Program Overview

Erasmus Mundus Master's Degree in Coastal and Marine Engineering and Management (CoMEM)

The Erasmus Mundus master's degree in Coastal and Marine Engineering and Management (CoMEM) is a program designed to offer advanced training to future scientists and engineers with responsibilities in coastal, port, and open sea projects, including management and administration functions of maritime engineering companies. During the program, students will become familiar with key issues to provide sustainable, environmentally respectful, legally acceptable, and economically viable solutions to various problems in the fields covered by CoMEM.

Program Structure

• The program offers a well-conceived combination of topics, theory, and practice in five different pathways.
• It provides students with the added value of mobility between the universities of the consortium, fostering their social integration and taking advantage of the specific skills offered by the five consortium institutions.
• The pathways are:
  • Future Ports and Waterways
  • Coastal Environmental Engineering
  • Shore Management

General Information

• Duration and Start: 2 academic years, 120 ECTS credits. Start: August
• Schedule and Modality: Morning and afternoon. On-site
• Languages: English
• Information on Language Use and Student Linguistic Rights

Place of Implementation

• First Semester: All students attend the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Engineering Science and Technology, Department of Civil and Transport Engineering, Trondheim, Norway.
• Second Semester: Depending on the chosen pathway, students attend either the Delft University of Technology, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Department of Hydraulic Engineering, Delft, Netherlands, or the Universitat Politčcnica de Catalunya, Escola Tčcnica Superior d'Enginyeria de Camins, Canals i Ports de Barcelona.
• Third Semester: Depending on the chosen pathway, students attend either the Delft University of Technology, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Department of Hydraulic Engineering, Delft, Netherlands; the University of Southampton, Faculty of Engineering and the Environment and School of Ocean and Earth Science, Southampton, UK; or City, University of London, Faculty of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, London, UK.
• Fourth Semester: Students attend one of the five consortium universities where they have studied, according to the chosen pathway.

Official Title

• Registered in the register of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport

Access

• General Requirements: Academic requirements for access to a master's degree
• Places: 20
• Pre-enrollment: This interuniversity master's degree is not coordinated by the UPC. Pre-enrollment must be done at the coordinating university: Norwegian University of Science and Technology (Norway)

Study Plan

• Study plan not available

Professional Outcomes

• Professional Outcomes: Students will specialize in environmental engineering, environmental management, and business management. Therefore, master's degree holders can work practically in any area related to coastal, port, and open sea engineering and management, both in the public and private sectors. They will also develop research skills that will enable them to pursue a doctoral degree or work in specialized areas of the industry.
• Competencies:
  • Transversal Competencies: Describe what a graduate should know or be able to do upon completing the learning process, regardless of the degree. The transversal competencies established at the UPC are entrepreneurship and innovation, sustainability and social commitment, knowledge of a third language (preferably English), teamwork, and proper use of information resources.

Double Degree Agreements

• Consult double degree agreements with other international universities.

Quality Seals

• Consult the quality indicators of the degree on the portal of University Studies of Catalonia of the Agency for the Quality of the University System of Catalonia. You can learn, among other things, the results of the evaluation of the studies, the degree of satisfaction of the students, or the data on labor insertion of graduates.

Academic Organization: Regulations, Calendars

• European Program: Erasmus Mundus
• UPC Teaching Center: Escola Tčcnica Superior d'Enginyeria de Camins, Canals i Ports de Barcelona (ETSECCPB)
• Participating Institutions:
  • Universitat Politčcnica de Catalunya (UPC)
  • Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Ingénieurs de Caen (ENSICAEN)
  • Norwegian University of Science and Technology (Norway) - coordinating university
  • Universitŕ degli Studi di Genova (Italy)
  • Université de Caen Normandie (UNICAEN)
• Academic Responsible for the Program: Corrado Altomare