Public Works Engineering
Bachelor's Degree
The specialised training provided by the Bachelor’s Degree in Public Works Engineering (formerly the Bachelor's Degree in Construction Engineering) offers an specialised training in managing and implementing projects in the areas of civil constructions, hydrology and urban transport and services, the development of which is in much demand from society.
The first two years of this bachelor's degree include formation in basic and applied sciences, followed by courses on engineering tools and an introduction to engineering technologies. During the third and fourth years, notions on structures, and foundations, the technology of water, transport infrastructures and urbanism are introduced. This established the basis for the development of the bachelor's degree thesis during their last year.
It is mandatory for students to enrol in an internship program in a company or public administration to complete their training.
| Academic year starts | September |
| Duration | 4 years |
| Study load | 240 ECTS (including the bachelor's thesis) |
| Delivery | On-campus |
| Language | Spanish & Catalan |
| Places | In extinction (no places available) |
| Official degree | Bachelor's Degree in Public Works Engineering by the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (recorded in the Spanish Ministry of Education's degree register) |
| Double degree agreements |
From the 2020-2021 academic year the Bachelor's Degree in Public Works Engineering 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 time table)
- To adapt to the 2020 program of the new Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering (see the course adaptation table)
Career opportunities
- Planning, management and organisation of civil engineering projects.
- Construction, maintenance and management of public works and buildings.
- Supervision and management of infrastructure construction processes.
- Execution and management of consulting, environmental and services projects in engineering, industrial and service companies.
- Technical and management positions with government agencies.
- Self-employment.
Learning objectives
- Provide engineers with specialised training to manage and execute construction works within the speciality of Civil Works Engineering.
- To license graduates to exert the regulated profession of Public Work Engineer. This bachelor's degree grants graduate students access to the Master's Degree in Civil Engineering.
- Students can specialise in civil works, hydrology or urban services.
2021-2022 academic year
Common elective courses
COURSE |
ECTS |
| Fall semester | |
| 250258 - Geographical information systems & teledetection | 4,5 |
| 250259 - Social impacts of the public constructions | 4,5 |
| Spring semester | |
| 250260 - History of public constructions | 4,5 |
| 250261 - Graphic design & numerical analysis | 4,5 |
Specialty itineraries
Students enrolled at UPC for the Bachelor's Degree in Public Works 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 panel consisting in a project in the sphere of the specific civil engineering technologies synthesising and integrating the competences acquired on the course.
Internship documentation delivery
Please find below the list of documents to be delivered to the Management Support Unit to Undergraduate and Master's Degree Studies (USGEGM) with regards to the student's situation.
Internships within an Educational Cooperation Agreement:
- Student's report
- Report of the internship supervisor within the company or entity
Other internships:
- Evaluation form
- Student's report
- Report of the internship supervisor within the company or entity
- Certificate of the company or entity (contract, FARO grants, etc.)
List of bachelor's thesis currently scheduled for public presentation:
Related links
Institutional information
This program has been awarded the following quality labels:
*Further to the initiation of the accreditation procedure by AQU Catalunya, the title of the degree "Grau en Enginyeria de la Construcció" (Bachelor's Degree in Construction Engineering) was modified to "Grau en Enginyeria d'Obres Públiques" (Bachelor's Degree in Public Works Engineering), as stated in the Supreme Court decision dated 03/03/2015 (Appeal num. 144/2013).
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