Double Degree between the Master's Degree in Mining Engineering and the Master's Degree in Geotechnical Engineering

Admission degrees

In order to gain admission to the Master's Degree in Geotechnical Engineering students must have one of the following degrees:

• bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Public Works Engineering or Environmental Engineering
• bachelor's degree in Environmental Sciences or Geology.
• official diploma or former undergraduate degrees in Civil Engineering, Environmental Sciences, Public Works Engineering or Geology.

Other degrees

When the access request is made from a degree other than those listed above, the body responsible for the master's degree will analyze the files of the candidates with the aim of determining, for each case, the additional training to be taken.

Students pending obtaining the degree that gives access to the master's degree

UPC undergraduate students who, despite not having obtained the bachelor’s degree, have pending the TFG and, at most, up to 9 ECTS (including credits pending recognition or transfer) or who have completed their studies, but are waiting to achieve, if possible, transversal competence in a third language. Under no circumstances will students who access this route be able to obtain a master's degree if they have not previously obtained a bachelor's degree.

Candidates from other universities who are enrolled in all the credits to complete the studies that give access to the master's degree can apply for access. Acceptance will be conditioned to the fulfillment of the general and specific access and admission requirements at the time of formalizing the registration.

Please check the specific admission requirements to the MScME here.

You will find all the information about the general Access requirements to UPC master's programs here.

Master's Degree in Mining Engineering

The following factors or parameters are considered for admission to the Master's Degree in Mining Engineering:

• Academic record
• Experience in the research field
• Fluency in foreign languages

For more information please check the master's official website (in Spanish).

Master's Degree in Geotechnical Engineering

The following factors or parameters are considered for admission to the Master's Degree in Geotechnical Engineering:

• Weighted average mark factor (40%)
  It is the result of summing the values obtained by multiplying the marks of the courses passed by the number of credits in each of them and dividing it by the number of credits passed (as stated in UPC's regulations).
• CV adequacy factor (50%)
• Additional former education factor (10%)
  Adequacy to the academic or professional competencies established in the Master's Degree is advisable.

You can check the results of the evaluation and selection of the applications for admission resolutions for the current academic year here.

Check here the general admission requirements for UPC masters and information on pre-registration: calendar, how to apply for admission, how to reserve a place if the resolution is favorable, etc.

This double degree is born as a natural need to combine geotechnical engineering (geotechnics, earthquakes, hydrogeology) with mining engineering (explosives, indoor and outdoor extraction activities, mineral processing) so that it can lead to a wider professional future. It should be noted that, academically speaking, there is an important relationship between these two fields of study. In addition, the two schools in which these two master's degrees are offered have bachelor's degrees that may naturally lead to this double degree and provide an academic continuity consistent with both master's degrees. On the one hand the Bachelor's Degree in Mining Engineering (EPSEM) and on the other hand the Bachelor's Degree in Geological Engineering (joint degree between Barcelona School of Civil Engineering at UPC and the Faculty of Geology at UB) are degrees dealing with mining technical engineering (although they are different specialties, they complement each other very well to create professionals who meet the needs of the market). Likewise, it should be noted that these bachelor's degrees are not the only studies that grant access to this double degree.

Engineers taking this Double Degree between the Master's Degree in Mining Engineering and the Master's Degree in Geotechnical Engineering will be able to access technical and managerial positions in companies related to the exploitation of mines and energy resources, as well as other positions related to the research and evaluation of mineral deposits, underground works, soundings and mining facilities, their maintenance and the study of environmental impact. They may also direct projects for the extraction, transportation and storage of resources, applying mineral and metallurgical technologies. The main opportunities for graduates in the field of mining engineering are in the mining sector, in civil works and in broader sectors where they can carry out studies on environmental impact, environmental assessment, job security and organization and quality control, among others.

They may also join work teams, either as managers or expert technicians, in the areas and activities related to the field of geotechnical engineering:

• Management and planning of geotechnical works.
• Management and planning of water resources.
• Modelling, assessment and management of geological resources.
• Assessment and reduction of seismic risk.
• Assessment and reduction geological risk.
• Assessment and reduction of hydrogeological risk, including soil contamination.
• Land survey campaigns.
• Energy resource prospecting campaigns.
• Planning and management of waste storage solutions.
• Civil engineering, geotechnical, geological and seismic consulting.
• Hydrology and hydrogeology consulting.
• Doctoral studies in civil, geotechnical, geological and earthquake engineering.
• Doctoral studies in hydrology and hydrogeology.

• Track 1: EPSEM-ETSECCPB
• Track 2: ETSECCPB-EPSEM-ETSECCPB

^* The new designation of these courses with respect to the verified version has been informed through the degree's accreditation process and is pending evaluation by AQU's External Audit Committee.

Students enrolled at UPC for the Double Degree MSCME-MScGE can access the following information:

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The Master'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 geotechnical engineering technologies synthesising and integrating the competences acquired on the course.

These are the master theses' currently scheduled and validated for this track: