Program Overview

Introduction to the 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 comprehensive program designed to provide advanced training to future scientists and engineers responsible for coastal, port, and open sea projects. The program includes training in management and administration functions of maritime engineering companies.

General Information

• Duration and Start: 2 academic years, 120 ECTS credits, starting in August.
• Schedule and Modality: Morning and afternoon, face-to-face.
• Languages: English.
• 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 itinerary, students attend either the University of Technology of Delft, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Department of Hydraulic Engineering, Delft, Netherlands, or the Universitat Politčcnica de Catalunya, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería de Caminos, Canales y Puertos de Barcelona.
  • Third Semester: Depending on the chosen itinerary, students attend either the University of Technology of Delft, 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 the University City, Faculty of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, London, UK.
  • Fourth Semester: Students attend one of the five universities in the consortium where they have studied, according to the chosen itinerary.
• 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

The study plan is not available.

Professional Exits

Graduates of this master's degree will specialize in environmental engineering, environmental management, and business management. They can work in almost any area related to coastal, port, and open sea engineering, both in the public and private sectors. They will also develop research skills that will allow them to pursue a doctorate or work in specialized areas of the industry.

Competences

• Transversal Competences: Describe what a graduate is capable of knowing or doing upon completing their learning process, regardless of the degree. The transversal competences established by the UPC are entrepreneurial spirit and innovation, sustainability and social commitment, knowledge of a third language (preferably English), teamwork, and solvent use of information resources.

Quality Seals

Consult the quality indicators of the degree in the portal Estudios Universitarios de Cataluńa of the Agencia para la Calidad del Sistema Universitario de Cataluńa. You can find, among other things, the results of the evaluation of the studies, the degree of student satisfaction, or the employment insertion data of graduates.

Academic Organization: Normatives, Calendars

• European Program: Erasmus Mundus.
• UPC Teaching Center: Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería de Caminos, Canales y Puertos de Barcelona (ETSECCPB).
• Participating Institutions:
  • Universitat Politčcnica de Catalunya (UPC).
  • Caen 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.