Data Centre Facilities Engineering

Bachelor of Engineering

Course Details

Course Code	SG_EDATA_J07
Level	7
Duration	2 years
Credits	60
Method of Delivery	Online
Campus Locations	Sligo
Mode of Delivery	Part Time

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Course Overview

The purpose of this new engineering degree programme is to provide the Data Centre industry with staff who are qualified to provide the proficient and in-depth skills necessary for the technical management and operation of data centre facilities. Expert operation and maintenance of these facilities is crucial, in order to maintain 24/7 services with optimum energy efficiency.

Background to the programme

The ‘B.Eng. in Data Centres Facilities Engineering’ programme was developed in partnership with industry providers including Google, Facebook and Microsoft in order to meet the growing need for upskilling of service personnel in the industry. The course is aimed not only at employees of the major data centre corporations and their service contractors, but for individuals currently involved in the management of facilities at all data centres, or planning to provide such services in the future.

Online, blended, pan-European programme

This course has been structured in order to serve the pan-European Data Centre services community. All of the lectures are delivered online, in English, while the practical laboratory sessions may take place at ATU Sligo, Ireland, Haute Ecole Louvain en Hainaut (HELHa) in Mons, Belgium or EKAMI, Kotka, Finland.

Recommended Study Hours per week

Students should expect to have 2-3 live lectures a week which last approximately 1 hour. It is recommended that students should try to allow for 7 hours per week for a 5-credit module.

Examination and Assessment

This programme is assessed through a mixture of continuous assessment and final exams.
Note: Where assessment on the programme involves examinations, these are held on campus or at another exam venue in the Republic of Ireland. There are typically two exam periods: January and May. Times scheduled for examinations (face to face / online exams ) are in GMT.
Students who are resident overseas and those with extenuating circumstances may apply to take examinations online with an external online invigilation service (online proctored exams), where this is available. Places are limited for this service.

On-Campus Attendance Requirement

All of the lectures are delivered online, in English. For labs, students are required to spend one week per year at Haute Ecole Louvain en Hainaut (HELHa) in Mons, Belgium.
Note: Check programme Examination and Assessment requirements, as they may involve examinations to be taken on campus.

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Entry Requirements

To qualify for entry onto this Bachelor of Engineering programme, applicants should hold the following qualification:

A Higher Certificate award in a related technical discipline

A Senior Trades Craft Apprenticeship in a related discipline and a minimum five years’ relevant industrial experience.

In conjunction with this, students must hold a Maths qualification* that enables them to undertake the Maths module on this specific programme.

Applicants must be proficient in English**

Other suitable applicants may be accepted after interview.

*All students must also hold a Maths qualification sufficient to enable them to undertake the Maths module of this course. (For applicants who may not have this proficiency in Maths there is a study course currently available online through ATU Sligo, which can be taken during the first and second semester of this course.)

** English Proficiency Requirement.

IELTS 5.5 IELTS ‘ International English Language Testing System

TOEFL Paper 513 TOEFL ‘ Test of English as a Foreign Language.

TOEFL IBT 65

Fees

Total Fees EU: €7,200

Participants on the BEng in Data Centre Facilitates Engineering who attend practical workshops in Haute École Louvain en Hainaut (HELHa) in Mons, Belgium, may incur additional fees to cover travel and accommodation.

Total Fees Non-EU: €8,640

Further information on fees

Careers

Graduates from this programme can expect to gain employment in a facilities engineering role in the fast-growing Data Centre industry throughout Europe at the appropriate level. In the development of this programme emphasis has been placed on aligning the course content with the knowledge and skills required by the Data Centre industry, whilst ensuring also that there is sufficient scope for graduates to progress onto higher educational levels in this particular discipline in due course.

Further Information

Who Should Apply?

The course is aimed not only at employees of the major data centre corporations and their service contractors, but for individuals currently involved in the management of facilities at all data centres, or planning to provide such services in the future.