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Master in Civil Engineering

General information

Official Code: 9360
Acronym: MIEC
Description: O Curso de Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia Civil é uma formação abrangente, que procura dotar os alunos de uma base sólida, rica nas Ciências Básicas e forte ligação entre a teoria e a prática nos grandes domínios tradicionais da Engenharia Civil, complementado com uma especialização numa área mais específica. Sob o ponto de vista profissional, os Mestres Integrados em Engenharia Civil devem possuir a capacidade para projetar, desenvolver, fiscalizar, coordenar e controlar obras, quer públicas, quer privadas.

Certificates

  • Civil Engineering - Geotechnics (300 ECTS credits)
  • Civil Engineering - Materials and Construction Processes (300 ECTS credits)
  • Civil Engineering - Structures (300 ECTS credits)
  • Civil Engineering - Hydraulics (300 ECTS credits)
  • Civil Engineering - Building Construction (300 ECTS credits)
  • Civil Engineering - Planning (300 ECTS credits)
  • Civil Engineering - Transport Infrastructures (300 ECTS credits)
  • Engineering Sciences - Civil Engineering (180 ECTS credits)

Courses Units

Algebra

EC0002 - ECTS It is the aim of this course that students acquire deep knowlegde on the fundamental tools of Linear Algebra.

Mathematical Analysis I

EC0001 - ECTS Consolidation and spread, in some extent, the knowledge in Mathematics the students have gathered in secondary school. Development of scientific and mathematical way of thinking. Understanding, manipulation and application of the concepts of one variable integration and series. Indication of a basic set of mathematical knowledge required by other subjects for civil engineering. Development of the ability to apply new mathematical concepts.

Computation

EC0004 - ECTS Stimulate the pupil to use, on an efficient way, the computer in the solution of some problems. Elaboration of algorithms. Develop the capacity to implement programs appealing to MATLAB language. Use some graphical capacities of the MATLAB.

Technical Drawing

EC0003 - ECTS Identifying and defining three-dimensional geometric shapes and their representation on the plane. Application of «languages» of graphical representation used in Engineering – the Technical Drawing, the Marked Level Method (one-orthogonal projection plane system) and the Topographic Drawing. The importance of the Technical Drawing as «professional language» associated to the conception, execution and interpretation of the engineering drawings.

History of Civil Engineering

EC0005 - ECTS

Project FEUP

FEUP002 - ECTS SOAPFEUP significa Socialização e Aprendizagem na FEUP.
Trata-se de uma oportunidade criada aos alunos que pela primeira vez ingressam na FEUP de poderem, de Forma activa e em trabalho de equipa, conhecerem a Escola e os recursos à sua disposição, bem como adquirirem conhecimentos pela prática nos domínios da pesquisa bibliográfica, da resolução de problemas, do uso de “ferramentas” informáticas e da comunicação.

Mathematical Analysis II

EC0006 - ECTS To introduce foundamental concepts in view of the analyse of functions of several variables. To develop the ability to analyse problems and results and aquire mathematical precision. To induce an educational background for other subjects in the curricula.

Numerical Analysis

EC0007 - ECTS To introduce some fundamental concepts of numerical analysis. To introduce notions of stability of methods and condition number of problems. Use of different numerical techniques to solve some problems. Study their efficiency, applicability and stability. Solve some case studies. Knowing how to choose and decide which method of numerical analysis to apply and which is the most efficient. Discuss the numerical results.

Economics and Management

EC0010 - ECTS The main goals pursued with the subject of Economics and Management are:
· Enhancement of the matter and method in the fields of knowledge of Economics and Management, and their respective importance in the scope of the degree in Civil Engineering.
· Development of basic concepts and methods in macroeconomics and microeconomics, in order to the integration of the future engineer in a global environment where the techniques interact continuously with economic and other aspects of the environment.
· Exposition of the main tendencies of economic and management thinking, and the way they allow the interpretation of current information in theses fields, namely in those more closely related to the civil engineering activities.
· Perception of the functioning of the Economics and Management, as well as the main questions and challenges faced by organizations and by the Portuguese economic policy in the European context, and the new problems that surrounds it.
· Assimilation of calculation and economic analysis tools essential to the critical insertion of the individual in the world that surrounds him.
· Explanation of the concepts of open firm, and of the main factors (external and internal and respective interactions) and social and economic tendencies of evolution that exert influence on its functioning, and respective implications in the organization management processes (political, economic, environment, technological, social and cultural factors).
· Enhancement of the different management sub-systems, particularly the financial one (interpretation of financial and accounting tools of a firm).
· Explanation of the strategy formulation process, of strategic analysis methods, and presentation of alternative standard strategies.
· Development of the skills of economic and financial analysis of firms and organizations, and evaluation of investment projects.

Mechanics 1

EC0009 - ECTS To instruct and to develop the ability to interpret problems of mechanics of systems of particles and rigid bodies in static conditions, by introducing theoretical concepts and practical methodologies to solve engineering problems, with emphasis in Civil Engineering.

Topography

EC0008 - ECTS To get a fundamental knowledge on the practical appliction of surveying in civil engineering.

Mathematical Analysis III

EC0011 - ECTS Introduction of the fundamental concepts for the study of behaviour of ordinary differential equations, using analytical, qualitative and numerical methods. Preparation of formulation engineering problems using ordinary differential equations.

Engineering Geology

EC0014 - ECTS Study of the main minerals and rocks. Study of the rocks main properties and their application as construction and foundation materials. Study of the geotechnical and geological characteristics of massifs towards the resolution of engineering and environment problems resulting from the interaction with human works and activities and the forecast and development of preventive or repairing measures of geological accidents.

Environmental and Social Assessment

EC0012 - ECTS · Raise students’ awareness of issues related to the preservation of the quality of the Environment
· The nature of environmental and social impacts related to projects of Civil Engineering
· Introduction to the elaboration of EIS, the process of EIA and legal procedure in Portugal
· Methodologies of prediction and evaluation of environmental and social impacts; mitigation of impacts
· Discussion of the nature of environmental and social conflicts related to specific projects and presentation of methodologies to identify and solve those conflicts

Mechanics 2

EC0013 - ECTS To instruct and to develop the ability to analyse problems of dynamics of rigid bodies or rigid particles’ systems, by introducing theoretical concepts and practical methodologies to solve problems related to kinematics and kinetics.

Strength of Materials I

EC0015 - ECTS

Architecture

EC0016 - ECTS The plurality of aims to reach in this disciplines is essentially divided in two great groups.

First Group Aims - "Technician-Formatives".

Considering that students of Civil Engineering will be able to to develop in its professional passage sveral projects of specialties, specially building construction, such practical it will imply the necessity to efficiently articulate its solution to that one praised by architects and/or specialists. In this way, it is intended to:
a)Developing in students the capacity to read and to interpret different projects of architecture, being made familiar itself, thus, with the specific language of the drawing technical representation (already introduced previously in he disciplines of Drawing of Construction), support essential in the communication of the act to create the built structures and the spaces, in general;
b)Giving students the procedures / principles that structuralize the architecture projects (its prescribed constitution and hierarchy, fases, implications, joint to the municipal politicies on construction, etc), as well as for the effectiveness of the joint of the professional of civil engineering with the architects.

Second Group Aims - "Critical-Formatives".

During the last years the studies on theory, critical and historiography of architecture have been object of increasing attention. In this scientific context where the inquiries gain great expression on concrete analyses of historical periods in accordance with determined metodologies or points of view on theory, history and morphology of architecture, it is intended, as specific aims, to develop the following analytical boardings:
a)Assimilation of the passage of the architecture, in the interpretative domain of the historical evolution of the articulated architectural space to the constructive and structural innovations; critical and monographic;
b)Assimilation of main movements and workmanships of architecture (until nowadays), for form to extend, in the students, its cultural and architectural learning, as well as the education of the taste.

Statistics

EC0030 - ECTS To induce an educational background for other following subjects in the curricula. To give solid knowledge for future developements at the specialization level as well as at the professsional level. To prepare the student for the use of probabilistic and statistical language and to be able to comunicate when dealing with subjects in which Probabilities and Statistics take part, ensuring that a correct interiorization of concepts is achieved. To educate the student to be able to translate his reasoning into mathematics when analysing real world problems and adequately formulate these problems. To educate the student in techniques that can be used in order to solve these problems.

Physics

EC0017 - ECTS CDIO: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3

• The acquisition of the fundamental knowledge in physics necessary to describe and understand the physics involved in phenomena of wave, electromagnetic and thermodynamic nature.
• The gain of familiarity with the fore mentioned physics phenomena and their relationship with Engineering through the practical applications associated with such phenomenology.
• The attainment of abilities in the analysis and resolution of exercises in these domains and their use in performing, analyzing and communicating the results of simple laboratory experiments.

General Hydraulics I

EC0018 - ECTS Teaching the fundamental concepts, principles and theories that lead to the understanding the reality of the several types of flows.
Presentation of theories and strategies used in Civil Engineering for the conception and planning of projects and hydraulic structures
Teaching the strategies used to characterize the behaviour.


Strength of Materials II

EC0019 - ECTS Resolution of hiperstatics bending structures; determination of tensions and deformations in any point of the bars submitted to the axial efforts, bending, cut and twist, and its combinations. Study of the tension state and deformation in a point (2D and 3D). Study of the instability of compressed bars.

Physic of Constructions

EC0022 - ECTS Introduction to Building Physics subjects. Buildings fire behaviour. Thermal behaviour of buildings. Buildings acoustics. Regulations applicable to the referred subjects: fire safety in dwellings, thermal behaviour and noise control in buildings.

General Hydraulics II

EC0021 - ECTS This subject aims to teach: concepts, principles and primary theories reproducing the reality of the different types of flow; within scope of the subject also teach theories and methods, used in Civil Engineering, in planning and in design of hydraulic works and structures; the methods used to characterize flow behaviour.

Operational Research

EC0023 - ECTS The objective of Operations Research is that the students develop capabilities (methods) to solve problems.

Construction Materials I

EC0024 - ECTS This course provides general knowledge on different kinds of building materials, namely: steel, aggregates, wood, ceramics, glass and polymeric materials. Special emphasis will be put on steel and aggregates as components for mortar and concrete.
Basic characteristics and main applications.


Structural Analysis I

EC0020 - ECTS

Hydrology and Water Resources

EC0027 - ECTS Provide to all the undergraduate students in Civil Engineering knowledge that will prepare them for the design in the following areas of hydrology: surface water, water resources management and urban stormwater drainage systems. General information about hydroelectric plants.

Construction Materials II

EC0025 - ECTS Technical and scientific knowledge on construction materials, namely, binders, grout, mortar and concrete.

Territorial Planning

EC0029 - ECTS To introduce the students to the problem of urban planning taking into account the role of the civil engineer as an agent (or producer) in the planning of real estate, infrastructures and equipments: instruction in urban planning is essential to assure that the ‘usage’ of the urban space is coherent with standards of balanced and sustained development, with compromises of the building industry in terms of its impact in an effective urban integration. For this reason, this subject aims at providing structured knowledge concerning the working conditions and the spatial organization conditions of urban territories, at framing the role of planning and urban management, and promoting a deeper knowledge in urban techniques and methodologies.

Technology of Construction

EC0028 - ECTS Introduction to Building Technology. Analysis of building elements. Analysis of structural masonry walls applying Eurocode 6. Water supply design and sure draining – basic concepts and regulations.

Structural Analysis II

EC0026 - ECTS Presentation and quarrel of the method of displacements, matrical formularization, for analysis of reticulated structures in linear regimen, plain and three-dimensional, and its point of view developments of its practical application, namelly if it relates to its use in the automatic calculation. Presentation of the general aspects of the method of the finite elements. Dynamic analysis of structures applied simple the structural systems. Introduction to the geometric non linear analysis and plastic analysis. The study of the structural methods analysis is followed by the concern to increase the degree of understanding of the structures behavior, of the point of view of the distribution of efforts and displacements.

Structural Concrete I

EC0031 - ECTS - To expose the principles, theories and models for the analysis and design of members made up of structural concrete.
- To provide a full comprehension of the structural behaviour of elements made up of reinforced and prestressed concrete.
- To discuss and to apply the rules from the concrete norms, regulations and codes.
- To introduce the students in the design of reinforced and prestressed concrete structures.

Project Management

EC0035 - ECTS To develop and understand:
-contact with construction activity and Civil Engineer activitiesl;
-construction life cycle
- construction design activity- phases, rools and outputs;
- construction project management - importance, goals and tools;
-underline importance of quality and sustainability on construction

Environmental and Urban Hydraulics

EC0033 - ECTS To give to the students and future Civil Engineers the fundamental concepts of Environmental and Urban Hydraulics within the Water Cycle component included in the water supply and drainage water systems areas. The main goal is to prepare the students and prepare them for the project, for its evaluation, analysis and discussion as well as for the works supervision and exploration of Water Supply Systems’ infrastructures components. Special emphasis will be given to the normative aspects of construction and exploration of the infrastructures’ hydraulic components.

Soil Mechanics I

EC0032 - ECTS Introduction to the concepts, principles and fundamental theories describing and explaining both the mechanical behaviour (in terms of resistance and deformability) and the hydraulic behaviour of soil masses.


Roads I

EC0034 - ECTS Discipline of general characteristics in the area of Road Design.

Urban Environment and Transport Planning

EC0038 - ECTS To provide instruments for the description and interpretation of current problems of urban environment and transport.
To present and discuss strategies, methodologies and instruments for urban environment and transport policies and planning.


Structural Concrete II

EC0036 - ECTS - To understand the theories and models of analysis of framed structures, slabs and foundations under service and ultimate load conditions.
- To discuss the detailing rules to be applied, as specified in the regulations for concrete structures.
- To initiate the students in the design of reinforced concrete structures, of the types described above.

Construction Management and Safety

EC0040 - ECTS This course gives the students general information about management of construction and also about safety legislation and technical rules. It complements the previous course GP (Project Management) dealing with the construction phase while GP deals with the design and planning phases (previous to physical works on site).

Soil Mechanics II

EC0037 - ECTS Introduction to the concepts, theories and methods used in Civil Engineering for the design of works and structures whose stability relies on the mechanical behaviour of soil masses.

Roads II

EC0039 - ECTS Discipline of general characteristics in the area of Road Design, Earthworks, Drainage and Pavements

Steel and Composite Structures


EC0053 - ECTS

Foundations


EC0073 - ECTS

Models and Safety in Geotechnics


EC0074 - ECTS

Design Revue and Checking


EC0062 - ECTS

Construction Management


EC0057 - ECTS

Construction Control


EC0061 - ECTS

Installations in Buildings


EC0058 - ECTS

Construction Systems Technologies


EC0063 - ECTS

Environmental and Building Acoustics


EC0065 - ECTS

Planning and Mobility Management


EC0083 - ECTS

Pavements 1


EC0091 - ECTS

Traffic and Transports 2


EC0093 - ECTS

Fluvial Works and Hydroplants 1


EC0097 - ECTS

Water Supply Systems


EC0099 - ECTS

Maritime Works 1


EC0098 - ECTS

Urban Drainage Systems


EC0103 - ECTS

Maritime Works 2


EC0102 - ECTS

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