Curriculum, procedures & regulations
For more information on course groups, coordinators and codes check the printer version of the curriculum.
COURSES |
ECTS |
| First & second years | |
| Fall semester | |
| Mandatory common courses | |
| 250800 Continuum mechanics | 5 |
| 250801 Modelling in geoengineering | 5 |
| 250802 Geology for engineering | 5 |
| 250803 Modelling of flow and transport in porous media | 5 |
| 250804 Soils mechanics | 5 |
| 250805 Rock mechanics | 5 |
| Elective common courses | |
| 250808 Geographic information systems | 5 |
| Spring semester | |
| Mandatory common courses | |
| 250407 Groundwaves generation & propagation | 5 |
| Elective common courses | |
| 250807 Numerical modelling tool in geoengineering | 5 |
| 250809 Seminars | 5 |
| Fall & spring semesters | |
| 250838 Master's thesis | 30 |
Specialty courses
COURSES |
ECTS |
| Specialty in geotechnical engineering | |
| Fall semester | |
| Specialty mandatory courses | |
| 250811 Foundations & earth retaining structures | 5 |
| 250420 Geotechnical design & construction | 5 |
| Specialty elective courses | |
| 250813 Quaternary geology | 5 |
| 250818 Constitutive equations of materials | 5 |
| 250820 Numerical models in geotechnical engineering | 5 |
| Spring semester | |
| Specialty mandatory courses | |
| 250810 Advanced soil mechanics | 5 |
| 250423 Tunnels and Rock Mechanics | 5 |
| 250421 Geomechanics of breakage | 5 |
| Specialty elective courses | |
| 250521 Slope stability | 5 |
| 250815 Modern monitoring techniques for ground movements | 5 |
| 250816 Unsaturated soil mechanics | 5 |
| 250819 Soil behaviour & advanced modelling | 5 |
| Specialty in groundwater hydrology | |
| Fall semester | |
| Specialty mandatory courses | |
| 250531 Modelling of soil & groundwater contamination | 5 |
| Specialty elective courses | |
| 250826 Reactive transport | 5 |
| 250828 Hydrometeorological processes & their interactions with the ground | 5 |
| Spring semester | |
| Specialty mandatory courses | |
| 250823 Aquifers balance & recharge | 5 |
| Specialty elective courses | |
| 250422 Interaction between groundwater & civil works | 5 |
| 250825 Environmental isotope techniques in groundwater hydrology | 5 |
| 250829 Groundwater & environment | 5 |
| Untaught courses | |
| 250821 Aquifer mechanics | 5 |
| 250822 Stochastic methods in hydrology | 5 |
| 250824 Hydrogeochemical modelling | 5 |
| 250827 Stochastic modelling of transport in heterogeneous media | 5 |
| Specialty in earthquake engineering | |
| Fall semester | |
| Specialty mandatory courses | |
| 250830 Sismology | 5 |
| 250831 Geophysical prospection | 5 |
| 250833 Seismic hazard assessment | 5 |
| Specialty elective courses | |
| 250703 Composite materials structures | 5 |
| 250839 Statistics applied to civil & earthquake engineering | 5 |
| Spring semester | |
| Specialty mandatory courses | |
| 250520 Earthquake engineering | 5 |
| 250476 Seismic risk assessment & reduction | 5 |
| Specialty elective courses | |
| 250835 Static & dynamic structural analysis | 5 |
| 250471 Bridges | 5 |
| Untaught courses | |
| 250834 Advanced methods in seismic damage evaluation | 5 |
| 250837 Advanced seismic resistant design | 5 |
Students enrolled at UPC for the Master's Degree in Geotechnical Engineering can access the following information:
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