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.