Double Master's Degree in Civil Engineering and Structural & Construction Engineering

There are three different means to access the double degree:

• 1^st mean: Direct admission to the double degree (prior admission to one of the two master's degrees is necessary)
  Applicants must have completed a bachelor's degree granting access to either of the two master's degrees, including the additional training courses necessary. By this mean, students would start the first year of the double degree. Students that wish to abandon the double degree will resume their studies at their original program, that is the MsDCE or the MsDSCE. Poor performance will be grounds for expulsion.
• 2^nd mean: Admission through the MsDCE
  Applicants must have completed their first year of the MsDCE (60 ECTS) to access the double degree. By this mean, students would access the second year of the double degree. Students that wish to abandon the double degree will resume their studies at the MsDCE. Poor performance will be grounds for expulsion.
• 3^rd mean: Admission through the MsDSCE
  Applicants must have completed their first year of the MsDSCE (60 ECTS) to access the double degree and meet all the admission requirements of the MsDCE, including the additional training courses necessary. By this mean, students would access the second year of the double degree. Students that wish to abandon the double degree will resume their studies at the MsDSCE. Poor performance will be grounds for expulsion.

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

The admission process will be done jointly by both schools.

The application for admission to the double master's program will be made according to the calendar established by each centre, before the ordinary enrolment period.

If the number of applications exceeds the number of places offered in the academic year, these will be ordered according to the academic record, accessing the program those students with the best grades. Priority will be given to the students who access the double degree through the 1^st mean (direct access to the double degree) described in the previous section.

To access the double degree, students must be admitted to the other master's degree at an individual level, meeting the pertinent criteria and with the training supplements stipulated in each case. In particular, the admission criteria to the MsDSCE are part of the admission criteria to the MsDCE, thus admission to the latter implies meeting a greater number of requirements. Taking this into account, it is concluded that any student who meets the MDCE admission requirements, with the necessary training complements, may be admitted to the double degree.

You can find all the information about the admission criteria, on the websites of each master's degrees (MsDCE -  Admission criteria y MsDSCE - Admission criteria).

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

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.

Please check the study program for each track.

• Direct admission
• Admission through the MsDCE
• Admission through the MsDSCE

¹ Also available in 2^nd year's fall semester.
² Also available in 2^nd year's spring semester.
³ Also available in 1^st year's fall semester.
⁴ Also available in 1^st year's spring semester.

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Choose the subjects you want to study and simulate how your schedule will be with the UPC Timetable Viewer:

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The Master's final thesis is an original exercise to be done individually and presented and defended before a university panel consisting in a project that synthesises and integrates the competences acquired during the studies.

Students will have the option of completing a single final thesis summing up the teaching load (credits) of the master's final thesis for both degrees or two different theses, each one having the corresponding teaching load (credits).

These are the master's theses currently scheduled for public presentation: