Civil Engineering
Education objectives
This program provides a solid foundational education and enhances students'' ability to understand the economic, industrial, commercial, social, and professional environment in which engineering activities take place. It promotes teamwork, critical thinking, and decision-making in everyday contexts. Civil Engineers play a key role in the planning, design, and construction of buildings, bridges, roads, dams, and other infrastructures, maintenance and rehabilitation of the built environment, considering seismic safety and energy efficiency.
Why Choose This Degree?
Enhances students'' ability to understand the economic, industrial, commercial, social, and professional environment in which engineering activities occur
Develops oral and written communication skills in various contexts and with different stakeholders
Trains and promotes teamwork, fostering constructive critical thinking and decision-making in everyday contexts
Provides the scientific and technical knowledge base that will enable graduates to pursue second-cycle studies.
Career Opportunities
Design, consulting, construction, and supervision in the fields of buildings and civil engineering works
Hydraulic works, transportation, and infrastructure
Rehabilitation of built heritage (both in the private sector and within central, regional, and local government authorities—general and regional directorates, municipalities, and local services)
(Particularly emphasized in the master''s level studies)
General characterization
DGES code
1054
Cicle
Bachelor (1st Cycle)
Degree
Licenciado
Access to other programs
Access to 2nd cycle
Coordinator
Carla Alexandra da Cruz Marchão
Opening date
September
Vacancies
47
Fees
Portuguese students: 697 euros /year
Foreign students: 7000 euros /year
Schedule
Daytime
Teaching language
Available soon
Degree pre-requisites
Duration: 3 years
Credits: 180 ECTS
| Scientific Area |
Acronym | ECTS | |
| Mandatory | Optional | ||
| Civil Engineering | EC | 87 | 3 |
| Engineering Sciences | CE | 15 | 0 |
| Mathematics | M | 36 | 0 |
| Architecture | Arq | 6 | 0 |
| Informatics | I | 6 | 0 |
| Physics | F | 6 | 0 |
| Chemistry | Q | 6 | 0 |
| Industrial Engineering | EI | 3 | 0 |
| Social Sciences and Humanities | CHS | 3 | 0 |
| Transferable Skills | CC | 3 | 0 |
| Any Scientific Area | QAC | 0 | 6 (a) |
| TOTAL | 171 | 9 | |
(a) 6 ECTS in courses chosen by the student on a list approved annually by the Scientific Council of NOVA FCT, which includes the unity of all scientific areas of NOVA FCT.
Conditions of admittance
Specific exams:
07 Physics and Chemistry + 19 Mathematics A
Admission formula:
60% of the final grade obtained in secondary school
40% of the final grade of the specific(s) exam(s)
Minimum grade of the specific(s) exam(s): 95
Minimum grade of the application: 95
Evaluation rules
The evaluation of all UCs is continuous for all the components that integrate it, and it must be completed by the last day of the school term of the academic semester.
The continuous evaluation of a UC must include a minimum of three elements in the set of evaluation components, on dates adequately spaced throughout the period of classes.
All UCs with a theoretical-practical evaluation component must provide, in addition, a form of evaluation of this component by exam, to be carried out after the period of classes (Examination of Appeal).
All requirements and conditions related to the evaluation of the UC, namely the minimum weights and classifications, if any, of each component, as well as the Frequency conditions, are defined a priori and, mandatorily, published in the Discipline Form.
For each UC, combinations of three evaluation components are allowed: (i) Theoretical-practical evaluation; (ii) Laboratory or project evaluation; (iii) Summative assessment.
Regulamento de Avaliação de Conhecimentos (Licenciaturas, Mestrados Integrados e Mestrados.)
Structure
| 1.º Semester | ||
|---|---|---|
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| 11505 | Linear Algebra and Analytic Geometry | 6.0 |
| 13492 | Calculus I C | 6.0 |
| 10352 | Soft Skills for Science and Technology | 3.0 |
| 10426 | Technical Design | 3.0 |
| 10427 | Geology for Civil Engeneering | 3.0 |
| 10428 | Introduction to Civil Engineering | 3.0 |
| 10429 | Chemistry C | 6.0 |
| 2.º Semester | ||
|---|---|---|
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| 13496 | Calculus II C | 6.0 |
| 10430 | Computer Aided Drawing | 3.0 |
| 9369 | Statics | 6.0 |
| 11147 | Informatics for Science and Engineering C | 6.0 |
| 10431 | Topography and Geographic Information Systems | 3.0 |
| 2.º Semester - Unidade Curricular do Bloco Livre | ||
|---|---|---|
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| Options | ||
| 11066 | Unrestricted Electives | 6.0 | O aluno deverá obter 6.0 créditos nesta opção. |
| 3.º Semester | ||
|---|---|---|
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| 5004 | Mathematical Analysis III C | 6.0 |
| 12162 | Architecture and Urbanism | 6.0 |
| 10432 | Dynamics of Rigid Bodies | 6.0 |
| 12161 | Hydraulics I | 6.0 |
| 13469 | Thermodynamics C | 6.0 |
| 4.º Semester | ||
|---|---|---|
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| 12662 | Hydraulics II | 3.0 |
| 10361 | Operational Research (Engineering Courses) | 6.0 |
| 12164 | Continuum Mechanics | 3.0 |
| 10437 | Computational Methods in Engineering | 3.0 |
| 12163 | Planning and Transports | 6.0 |
| 10410 | Probability and Statistics C | 6.0 |
| 12512 | Society, Sustainability and Digital Transformation | 3.0 |
| 5.º Semester | ||
|---|---|---|
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| 10435 | Hydrology and Drainage Works | 6.0 |
| 1837 | Building Materials I | 6.0 |
| 5474 | Soil Mechanics | 6.0 |
| 10439 | Strength of Materials I | 6.0 |
| 7792 | Transport Infrastructures | 6.0 |
| 6.º Semester | ||
|---|---|---|
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| 9377 | Analysis of Geotechnical Structures | 6.0 |
| 12699 | Urban Hydraulics | 3.0 |
| 1839 | Building Materials II | 6.0 |
| 10440 | Strength of Materials II | 6.0 |
| 12661 | Structural Safety and Design | 6.0 |
| 6.º Semester - Opção PIIC/PIPP | ||
|---|---|---|
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| Options | ||
| 10597 | Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program | 3.0 |
| 10596 | Undergraduate Practice Opportunities Program | 3.0 | O aluno deverá obter 3.0 créditos nesta opção. |