Bachelor's Thesis
We offer a Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering taught completely in English (CEE). Building on the four-year curriculum of our "Grau en Enginyeria Civil", the CEE provides an important additional competence, which will enhance the employability of graduates and will provide them with a strong international profile.
- Students enrolled in CEE will have priority when selecting placement in our International Mobility and Double Degree programs.
- The CEE will enroll about 20 students, enabling the implementation of active learning methodologies.
- The language of the courses and the Bachelor Thesis will be reflected in the official transcripts.
There is no strict requirement regarding English proficiency. However, a level equivalent to B2 is recommended.
| Academic year 2019-2020 starts | September 2019 |
| Duration | 4 years |
| Study load | 240 ECTS (including the bachelor's thesis) |
| Delivery | On-campus |
| Language | English |
| Places | In extinction (no places available) |
| Official degree | Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering by the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (recorded in the Spanish Ministry of Education's degree register) |
| Double degree agreements |
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From the 2020-2021 academic year the Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering (2010 program taught in English) will be in extinction and will not accept new applicants. Students currently enrolled in this program will have two choices:
- To proceed with their current program (see the extinction chronogram)
- To adapt to the 2020 program of the new Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering (see the course adaptation table)
Career opportunities
- Analysis, design and planning in relation to infrastructure projects, urbanism, landmark construction projects and logistics operations.
- Management of engineering, infrastructure and consulting companies.
- Consultancy for civil engineering firms and companies in industry and the service sector.
- Technical and management positions with government agencies.
- Self-employment.
Learning objectives
- To form generalist engineers, with a good background in basic sciences and a broad insight on civil engineering.
- The bachelor's degree in civil engineering provides the necessary knowledge to manage, design and monitor works involving roads, highways, channels, bridges, harbors, airports, dams, tunnels, gas stations, sewers, water treatment plants, parking lots, industrial units, building structures, water supply & collecting systems, water drainage, and train & urban planning among others.
- This bachelor's degree qualifies for the regulated profession of Civil Engineer. Once the bachelor's degree is achieved, students are granted access to the Master's Degree in Civil Engineering.
2019-2020 Academic year
COURSES |
ECTS |
| First year | |
| Annual | |
| Calculus | 9 |
| Fall semester | |
| Economy, business & legislation | 6 |
| Physics | 6 |
| Mathematic fundamentals | 6 |
| Materials chemistry | 7.5 |
| Spring semester | |
| Algebra & geometry | 6 |
| Geology | 6 |
| Metric geometry & representation systems | 6 |
| Rational mechanics | 7.5 |
COURSES |
ECTS |
| Second year | |
| Fall semester | |
| Strength of materials & structures | 9 |
| Differential geometry & differential equations | 9 |
| Descriptive geometry | 6 |
| Construction materials | 6 |
| Spring semester | |
| Probability & statistics | 7.5 |
| Continuum mechanics | 9 |
| Geomatics & geographic information | 6 |
| Construction management & electrotechnics | 7.5 |
COURSES |
ECTS |
| Third year | |
| Fall semester | |
| Soil mechanics | 9 |
| Structural analysis | 7.5 |
| Roads & railways | 7.5 |
| Urbanism | 6 |
| Spring semester | |
| Hydraulics & hydrology | 9 |
| Numerical modelling | 9 |
| Environmental engineering | 6 |
| Transportation | 6 |
COURSES |
ECTS |
| Fourth year | |
| Fall & spring semesters | |
| Concrete structures | 7.5 |
| Steel structures | 6 |
| Hydraulic constructions | 4.5 |
| Maritime & port engineering | 6 |
| Surface & groundwater hydrology | 4.5 |
| Geotechnical engineering | 4.5 |
| Geological engineering | 4.5 |
| Projects & business organisation | 4.5 |
| Bachelor's thesis | 12 |
Students enrolled at UPC for the Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering can access the following information:
The Bachelor's Thesis is an original exercise to be done individually and presented and defended before a university pannel consisting in a project in the sphere of the specific civil engineering technologies synthesising and integrating the competences acquired on the course.
List of bachelor's thesis currently scheduled for public presentation:
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