Objectives & career opportunities

The double master's degree curriculum has been designed in such a way that the two master's degrees are achieved in parallel, taking into account that the basic courses are taken, in general, before the more specilized ones, and that the existing electives in one master's degree serve to achieve specific competences of the other. Thus, in the overall curriculum, all the competences of both master's degrees are achieved. In case of having similar courses in both master's degrees (validatable between them according to the recognition tables), students are offered the possibility of choosing which one to take.

The curriculum contemplates that the study load during all semesters is no greater than 36 ECTS. In this sense, and according to the Academic Regulations for Bachelor's and Master's degrees at the UPC, students will have the option of completing a single assignment summing up the teaching load (credits) of all the assignments for both degrees or two different reports, each one having the corresponding teaching load (credits). In any case, students must register and pay for both theses. This approach reduces the time students need to obtain the double master's degree, and clearly demonstrates that obtaining a double degree requires additional effort.

This double degree proposal, aims to respond to the labor market's demand for competent professionals, in the field of structures, underground works and construction, in the broadest sense, both from the technological and structural analysis aspects, materials and underground works as well as construction management. We understand that this proposal is an ideal combination professionally and, furthermore, it is attractive for students, as shown by the fact that every year students who finish the Degree in Civil Engineering have a hard time choosing between the MsDSCE, valued for its intensifications, or the MsDCE, valued for its prestige and professional training. In this sense, the double degree will serve as a stimulus for new students, both from the UPC and from other universities, since it is unique in the catalog of master's degrees at the state level.

Students will be able to:

• Choose from a new offer with broader future professional possibilities.
• Obtain the professional attributes offered by the MsDCE while acquiring specific technological knowledge in the gestión de la construcción y el proyecto y análisis de estructuras civiles y obras subterráneas.
• Choose in wich semester to take their courses, because of the flexibility of the program.
• Become professionals with a broader vision of the current labor market.
• Obtain a better position when accessing the labor market.
• Get more valued and well-paid work placements.