Master of Science in Civil Engineering

The Civil Engineering programme focuses on the study and design of buildings and structures (roads, bridges, hydraulic structures, industrial buildings and high-rises), and aims at the education of civil engineers who can perform at a high level in an international industrial and social context.

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Master's Programme

2 year 120 credits

Faculty of Engineering and Architecture

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After graduation

First year

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1 General Courses

Course	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
FEM and Constitutive Material Laws in Structural Engineering	1	sem 1	en	Diego Lorenzo Allaix	3

Structural Dynamics	1	sem 1	en	Mia Loccufier	5

Groundwater and Contaminant Flow	1	sem 1	en	Herman Peiffer	4

Structural Stability	1	sem 1	en	Robby Caspeele	6

Water Management and Environment	1	sem 1	en	Tom De Mulder	5

Concrete Structures: Prestressed Concrete and Slabs	1	sem 2	en	Roman Wan-Wendner	6

Inland Waterways and Locks	1	sem 2	en	Tom De Mulder	6

Geotechnics	1	sem 2	en	Bruno Stuyts	5

Specialised Road Engineering and Mobility	1	sem 2	en	Pieter De Winne	5

Structural Reliability and Risk Analysis	1	sem 2	en	Robby Caspeele	4

2 Elective Courses

Subscribe to 20 credit units from 1 major or 1 minor from the following list. Subject to approval by the faculty.

2.1 Major Dredging and Offshore Engineering

Subscribe to 20 credit units from the following list. Subject to approval by the faculty.

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Introduction to Maritime Technology (partim)	sem 1	en	Evert Lataire	4

Offshore Structures	sem 1	en	Andreas Kortenhaus	4

Coastal Hydrodynamics	sem 1	en	Peter Troch	3

Offshore Foundations	sem 1	en	Bruno Stuyts	4

Dredging: Techniques and Processes	sem 2	en	Adam Bezuijen	5

2.2 Major Construction Design

Subscribe to 20 credit units from the following list. Subject to approval by the faculty.

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Spatial Structures	sem 1	en	Jan Belis	6

Non-linear and Plastic Methods of Structural Analysis	sem 1	en	Robby Caspeele	3

Conceptual Design	sem 2	en	Bart De Pauw	5

Seismic Design	sem 2	en	Hervé Degée	3

Glass and Facade Structures	sem 2	en	Jan Belis	3

2.3 Minor Operations Management

Subscribe to 20 credit units from the following list, with 12 credit units with reference a. Subject to approval by the faculty.

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Operations Research Models and Methods	a	sem 1	en	El-Houssaine Aghezzaf	6

Manufacturing Planning and Control	a	sem 1	en	Birger Raa	6

Quality Engineering and Industrial Statistics		sem 2	en,nl	Stijn De Vuyst	6

Project Management		sem 2	en	Mario Vanhoucke	6

Engineering Economy		sem 1	en	Sofie Verbrugge	4

Business Skills		sem 2	en	Mieke Audenaert	4

Transport Economics		sem 2	nl	Jochen Maes	6

3 Elective Courses

Subscribe to 12 credit units from no less than 2 and no more than 3 modules from the following list. Subject to approval by the faculty.

At least 6 credit units of elective social courses and at least 6 credit units of technical courses.

3.1 Elective Courses Civil Engineering

Subscribe to no less than 6 credit units from the following list. Subject to approval by the faculty.

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Prefabricated Concrete Constructions	sem 1	en	Stijn Matthys	3

Information Management in Architecture and Construction	sem 1	nl,en	Paulus Present	3

Diagnosis and Repair of Buildings	sem 1	en	Stijn Matthys	3

Life Cycle Assessment of Materials and Structures	sem 2	en	Nele De Belie	3

Explosions and Industrial Fire Safety	sem 1	en	Filip Verplaetsen	6

Passive Fire Protection	sem 1	en	Emmanuel Annerel	3

Mobility and Space	sem 1	en	Robert Van der Bijl	5

Railroads	sem 2	nl	Jan Mys	3

Ship Behaviour in Shallow and Confined Water	sem 2	en	Guillaume Delefortrie	3

Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering	sem 1	en	Ruslan Dmitriev	5

Biomechanics	sem 1	en	Charlotte Debbaut	6

Modelling of Physiological Systems	sem 2	en	Patrick Segers	6

3.2 Elective Social Courses

Subscribe to no less than 6 credit units from the following list. Subject to approval by the faculty.

Students may apply for another elective social course, given a clear motivation and after approval by the faculty (exceptionally, as a rule a course from the list below is followed).

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Internship 1		sem 1 sem 2	nl,en nl,en	Patrick Segers	3

Internship 2		sem 1 sem 2	nl,en nl,en	Patrick Segers	3

Internship 3		sem 1 sem 2	nl,en nl,en	Patrick Segers	6

International Internship 1		sem 1 sem 2	en en	Patrick Segers	3

International Internship 2		sem 1 sem 2	en en	Patrick Segers	3

International Internship 3		sem 1 sem 2	en en	Patrick Segers	6

Safety of Electrical and Mechanical Installations		sem 2	nl	Jos Knockaert	3

Sustainable Energy and Rational Use of Energy		sem 2	en	Jeroen Beeckman	4

Rational Use of Materials		sem 1	en	Tom Depover	5

Technology and Environment		sem 1	en	Luc Martens	3

Water and Air Quality Engineering		sem 2	en	Joris Thybaut	4

Ethics, Engineering and Society		sem 2	nl	Guido Pennings	3

Philosophy and Science		sem 1	nl	Maarten Van Dyck	3

The Information Society and ICT		sem 1	en	Erik Mannens	3

Introduction to Psychology		sem 1	nl	Wim Notebaert	3

Introduction to Human Resource Management					3

Coaching and Diversity	UKV	year	nl	Elisabeth De Schauwer	3

Introduction to Entrepreneurship		sem 1	en	Petra Andries	3

Dare to Venture		sem 2	en	Johan Verrue	4

Dare to Start		sem 2	en	Frank Gielen	3

Principles of Law and Construction Law		sem 1	nl	Jelle Laverge	3

Commercial Law		sem 1	nl	Diederik Bruloot	3

Financial and Cost Price Reporting in Companies		sem 1	nl	Sophie Maussen	6

Powerful Learning Environments		sem 1	nl	Bram De Wever	6

Classroom Management and Reflection		sem 2	nl	Melissa Tuytens	4

The Teacher within School and Society		sem 1	nl	Melissa Tuytens	4

Psychology of Adolescence		sem 1	nl	Wim Beyers	4

Macroeconomics		sem 1	nl	Freddy Heylen	6

Introduction Industrial Psychology		sem 2	nl	Bart Wille	5

Business Skills		sem 2	en	Mieke Audenaert	4

Sustainability Thinking	UKV	year	nl	Thomas Block	5

3.3 Elective Courses Ghent University

No more than 6 course units from the study programmes of Ghent University (social courses or technical courses), including the Ghent University Elective Courses. Subject to approval by the faculty.

Second year

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1 General Courses

Course	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Coastal Engineering and Harbour Construction	2	sem 1	en	Peter Troch	6

Advanced Bridge and Tunnel Engineering	2	sem 1	en	Hans De Backer	6

Design of Civil Structures	2	sem 2	en	Bart De Pauw	3

2 Elective Courses

Subscribe to 20 credit units from 1 major or 1 minor from the following list. Subject to approval by the faculty.

2.1 Major Dredging and Offshore Engineering

Subscribe to 20 credit units from the following list. Subject to approval by the faculty.

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Introduction to Maritime Technology (partim)	sem 1	en	Evert Lataire	4

Offshore Structures	sem 1	en	Andreas Kortenhaus	4

Coastal Hydrodynamics	sem 1	en	Peter Troch	3

Offshore Foundations	sem 1	en	Bruno Stuyts	4

Dredging: Techniques and Processes	sem 2	en	Adam Bezuijen	5

2.2 Major Construction Design

Subscribe to 20 credit units from the following list. Subject to approval by the faculty.

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Spatial Structures	sem 1	en	Jan Belis	6

Non-linear and Plastic Methods of Structural Analysis	sem 1	en	Robby Caspeele	3

Conceptual Design	sem 2	en	Bart De Pauw	5

Seismic Design	sem 2	en	Hervé Degée	3

Glass and Facade Structures	sem 2	en	Jan Belis	3

2.3 Minor Operations Management

Subscribe to 20 credit units from the following list, with 12 credit units with reference a. Subject to approval by the faculty.

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Operations Research Models and Methods	a	sem 1	en	El-Houssaine Aghezzaf	6

Manufacturing Planning and Control	a	sem 1	en	Birger Raa	6

Quality Engineering and Industrial Statistics		sem 2	en,nl	Stijn De Vuyst	6

Project Management		sem 2	en	Mario Vanhoucke	6

Engineering Economy		sem 1	en	Sofie Verbrugge	4

Business Skills		sem 2	en	Mieke Audenaert	4

Transport Economics		sem 2	nl	Jochen Maes	6

3 Elective Courses

Subscribe to 12 credit units from no less than 2 and no more than 3 modules from the following list. Subject to approval by the faculty.

At least 6 credit units of elective social courses and at least 6 credit units of technical courses.

3.1 Elective Courses Civil Engineering

Subscribe to no less than 6 credit units from the following list. Subject to approval by the faculty.

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Prefabricated Concrete Constructions	sem 1	en	Stijn Matthys	3

Information Management in Architecture and Construction	sem 1	nl,en	Paulus Present	3

Diagnosis and Repair of Buildings	sem 1	en	Stijn Matthys	3

Life Cycle Assessment of Materials and Structures	sem 2	en	Nele De Belie	3

Explosions and Industrial Fire Safety	sem 1	en	Filip Verplaetsen	6

Passive Fire Protection	sem 1	en	Emmanuel Annerel	3

Mobility and Space	sem 1	en	Robert Van der Bijl	5

Railroads	sem 2	nl	Jan Mys	3

Ship Behaviour in Shallow and Confined Water	sem 2	en	Guillaume Delefortrie	3

Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering	sem 1	en	Ruslan Dmitriev	5

Biomechanics	sem 1	en	Charlotte Debbaut	6

Modelling of Physiological Systems	sem 2	en	Patrick Segers	6

3.2 Elective Social Courses

Subscribe to no less than 6 credit units from the following list. Subject to approval by the faculty.

Students may apply for another elective social course, given a clear motivation and after approval by the faculty (exceptionally, as a rule a course from the list below is followed).

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Internship 1		sem 1 sem 2	nl,en nl,en	Patrick Segers	3

Internship 2		sem 1 sem 2	nl,en nl,en	Patrick Segers	3

Internship 3		sem 1 sem 2	nl,en nl,en	Patrick Segers	6

International Internship 1		sem 1 sem 2	en en	Patrick Segers	3

International Internship 2		sem 1 sem 2	en en	Patrick Segers	3

International Internship 3		sem 1 sem 2	en en	Patrick Segers	6

Safety of Electrical and Mechanical Installations		sem 2	nl	Jos Knockaert	3

Sustainable Energy and Rational Use of Energy		sem 2	en	Jeroen Beeckman	4

Rational Use of Materials		sem 1	en	Tom Depover	5

Technology and Environment		sem 1	en	Luc Martens	3

Water and Air Quality Engineering		sem 2	en	Joris Thybaut	4

Ethics, Engineering and Society		sem 2	nl	Guido Pennings	3

Philosophy and Science		sem 1	nl	Maarten Van Dyck	3

The Information Society and ICT		sem 1	en	Erik Mannens	3

Introduction to Psychology		sem 1	nl	Wim Notebaert	3

Introduction to Human Resource Management					3

Coaching and Diversity	UKV	year	nl	Elisabeth De Schauwer	3

Introduction to Entrepreneurship		sem 1	en	Petra Andries	3

Dare to Venture		sem 2	en	Johan Verrue	4

Dare to Start		sem 2	en	Frank Gielen	3

Principles of Law and Construction Law		sem 1	nl	Jelle Laverge	3

Commercial Law		sem 1	nl	Diederik Bruloot	3

Financial and Cost Price Reporting in Companies		sem 1	nl	Sophie Maussen	6

Powerful Learning Environments		sem 1	nl	Bram De Wever	6

Classroom Management and Reflection		sem 2	nl	Melissa Tuytens	4

The Teacher within School and Society		sem 1	nl	Melissa Tuytens	4

Psychology of Adolescence		sem 1	nl	Wim Beyers	4

Macroeconomics		sem 1	nl	Freddy Heylen	6

Introduction Industrial Psychology		sem 2	nl	Bart Wille	5

Business Skills		sem 2	en	Mieke Audenaert	4

Sustainability Thinking	UKV	year	nl	Thomas Block	5

3.3 Elective Courses Ghent University

No more than 6 course units from the study programmes of Ghent University (social courses or technical courses), including the Ghent University Elective Courses. Subject to approval by the faculty.

4 Master's Dissertation

Course	Ref	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Master's Dissertation		2	year	en		24

Full programme

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1 General Courses 64

Course	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
FEM and Constitutive Material Laws in Structural Engineering	1	sem 1	en	Diego Lorenzo Allaix	3

Structural Dynamics	1	sem 1	en	Mia Loccufier	5

Groundwater and Contaminant Flow	1	sem 1	en	Herman Peiffer	4

Structural Stability	1	sem 1	en	Robby Caspeele	6

Water Management and Environment	1	sem 1	en	Tom De Mulder	5

Concrete Structures: Prestressed Concrete and Slabs	1	sem 2	en	Roman Wan-Wendner	6

Inland Waterways and Locks	1	sem 2	en	Tom De Mulder	6

Geotechnics	1	sem 2	en	Bruno Stuyts	5

Specialised Road Engineering and Mobility	1	sem 2	en	Pieter De Winne	5

Structural Reliability and Risk Analysis	1	sem 2	en	Robby Caspeele	4

Coastal Engineering and Harbour Construction	2	sem 1	en	Peter Troch	6

Advanced Bridge and Tunnel Engineering	2	sem 1	en	Hans De Backer	6

Design of Civil Structures	2	sem 2	en	Bart De Pauw	3

2 Elective Courses 20

Subscribe to 20 credit units from 1 major or 1 minor from the following list. Subject to approval by the faculty.

2.1 Major Dredging and Offshore Engineering

20

Subscribe to 20 credit units from the following list. Subject to approval by the faculty.

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Introduction to Maritime Technology (partim)	sem 1	en	Evert Lataire	4

Offshore Structures	sem 1	en	Andreas Kortenhaus	4

Coastal Hydrodynamics	sem 1	en	Peter Troch	3

Offshore Foundations	sem 1	en	Bruno Stuyts	4

Dredging: Techniques and Processes	sem 2	en	Adam Bezuijen	5

2.2 Major Construction Design

20

Subscribe to 20 credit units from the following list. Subject to approval by the faculty.

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Spatial Structures	sem 1	en	Jan Belis	6

Non-linear and Plastic Methods of Structural Analysis	sem 1	en	Robby Caspeele	3

Conceptual Design	sem 2	en	Bart De Pauw	5

Seismic Design	sem 2	en	Hervé Degée	3

Glass and Facade Structures	sem 2	en	Jan Belis	3

2.3 Minor Operations Management

20

Subscribe to 20 credit units from the following list, with 12 credit units with reference a. Subject to approval by the faculty.

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Operations Research Models and Methods	a	sem 1	en	El-Houssaine Aghezzaf	6

Manufacturing Planning and Control	a	sem 1	en	Birger Raa	6

Quality Engineering and Industrial Statistics		sem 2	en,nl	Stijn De Vuyst	6

Project Management		sem 2	en	Mario Vanhoucke	6

Engineering Economy		sem 1	en	Sofie Verbrugge	4

Business Skills		sem 2	en	Mieke Audenaert	4

Transport Economics		sem 2	nl	Jochen Maes	6

3 Elective Courses 12

Subscribe to 12 credit units from no less than 2 and no more than 3 modules from the following list. Subject to approval by the faculty.

At least 6 credit units of elective social courses and at least 6 credit units of technical courses.

3.1 Elective Courses Civil Engineering

Subscribe to no less than 6 credit units from the following list. Subject to approval by the faculty.

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Prefabricated Concrete Constructions	sem 1	en	Stijn Matthys	3

Information Management in Architecture and Construction	sem 1	nl,en	Paulus Present	3

Diagnosis and Repair of Buildings	sem 1	en	Stijn Matthys	3

Life Cycle Assessment of Materials and Structures	sem 2	en	Nele De Belie	3

Explosions and Industrial Fire Safety	sem 1	en	Filip Verplaetsen	6

Passive Fire Protection	sem 1	en	Emmanuel Annerel	3

Mobility and Space	sem 1	en	Robert Van der Bijl	5

Railroads	sem 2	nl	Jan Mys	3

Ship Behaviour in Shallow and Confined Water	sem 2	en	Guillaume Delefortrie	3

Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering	sem 1	en	Ruslan Dmitriev	5

Biomechanics	sem 1	en	Charlotte Debbaut	6

Modelling of Physiological Systems	sem 2	en	Patrick Segers	6

3.2 Elective Social Courses

Subscribe to no less than 6 credit units from the following list. Subject to approval by the faculty.

Students may apply for another elective social course, given a clear motivation and after approval by the faculty (exceptionally, as a rule a course from the list below is followed).

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Internship 1		sem 1 sem 2	nl,en nl,en	Patrick Segers	3

Internship 2		sem 1 sem 2	nl,en nl,en	Patrick Segers	3

Internship 3		sem 1 sem 2	nl,en nl,en	Patrick Segers	6

International Internship 1		sem 1 sem 2	en en	Patrick Segers	3

International Internship 2		sem 1 sem 2	en en	Patrick Segers	3

International Internship 3		sem 1 sem 2	en en	Patrick Segers	6

Safety of Electrical and Mechanical Installations		sem 2	nl	Jos Knockaert	3

Sustainable Energy and Rational Use of Energy		sem 2	en	Jeroen Beeckman	4

Rational Use of Materials		sem 1	en	Tom Depover	5

Technology and Environment		sem 1	en	Luc Martens	3

Water and Air Quality Engineering		sem 2	en	Joris Thybaut	4

Ethics, Engineering and Society		sem 2	nl	Guido Pennings	3

Philosophy and Science		sem 1	nl	Maarten Van Dyck	3

The Information Society and ICT		sem 1	en	Erik Mannens	3

Introduction to Psychology		sem 1	nl	Wim Notebaert	3

Introduction to Human Resource Management					3

Coaching and Diversity	UKV	year	nl	Elisabeth De Schauwer	3

Introduction to Entrepreneurship		sem 1	en	Petra Andries	3

Dare to Venture		sem 2	en	Johan Verrue	4

Dare to Start		sem 2	en	Frank Gielen	3

Principles of Law and Construction Law		sem 1	nl	Jelle Laverge	3

Commercial Law		sem 1	nl	Diederik Bruloot	3

Financial and Cost Price Reporting in Companies		sem 1	nl	Sophie Maussen	6

Powerful Learning Environments		sem 1	nl	Bram De Wever	6

Classroom Management and Reflection		sem 2	nl	Melissa Tuytens	4

The Teacher within School and Society		sem 1	nl	Melissa Tuytens	4

Psychology of Adolescence		sem 1	nl	Wim Beyers	4

Macroeconomics		sem 1	nl	Freddy Heylen	6

Introduction Industrial Psychology		sem 2	nl	Bart Wille	5

Business Skills		sem 2	en	Mieke Audenaert	4

Sustainability Thinking	UKV	year	nl	Thomas Block	5

3.3 Elective Courses Ghent University

No more than 6 course units from the study programmes of Ghent University (social courses or technical courses), including the Ghent University Elective Courses. Subject to approval by the faculty.

4 Master's Dissertation 24

Course	Ref	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Master's Dissertation		2	year	en		24

Study guide

Master of Science in Civil Engineering

First year

(version 8 )

1 General Courses

2 Elective Courses

2.1 Major Dredging and Offshore Engineering

2.2 Major Construction Design

2.3 Minor Operations Management

3 Elective Courses

3.1 Elective Courses Civil Engineering

3.2 Elective Social Courses

3.3 Elective Courses Ghent University

Second year

(version 8 )

1 General Courses

2 Elective Courses

2.1 Major Dredging and Offshore Engineering

2.2 Major Construction Design

2.3 Minor Operations Management

3 Elective Courses

3.1 Elective Courses Civil Engineering

3.2 Elective Social Courses

3.3 Elective Courses Ghent University

4 Master's Dissertation

Full programme

(version 8 )

Print

1 General Courses 64

2 Elective Courses 20

2.1 Major Dredging and Offshore Engineering

20

2.2 Major Construction Design

20

2.3 Minor Operations Management

20

3 Elective Courses 12

3.1 Elective Courses Civil Engineering

3.2 Elective Social Courses

3.3 Elective Courses Ghent University

4 Master's Dissertation 24

Learning outcomes

Final Competences of the Study Programme