Program Overview

Master in Structural Design

The Master in Structural Design is a specialized course that aims to train designers with a solid background in the area of structures. The program seeks to provide advanced and specialized skills to civil engineers, allowing for the deepening of knowledge in designing new structures, verifying and reinforcing existing structures, optimizing solutions by modeling structural behavior closer to reality, or even experimenting through scientific knowledge and the use of more advanced and design-specific calculation tools, based on the new Structural Eurocodes.

Program Objectives

At the end of the study cycle, the Masters in Structural Design are able to plan, conceive, design, build, inspect, manage, maintain, and rehabilitate structures of any type of material and type, through advanced methodologies and tools that can increasingly realistically simulate physical behaviors, as well as integrating research, management, consulting, and technical advisory teams.

Program Highlights

The Master's Degree in Structural Design at the University of Aveiro stands out for its strong practical component, with special emphasis on the development of projects with practical use of advanced tools, and for the dynamism of the teaching staff that make up the RISCO research unit, rated very good by FCT, where knowledge is generated in a creative and innovative environment in which students enjoy and actively participate.

Program Details

• Duration: 2 years
• Mode: Daytime
• Course: Master
• National/EU student tuition fee 2024/2025: 1000/year
• Scientific area(s): Civil Engineering
• Teaching language(s): Portuguese
• International tuition fees 2024/2025: 5000/year

Admissions

The course does not have an active applications phase.

Professional Outcomes

Masters in Structural Design can perform various functions or have the opportunity to progress in their careers in:

• Structural design offices
• Civil construction and public works companies
• Planning, direction, management, and supervision of structural works
• Central and local administration services, in the areas of structures or that also integrate projects from other areas of civil engineering
• Works of art of road or railway communication ways
• Support structures and foundations in geotechnics
• Hydraulic and maritime structures
• Restoration and rehabilitation works of the built heritage
• Implementation of sustainable structural solutions
• Management and maintenance of projects

Curricular Plan

The Master in Structural Design has a duration of 2 years.

Accreditation

The course is accredited by a3es, with accreditation results available.

Registration

The course is registered at the General Directorate of Higher Education with the number R/A-Cr 109/2021, and publication details are available in the Diário da República.