The Master’s degree programme of Buildings and Environment is the English version of the programme of the same name taught in Czech.  It is designed primarily for international students, Bachelor’s degree graduates,  with a focus on  civil or architectural engineering, building design, building services systems, the built environment, and related programmes; or Czech students who want to prepare for work in a foreign company and deepen their knowledge of professional English. The instruction is aimed at mastering comprehensive knowledge of the principles of conceptual design of buildings, their parts, energy and environmental technical systems of buildings that ensure a comfortable and healthy indoor environment, responding to the users’ requirements, with minimum energy consumption and minimal burden on the environment. Emphasis is placed on a holistic understanding of the building with links to the external and internal environment in the whole building’s life cycle (“Integrated building design”). During the studies, knowledge is deepened in theoretical and preparatory subjects such as the indoor environmental theory, energy performance of buildings and environmental performance assessment of buildings. Within the individual professional areas of building design, energy and environmental systems, emphasis is placed on the selection criteria and the interrelationship of systems. The professional subjects predominantly focus on the optimisation of structural, energy and ecological system solutions for characteristic building types in the residential, civic, industrial and agricultural building industry sectors from the perspective of standard, low-energy and intelligent buildings. By choosing elective courses and the topic of the final thesis, the students will select an area of their interest in which they will extend the professional knowledge necessary for both successful utilization in practice as well as their effective professional placement.  The study is completed by the preparation of a diploma thesis in the 3rd semester of study, its defence and the passing of the  final graduation examination.