**1. Introduction**

World technological trends with great speed are involved in architectural and construction practice, also the building industry is rapidly evolving. The technology of BIM is integrated with these innovations and enhances in this direction. The companies are looking to benefit from computer technology to improve design and construction processes. At the same time when new emerging technologies sound to be created every day, understanding how to use these technologies appropriately to

improve design and construction is very important [1]. The emerging technologies refer to information and communication technologies that facilitate the development, storage and handling of information and promote the various forms of communication between human beings and electronic systems and between electronic systems in digital binary computing systems [2].

The rapid development of BIM integration with emerging technologies has forced architects to make continuous advances in architectural design methodologies. The emergence of building information mdelling (BIM) has influenced the development of the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industry. These changes have created challenges for educators and students, where BIM integration with emerging technologies is not systematically taught in universities in practice. These new challenges need educational standards and new architectural programs to meet the new requirements, however, it is very important to find the approach to introduce these technologies into the architectural education programme to form specialists with high-level skills. (There is a great demand to ensure that graduates are able to use these technologies integrated with BIM) [3, 4].

The chapter explores a comprehensive review of BIM integration with emerging technologies including Artificial Intelligence (AI), Cloud technologies, internet of things (IoT), Virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR), Laser Scanning, 3D printing and Drone Technology, and identify the types of tools and methods of implementation for these technologies that provide the greatest benefit to the architectural academic program and the AEC industry. A systematic literature review was carried out on this subject area.
