Geological Engineering
Education objectives
Training of specialists in the areas of Earth and Engineering Sciences, after a first cycle in GE at FCT-UNL.
The professional skills of geological engineers at FCT-UNL since 1987 encompass three areas of employability: geoenvironmental engineering, geotechnics and georesources, both in Portugal and abroad.
The general objectives are:
- Expand the training received during the first cycle, allowing to increase skills and obtain further knowledge development with autonomy, namely, applying new methodologies and optimization of industrial processes in the pursuit of quality assurance and safety in engineering and taking into account the inherent social, economic and environmental impacts.
- Training broadband geological engineers, facilitating mobility in the profession according to market needs, nationally and internationally, whether for industry
and services, or for research and development.
General characterization
DGES code
918
Cicle
Master (2nd Cycle)
Degree
Mestre
Access to other programs
Access to a 3rd cycle
Coordinator
Ana Paula Fernandes da Silva
Opening date
September
Vacancies
25
Fees
Available soon
Schedule
Daytime
Teaching language
Available soon
Degree pre-requisites
Duration: 2 years
Credits: 120 ECTS
Mandatory scientifc areas
| Scientific Area | Acronym | Credits(ECTS) | |
| Mandatory | Optional | ||
| Geologicasl Engineering | EG | 72 | 33 |
| Civil Engineering | EC | 3 | 0 |
| Engineering Sciences | CE | 3 | 0 |
| Transferable Skills | CC | 3 | 0 |
| Any other area | QAC | 0 | 6 |
| TOTAL | 81 | 39 |
|
Conditions of admittance
Available soon
Evaluation rules
The following modes of evaluation are used with regard to academic qualifications:
- Evaluation based solely on an examination or completion of a final project.
- Evaluation based on work done throughout the semester excluding examination or final project. In these courses students can expect to carry out, for example, laboratory activities, mini-tests, tests, individual or group projects, seminar-related activities, any combination of which will be used to determine the final grade.
- Evaluation based obligatorily on an examination or a final project. In these courses there extists a form of evaluation similar to one of the aformentioned activities in paragraph 2 as well as a form of evaluation based on a final exam.
- Evaluation based on work done throughout the semester with the possibility of foregoing an examination or a final project.
The final Dissertation (or Project) involves a public discussion with a Jury.
Structure
| 1.º Semester | ||
|---|---|---|
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| 10738 | Geoenvironmental Engineering | 6.0 |
| 10909 | Building Materials | 3.0 |
| 10739 | Rock mechanics | 6.0 |
| 10740 | Modelling in Geological Engineering | 6.0 |
| 1.º Semester - Opção 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| Options | ||
| 10747 | Engineering Geological Characterization and Mapping | 6.0 |
| 7770 | Economic Geology and Energy Resources | 6.0 | O aluno deverá obter 6.0 créditos nesta opção. |
| 1.º Semester - Opção 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| Options | ||
| 10733 | Seismic Engineering Basis | 3.0 |
| 10741 | Petroleum Geology | 3.0 | O aluno deverá obter 3.0 créditos nesta opção. |
| 2.º Semester | ||
|---|---|---|
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| 10380 | Entrepreneurship | 3.0 |
| 10743 | Slope Stability | 6.0 |
| 10610 | Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) | 3.0 |
| 10742 | Quarry Technology | 6.0 |
| 2.º Semester - Opção 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| Options | ||
| 10744 | Evaluation and Management of Georesources | 6.0 |
| 10734 | Dams and underground works | 6.0 |
| 2.º Semester - Unidade Curricular do Bloco Livre | ||
|---|---|---|
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| Options | ||
| 11066 | Electives | 6.0 |
| 2.º Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| 11425 | Master Thesis in Geological Engineering | 42.0 |
| 3.º Semester - Opção 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| Options | ||
| 10737 | Foundations and Retaining Structures | 6.0 |
| 10746 | Geology and Urban Planning | 3.0 |
| 10745 | Management and Water Quality | 6.0 |
| 10736 | Infrastrutures and other works | 6.0 |
| 10735 | Instrumentation and Ground Improvement | 6.0 |
| 10911 | Groundwater Modelling | 3.0 |
| 10910 | Processing and Valorization of Mineral Resources | 6.0 |
| 3.º Semester - Opção 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| Options | ||
| 10737 | Foundations and Retaining Structures | 6.0 |
| 10746 | Geology and Urban Planning | 3.0 |
| 10745 | Management and Water Quality | 6.0 |
| 10736 | Infrastrutures and other works | 6.0 |
| 10735 | Instrumentation and Ground Improvement | 6.0 |
| 10911 | Groundwater Modelling | 3.0 |
| 10910 | Processing and Valorization of Mineral Resources | 6.0 |
| 3.º Semester - Opção 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| Options | ||
| 10737 | Foundations and Retaining Structures | 6.0 |
| 10746 | Geology and Urban Planning | 3.0 |
| 10745 | Management and Water Quality | 6.0 |
| 10736 | Infrastrutures and other works | 6.0 |
| 10735 | Instrumentation and Ground Improvement | 6.0 |
| 10911 | Groundwater Modelling | 3.0 |
| 10910 | Processing and Valorization of Mineral Resources | 6.0 |