credits

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The advancement of digital technology is significantly reshaping the market. In the property sector, we can anticipate changes in customer experiences and behaviors, influencing demand for different property types and rental spaces, the services customers seek, and the associated pricing and rental rates. Smart sensors integrated into buildings can identify issues early, allowing for predictive maintenance that minimizes repair costs and enhances maintenance efficiency. Technological advancemet is affecting how we work and how we use availabe spaces. 

Facility Management (FM) integrates people, place, and process within the built environment with the purpose of improving the quality of life of people and the productivity of the core business (SS-EN ISO 41011:2018). This course provides students with the principles and practices of Facility Management, emphasizing how FM can support the core operations of facility owners, operators, and users. We discuss how facility manager can support core business, how to align facility management with the core biusiness and how technology can be used to add value to the facilities management and core business. 

Information per course offering

Termin

Information for Autumn 2025 Start 27 Oct 2025 programme students

Course location

KTH Campus

Duration
27 Oct 2025 - 12 Jan 2026
Periods

Autumn 2025: P2 (7.5 hp)

Pace of study

50%

Application code

50184

Form of study

Normal Daytime

Language of instruction

English

Course memo
Course memo is not published
Number of places

Min: 12

Target group
Recommended for students in the master programme in Real Estate and Construction Management (TFOBM), year 2. Open for all master programs as long as it can be included in your program.
Planned modular schedule
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Contact

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Course syllabus as PDF

Please note: all information from the Course syllabus is available on this page in an accessible format.

Course syllabus AI2117 (Autumn 2025–)
Headings with content from the Course syllabus AI2117 (Autumn 2025–) are denoted with an asterisk ( )

Content and learning outcomes

Course contents

  • Purposes of and roles within Facility Management
  • Strategies and strategy development
  • People and organisation (stakeholder analysis, engagement, communication)
  • Outsourcing, procurement, contract models, and contract management
  • Governance and follow-up (performance measurement, key performance indicators, benchmarking, risk management – threats and opportunities)
  • Change management and innovation in Facility Management
  • Application of scientific method, analysis, and reporting

Intended learning outcomes

The aim of the course is to develop participants’ understanding of principles and models within Facility Management (FM), and of how FM organisations can support the core business of property owners and tenants/users. Upon completion of the course, participants shall be able to:

  • Develop and describe a Facility Management strategy for a specific organisation, based on an investigation and analysis of needs and opportunities, as well as knowledge of relevant methods and tools.
  • Analyse and explain how Facility Management (FM) can create added value for organisations through strategic property decisions and service development. Identify and evaluate different models and frameworks for value creation within FM and Corporate Real Estate Management (CREM), and discuss how these models can be adapted to different organisational and market contexts.
  • Investigate, describe, and analyse a real-life innovation or change initiative linked to Facility Management. Based on scientific literature and methodology, analyse and reflect on how the studied initiative impacts sustainability, digitalisation, and economic efficiency within the company and the built environment sector. Report the results in a scientific paper.

Literature and preparations

Specific prerequisites

Completed Bachelor's thesis (15 ECTS) in civil engineering, business administration, or real estate economics.

Literature

You can find information about course literature either in the course memo for the course offering or in the course room in Canvas.

Examination and completion

Grading scale

A, B, C, D, E, FX, F

Examination

  • PRO1 - Assignment, 7.5 credits, grading scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F

Based on recommendation from KTH’s coordinator for disabilities, the examiner will decide how to adapt an examination for students with documented disability.

The examiner may apply another examination format when re-examining individual students.

If the course is discontinued, students may request to be examined during the following two academic years.

Examiner

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Ethical approach

  • All members of a group are responsible for the group's work.
  • In any assessment, every student shall honestly disclose any help received and sources used.
  • In an oral assessment, every student shall be able to present and answer questions about the entire assignment and solution.

Further information

Course room in Canvas

Registered students find further information about the implementation of the course in the course room in Canvas. A link to the course room can be found under the tab Studies in the Personal menu at the start of the course.

Offered by

ABE/Construction and Facilities Management

Main field of study

The Built Environment

Education cycle

Second cycle

Supplementary information

The course will be based on Internet distance learning, with four in-class lectures by the course leader and guest lectures, where possible.