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.

EUR-ACE® Master (EURopean ACcredited Engineering Master)

The EUR-ACE label was accredited to this programme by the Commission des titres d’ingénieur (CTI), under the auspices of the European Network for Accreditation of Engineering Education (ENAEE).

EUR-ACE® is a framework and accreditation system that provides a set of standards that identifies high-quality engineering degree programmes in Europe and abroad.

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Master's Programme

2 year 120 credits

Faculty of Engineering and Architecture

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Study programme content subject to change

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	Mahya Roustaei	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

Either 20 credit units from 1 major from the following list.
Either 18 credit units from 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	Ref	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Introduction to Ships and Marine Technology		1	sem 1	en	Evert Lataire	4

2.2 Major Construction Design

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

Course	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Spatial Structures	1	sem 1	en	Jan Belis	6

Conceptual Design	1	sem 2	en	Bart De Pauw	5

2.3 Minor Operations Management

Subscribe to 18 credit units from the following list, with 6 credit units with reference a. Subject to approval by the faculty.

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Manufacturing Planning and Control	a	sem 1	en	Birger Raa	6

Operations Research Models and Methods		sem 1	en	El-Houssaine Aghezzaf	6

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

Engineering Economy		sem 1	en	Sofie Verbrugge	6

3 Elective Courses

Subscribe to:

Either 12 credit units from 2 or 3 modules from the following list (in combination with 1 major)
Or 14 credit units from 2 or 3 modules from the following list (in combination with 1 minor)

Subject to approval by the faculty.

Students choose:

Either at least 6 credits from the elective social courses (incl. internship course) and at least 6 credits from the elective technical courses
Or at least 6 credits from the elective social courses and at least 6 credits internship course from the elective social courses

The elective social courses and the elective technical courses can be chosen from the lists below (3.1 and 3.2) or from the Ghent University programmes (3.3, for a maximum of 6 credits).

3.1 Elective Technical Courses Civil Engineering

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

Information Management in Architecture and Construction	sem 2	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

Planning and Transition: Mobility	sem 1	en	Koos Fransen	3

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	Peter Dubruel	5

Biomechanics	sem 1	en	Charlotte Debbaut	6

Modelling of Physiological Systems	sem 2	en	Patrick Segers	5

Research Internship	year	en	Patrick Segers	6

Research Internship	year	en	Patrick Segers	3

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
Industry Internship Engineering and Architecture		year	nl,en	Patrick Segers	6

Integrated Portfolio		year	nl,en	Hiep Luong	6

Integrated Portfolio		year	nl,en	Hiep Luong	3

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

Sustainable Use of Materials: Metals		sem 1	nl	Kim Verbeken	3

Sustainable Use of Materials: Plastics and Derived Materials		sem 2	nl	Lode Daelemans	3

Technology and Environment		sem 1	en	Luc Martens	3

Water and Air Quality Management		sem 2	en	Joris Thybaut	4

Biosystems		sem 1	nl	Pascal Verdonck	3

Ethics, Engineering and Society		sem 2	nl	Seppe Segers	3

History and Philosophy of Sciences		sem 2	nl	Maarten Van Dyck	3

The Information Society and ICT		sem 2	nl	Erik Mannens	3

Introduction to Psychology		sem 1	nl	Wim Notebaert	3

Coaching and Diversity	UKV	year	nl	Elisabeth De Schauwer	3

Context and Nuance. A Critical Reflection on Current Topics	UKV	sem 1	nl	July De Wilde	6

Basic Entrepreneurship	UKV	sem 1	nl	Yannick Dillen	3

Introduction to Corporate Law		sem 1	nl	Diederik Bruloot	3

Dare to Venture		sem 2	en	Johan Verrue	4

Dare to Start		sem 2	en	Wouter Haerick	3

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

Engineering Economy		sem 1	en	Sofie Verbrugge	6

Introduction to Entrepreneurship		sem 1	en	Petra Andries	3

Powerful Learning Environments		sem 1	nl	Bram De Wever	6

The Teacher within Class, School and Society		sem 2	nl	Melissa Tuytens	6

The Student: Development and Motivation		sem 1	nl	Wim Beyers	6

Macroeconomics		sem 1	nl	Freddy Heylen	6

Introduction Industrial Psychology		sem 1	nl	Bart Wille	5

Business Skills		sem 2	en	Mieke Audenaert	4

Academic English	UKV	sem 2 sem 1	en en	Geert Jacobs	3

Communication		sem 1	nl	Leen Pollefliet	3

Basics of Health and Safety at Work for Engineers		sem 1	nl		3

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

Either 20 credit units from 1 major from the following list.
Either 18 credit units from 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	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Coastal Hydrodynamics	2	sem 1	en	Peter Troch	3

Offshore Foundations	2	sem 1	en	Bruno Stuyts	4

Dredging: Techniques and Processes	2	sem 2	en	Mahya Roustaei	5

Offshore Structures	2	sem 2	en	Andreas Kortenhaus	4

2.2 Major Construction Design

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

Course	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Non-linear and Plastic Methods of Structural Analysis	2	sem 1	en	Robby Caspeele	3

Seismic Design	2	sem 2	en	Hervé Degée	3

Glass and Facade Structures	2	sem 2	en	Jan Belis	3

2.3 Minor Operations Management

Subscribe to 18 credit units from the following list, with 6 credit units with reference a. Subject to approval by the faculty.

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Manufacturing Planning and Control	a	sem 1	en	Birger Raa	6

Operations Research Models and Methods		sem 1	en	El-Houssaine Aghezzaf	6

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

Engineering Economy		sem 1	en	Sofie Verbrugge	6

3 Elective Courses

Subscribe to:

Either 12 credit units from 2 or 3 modules from the following list (in combination with 1 major)
Or 14 credit units from 2 or 3 modules from the following list (in combination with 1 minor)

Subject to approval by the faculty.

Students choose:

Either at least 6 credits from the elective social courses (incl. internship course) and at least 6 credits from the elective technical courses
Or at least 6 credits from the elective social courses and at least 6 credits internship course from the elective social courses

The elective social courses and the elective technical courses can be chosen from the lists below (3.1 and 3.2) or from the Ghent University programmes (3.3, for a maximum of 6 credits).

3.1 Elective Technical Courses Civil Engineering

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

Information Management in Architecture and Construction	sem 2	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

Planning and Transition: Mobility	sem 1	en	Koos Fransen	3

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	Peter Dubruel	5

Biomechanics	sem 1	en	Charlotte Debbaut	6

Modelling of Physiological Systems	sem 2	en	Patrick Segers	5

Research Internship	year	en	Patrick Segers	6

Research Internship	year	en	Patrick Segers	3

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
Industry Internship Engineering and Architecture		year	nl,en	Patrick Segers	6

Integrated Portfolio		year	nl,en	Hiep Luong	6

Integrated Portfolio		year	nl,en	Hiep Luong	3

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

Sustainable Use of Materials: Metals		sem 1	nl	Kim Verbeken	3

Sustainable Use of Materials: Plastics and Derived Materials		sem 2	nl	Lode Daelemans	3

Technology and Environment		sem 1	en	Luc Martens	3

Water and Air Quality Management		sem 2	en	Joris Thybaut	4

Biosystems		sem 1	nl	Pascal Verdonck	3

Ethics, Engineering and Society		sem 2	nl	Seppe Segers	3

History and Philosophy of Sciences		sem 2	nl	Maarten Van Dyck	3

The Information Society and ICT		sem 2	nl	Erik Mannens	3

Introduction to Psychology		sem 1	nl	Wim Notebaert	3

Coaching and Diversity	UKV	year	nl	Elisabeth De Schauwer	3

Context and Nuance. A Critical Reflection on Current Topics	UKV	sem 1	nl	July De Wilde	6

Basic Entrepreneurship	UKV	sem 1	nl	Yannick Dillen	3

Introduction to Corporate Law		sem 1	nl	Diederik Bruloot	3

Dare to Venture		sem 2	en	Johan Verrue	4

Dare to Start		sem 2	en	Wouter Haerick	3

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

Engineering Economy		sem 1	en	Sofie Verbrugge	6

Introduction to Entrepreneurship		sem 1	en	Petra Andries	3

Powerful Learning Environments		sem 1	nl	Bram De Wever	6

The Teacher within Class, School and Society		sem 2	nl	Melissa Tuytens	6

The Student: Development and Motivation		sem 1	nl	Wim Beyers	6

Macroeconomics		sem 1	nl	Freddy Heylen	6

Introduction Industrial Psychology		sem 1	nl	Bart Wille	5

Business Skills		sem 2	en	Mieke Audenaert	4

Academic English	UKV	sem 2 sem 1	en en	Geert Jacobs	3

Communication		sem 1	nl	Leen Pollefliet	3

Basics of Health and Safety at Work for Engineers		sem 1	nl		3

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

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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	Mahya Roustaei	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

Subscribe to

Either 20 credit units from 1 major from the following list.
Either 18 credit units from 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	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Introduction to Ships and Marine Technology	1	sem 1	en	Evert Lataire	4

Coastal Hydrodynamics	2	sem 1	en	Peter Troch	3

Offshore Foundations	2	sem 1	en	Bruno Stuyts	4

Dredging: Techniques and Processes	2	sem 2	en	Mahya Roustaei	5

Offshore Structures	2	sem 2	en	Andreas Kortenhaus	4

2.2 Major Construction Design

20

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

Course	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Spatial Structures	1	sem 1	en	Jan Belis	6

Conceptual Design	1	sem 2	en	Bart De Pauw	5

Non-linear and Plastic Methods of Structural Analysis	2	sem 1	en	Robby Caspeele	3

Seismic Design	2	sem 2	en	Hervé Degée	3

Glass and Facade Structures	2	sem 2	en	Jan Belis	3

2.3 Minor Operations Management

18

Subscribe to 18 credit units from the following list, with 6 credit units with reference a. Subject to approval by the faculty.

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Manufacturing Planning and Control	a	sem 1	en	Birger Raa	6

Operations Research Models and Methods		sem 1	en	El-Houssaine Aghezzaf	6

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

Engineering Economy		sem 1	en	Sofie Verbrugge	6

3 Elective Courses

Subscribe to:

Either 12 credit units from 2 or 3 modules from the following list (in combination with 1 major)
Or 14 credit units from 2 or 3 modules from the following list (in combination with 1 minor)

Subject to approval by the faculty.

Students choose:

Either at least 6 credits from the elective social courses (incl. internship course) and at least 6 credits from the elective technical courses
Or at least 6 credits from the elective social courses and at least 6 credits internship course from the elective social courses

The elective social courses and the elective technical courses can be chosen from the lists below (3.1 and 3.2) or from the Ghent University programmes (3.3, for a maximum of 6 credits).

3.1 Elective Technical Courses Civil Engineering

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

Information Management in Architecture and Construction	sem 2	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

Planning and Transition: Mobility	sem 1	en	Koos Fransen	3

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	Peter Dubruel	5

Biomechanics	sem 1	en	Charlotte Debbaut	6

Modelling of Physiological Systems	sem 2	en	Patrick Segers	5

Research Internship	year	en	Patrick Segers	6

Research Internship	year	en	Patrick Segers	3

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
Industry Internship Engineering and Architecture		year	nl,en	Patrick Segers	6

Integrated Portfolio		year	nl,en	Hiep Luong	6

Integrated Portfolio		year	nl,en	Hiep Luong	3

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

Sustainable Use of Materials: Metals		sem 1	nl	Kim Verbeken	3

Sustainable Use of Materials: Plastics and Derived Materials		sem 2	nl	Lode Daelemans	3

Technology and Environment		sem 1	en	Luc Martens	3

Water and Air Quality Management		sem 2	en	Joris Thybaut	4

Biosystems		sem 1	nl	Pascal Verdonck	3

Ethics, Engineering and Society		sem 2	nl	Seppe Segers	3

History and Philosophy of Sciences		sem 2	nl	Maarten Van Dyck	3

The Information Society and ICT		sem 2	nl	Erik Mannens	3

Introduction to Psychology		sem 1	nl	Wim Notebaert	3

Coaching and Diversity	UKV	year	nl	Elisabeth De Schauwer	3

Context and Nuance. A Critical Reflection on Current Topics	UKV	sem 1	nl	July De Wilde	6

Basic Entrepreneurship	UKV	sem 1	nl	Yannick Dillen	3

Introduction to Corporate Law		sem 1	nl	Diederik Bruloot	3

Dare to Venture		sem 2	en	Johan Verrue	4

Dare to Start		sem 2	en	Wouter Haerick	3

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

Engineering Economy		sem 1	en	Sofie Verbrugge	6

Introduction to Entrepreneurship		sem 1	en	Petra Andries	3

Powerful Learning Environments		sem 1	nl	Bram De Wever	6

The Teacher within Class, School and Society		sem 2	nl	Melissa Tuytens	6

The Student: Development and Motivation		sem 1	nl	Wim Beyers	6

Macroeconomics		sem 1	nl	Freddy Heylen	6

Introduction Industrial Psychology		sem 1	nl	Bart Wille	5

Business Skills		sem 2	en	Mieke Audenaert	4

Academic English	UKV	sem 2 sem 1	en en	Geert Jacobs	3

Communication		sem 1	nl	Leen Pollefliet	3

Basics of Health and Safety at Work for Engineers		sem 1	nl		3

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.

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

Learning outcomes

Competence field 1: Competency in one or more scientific disciplines

Possess advanced, theoretically profound, knowledge of the own engineering discipline and the ability to apply this knowledge in a creative and critical way to new, complex problems.
Be able to design innovative products or processes using appropriate or autonomously developed and validated models and techniques, using recent digital technologies.
Demonstrate integrative and system-oriented problem-solving thinking under uncertain and conflicting conditions, with attention for the correct level of abstraction.
Be able to formulate a research question from a complex scientific problem, after in-depth study of relevant and state-of-the-art scientific literature.
Be able to critically interpret and communicate one's own results in English to both experts and laypersons and defend decisions made.
Be able to position oneself in, and function within an international team, with an understanding of effective leadership and an awareness of cultural sensitivity.
Demonstrate a lifelong learning attitude to keep up with the advancements and developments in scientific research in one’s own discipline and continue to develop one's competencies.
Act according to the principles of research integrity, professional deontology and ethics.
Demonstrate sustainability thinking, entrepreneurial skills, and pay attention to the role of science, technology and innovation in addressing societal issues from various perspectives, and in an international context.
Critically reflect on one's own thinking and actions, and act according to the limitations of one's competencies in a conscientious and responsible manner.
Having a broad scientific knowledge, insight and skills needed for the structural engineering calculation of constructions, by means of advanced calculation methods and on the basis of advanced insight into the material behavior and modelling.
Having a broad scientific knowledge, insight and skills needed for the sustainable design, evaluation, construction and management of a wide range of constructions and the built environment, including buildings, foundations and soil retaining constructions, bridges, roads, tunnels, hydraulic constructions for coastal defence, harbours, waterways, water resource management along watercourses and in urban environments.
Having knowledge of contemporary challenges in civil engineering, with regard to techniques, innovations, durability, sustainability, renewable energy, spatial and environmental aspects, management of the environment, stakeholder participation, safety, digitalization, management and ethics.