Program Overview

Civil Engineering Master Degree

General Information

• Class: LM23 (Ministerial Decree No 270 of 2004)
• Course type: Master Degree
• Duration: 2 years
• Access type: Open with curricular skills test
• School: Engineering
• Department: Civil Engineering and Computer Science Engineering
• Course code: H30

Description and Teaching Objectives

This Degree deepens methodological, applicative, and construction aspects of Civil Engineering, conveying knowledge and disciplines that contribute to identifying and solving problems related to buildings and infrastructure systems for mankind. Subjects include: design, construction, and management of buildings, roads, hydraulic and transport systems, plants, and organisational systems. This course is divided into two curricula providing general training in Civil Engineering:

• Structures and Geotechnics
• Infrastructure and Transport Systems The Structures and Geotechnics curriculum aims at training professionals with specific skills who can manage maintenance, direct construction works, design, and possibly consolidate typical works in Structural Engineering (buildings made of reinforced concrete, prestressed concrete, steel, and masonry) and Geotechnical Engineering (earthen constructions, foundations, tunnels, excavations, and support works). The Infrastructure and Transport Systems curriculum aims at training professionals who are not only well-prepared in Civil Engineering but can also master specific skills in managing network systems in areas such as services, distribution, and transport in order to perform maintenance, direct construction works, and design works relating to Infrastructure Engineering, e.g., roads, railways, airports, bridges, tunnels, and underground works.

Career Opportunities

Graduates can work in a number of areas such as:

• Design
• Production
• Management
• Organisation
• Support for technical and commercial facilities
• Risk analysis
• Safety management for prevention and emergencies Moreover, they can operate as freelancers as well as in the manufacturing sector, in services, or in public administration. They can find employment at:
  • Construction and maintenance companies dealing with civil works, plants, and civil infrastructure
  • Firms and companies designing works, plants, and infrastructure
  • Public offices dealing with design, planning, management, and control of urban and territorial systems
  • Businesses, organisations, consortia, system management, and control agencies for works and services
  • Service companies performing feasibility studies on urban and territorial infrastructural impact