Master's Degree in Civil Engineering for Risk Mitigation
Lecco , Italy
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Tuition Fee
Not Available
Start Date
Not Available
Medium of studying
On campus
Duration
2 years
Details
Program Details
Degree
Masters
Major
Civil Engineering | Geotechnical Engineering | Structural Engineering
Area of study
Engineering | Natural Science
Education type
On campus
Course Language
English
About Program
Program Overview
Civil Engineering for Risk Mitigation
The Civil Engineering for Risk Mitigation program is a Master's degree program that lasts for 2 years and is taught in English. It is located on the Lecco campus.
Eligibility
To be eligible for this program, applicants must have a Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Architecture, or Land Use Planning.
Mission and Goals
The program aims to link the fundamental disciplines of Civil Engineering with advanced Risk Management tools, focusing on forecasting and prevention issues concerning structures and infrastructures due to natural and anthropic causes.
Subjects
The program is divided into two years, with the following subjects:
- 1st semester:
- Numerical Methods for Partial Differential Equations
- Soil-Structure Interaction
- Tools for Risk Management
- Flood Risk
- Structural Analysis
- Fundamentals of GIS
- 2nd semester:
- River Hydraulics for Flood Risk Evaluation
- Computational Mechanics
- Structural Dynamics
- Theory of Plasticity
- 2nd year:
- Three modules to be chosen among:
- Engineering Structures for the Environment
- Geo-Engineering Techniques for Unstable Slopes
- Emergency Plans for Hydro-Geological Risk
- Structure Retrofitting
- Transport Management in Emergency Planning
- Geospatial Data Processing to Support Seismic Emergency Management
- The final project is devoted to the solution of a field case.
- Three modules to be chosen among:
School
The program is part of the School of Civil, Environmental and Land Management Engineering.
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