Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering

Barcelona School of Civil Engineering (ETSECCPB)

Civil engineers are professionals who have good analytical and decision-making skills, which allow them to find efficient and sustainable solutions to complex technological and engineering problems. They are graduates who are professionally qualified to plan, manage, construct and conserve civil engineering projects. On this bachelor's degree you will acquire a solid grounding and broad mastery of technical knowledge and work management skills.

Civil engineers are already contributing to meeting the UN's Sustainable Development Objectives, and civil engineering is a versatile area of knowledge that is present in a great number of spheres of action, many of them emerging and strategic, such as sustainable mobility, water supply, renewable energies and the energy transition, smart cities, just-in-time logistics, the circular economy and climate change.

General details

Duration

4 academic years

Study load

240 ECTS credits (including the bachelor's thesis). One credit is equivalent to a study load of 25-30 hours.

Delivery

Face-to-face

Language of instruction

Group taught 100% in English

Check the language of instruction for each subject (and timetable) in the course guide in the curriculum.

Information on language use in the classroom and students’ language rights.

Fees and grants

Approximate fees per academic year: €1,107 (€2,553 for non-EU residents). Consult the public fees system based on income (grants and payment options).

Location

Barcelona School of Civil Engineering (ETSECCPB)

Official degree

Recorded in the Ministry of Education's degree register

Admission

Places: 160
Registration and enrolment: What are the requirements to enrol in a bachelor's degree course?
Legalisation of foreign documents: All documents issued in non-EU countries must be legalised and bear the corresponding apostille.

Curriculum

First course

Second course

Third course

Fourth course

Administration, Urban Planning and Public Services 7.5
Bachelor's Thesis 12
Building Construction and Prefabrication 7.5
Communication Techniques 4.5
Construction Management 4.5
Construction Management 4.5
Construction of Bridges and Other Structures 6
Construction of Transportation Infrastructure 6
Design and Analysis Tools in Hydraulic Engineering 4.5
Elements of Urban Sustainability 4.5
Environmental Impact on Maritime Works 4.5
Geotechnical Engineering 4.5
Geothecnical Constructions 4.5
Graphic Design and Numerical Analysis 4.5
History of Civil Engineering 4.5
Hydraulic Constructions 6
Infrastructure Preservation 4.5
Instrumentation and Remote Sensing 4.5
Introduction to Structure Management 4.5
Machine Learning and Data Science 4.5
Maritime Constructions 4.5
Port Engineering 4.5
Prestressed Concrete 4.5
Sanitary Engineering 4.5
Structural Design 6
Surface and Groundwater Hydrology II 4.5
Sustainability, Social and Environmental Impact 4.5
Transportation Management 6
Urban Logistics and Transport Terminals 4.5
Water Supply 4.5

CompulsoryECTS
OptionalECTS
ProjectECTS

Professional opportunities

Professional opportunities

Civil engineers join companies dealing with infrastructure, water flows, energy, goods and people as specialists, managers, designers, consultants and builders; ports, airports, stations and logistics centres; companies and institutions that manage natural resources and recycling and that intervene in the public use of cities; and consultancies and quality laboratories.

Sustainable and safe mobility
Universal right to water supply
Renewable energies and the energy transition
Mitigation of causes and effects of climate change
Resilience to natural disasters
Circular economy
Smart cities
Just-in-time logistics

For all of the above, civil engineering is entrusted with planning, conceiving, designing, building, maintaining, integrating and managing:

Transport infrastructure for intelligent mobility
Roads and channels that move water, energy, goods and people
Ports, airports, stations and logistics centres
Natural resource and waste recycling management systems
Public spaces in cities

These areas of work can be approached from different perspectives, from a public or private body, from the point of view of a manager, a designer, a consultant or a builder. Other areas are teaching, research and innovation.

Double-degree agreements

Double-degree pathways at the UPC

You have the possibility of complementing this bachelor's degree with a specific pathway towards a double degree by taking an additional number of credits from one of the other degrees taught at the School. Generally, this involves an additional year of study. To gain admission to a double degree of this kind you must have taken a minimum number of credits on one of the bachelor's degrees. The number of places is limited.

Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering + Bachelor's degree in Architectural Technology and Building Construction (EPSEB)

Quality accreditation

Check the degree’s main quality indicators in the University Studies in Catalonia portal of the Catalan University Quality Assurance Agency. Find information on topics such as degree evaluation results, student satisfaction and graduate employment data.

Further information