Program Overview
The M.Sc. in Civil Engineering equips students with advanced skills in design, analysis, and communication, preparing them for careers in various civil engineering disciplines. The program emphasizes ethical and professional responsibilities, project planning and management, and research in contemporary civil engineering topics, including sustainability and climate change. The mandatory core subjects and optional electives, both technical and non-technical, provide students with a comprehensive understanding of the field and enhance their employability in national and international markets.
Program Outline
Degree Overview:
The M.Sc. in Civil Engineering provides advanced training in civil engineering topics. The program is designed to meet the needs of the civil engineering sector, which requires graduates with high-level skills in design, analysis, and communication.
Objectives:
- Identify ethical, social, and professional responsibilities faced by contemporary civil engineers, with emphasis on sustainability and climate change.
- Develop project planning and management strategies to provide solutions within a fixed time-frame.
- Undertake a research project on a specific problem at the forefront of civil engineering, formulate feasible solutions, and present results as a technical paper and audio-visual presentation.
- Identify limitations of existing knowledge and capabilities and avenues for professional development.
Outline:
The program spans three semesters and requires full-time attendance on campus. Students study a mandatory set of core subjects and a suite of optional advanced subjects (technical and non-technical electives) in the first two semesters. They engage in a single research project over all three semesters, submitting a research project (thesis) at the end of semester 3.
Core Subjects:
- Advanced Technical Communication for Engineers
Technical Electives (choose three from each semester):
Semester 1:
- Wind, Ocean & Hydro Energy
- Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering
- Advanced Mechanics of Solids
- Finite Element Analysis
- Computational Fluid Dynamics
Semester 2:
- Advanced Structures
- Advanced Geotechnical Engineering
- Fracture Mechanics
- Non-Linear Finite Element Analysis
- Advanced Computational Fluid Dynamics
- Engineering a Circular Economy
- Plasticity of Conventional and 3D Printed Metals
Non-Technical Electives (choose one from each semester):
- Establishing International Ventures
Careers:
Graduates of the program are highly employable, both nationally and internationally, across numerous civil engineering sub-discipline areas, including:
- Environmental and energy engineering
- Geotechnical engineering
- Structural engineering
- Construction management
Other:
- The research project focuses on a wide range of challenges across society where civil engineers contribute solutions and knowledge generation in the areas of:
- Environmental and energy engineering
- Structural engineering
- Geotechnical engineering
- Water and waste water engineering
- Transport engineering
- The School also has links to the Bernal Institute, a leading research institute.
EU - €7,660 Non- EU - €19,300
