22 Construction Degree Programs in Portugal

Politécnico de Leiria is the first Polytechnic in Portugal to be granted the EUR-ACE® label at the bachelor level in Civil Engineering recognized by ENAEE (European Network for Accreditation of Engineering Education). The accreditation extended to Master in Civil Engineering, confirming education quality in this particular field of study and placing these programs among the best European universities and polytechnics.

In the area of welded construction, both in Portugal, in Europe, in the United States of America and practically around the world, strict compliance with welding standards is required, such as, EN 1090 (product certification and factory production control), ISO 3834 (quality requirements), Eurocode, ISO 14731 (welding coordination), ISO 9606 (qualification of welders), ASME BPVC (Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code), EN 12953 (boilers), both at the personnel level (operator, supervisor, engineer, etc.), as well as welding and control equipment and processes, among others.

Master in Integrated Design in Building Construction, is a postgraduate course with a duration of 2 Years/4 semesters (120 ECTS), essentially directed at students already graduated - and, even, professional activity - in the areas of Civil Engineering and Architecture, which aims to recreate, within the framework of a specialized academic training, the most efficient model of multidisciplinary development of building projects, referred as IPD Integrated Project Delivery.

It is the area of ​​engineering that involves the conception, planning, design, construction and maintenance of the built environment. Through Civil Engineering we transform and adapt nature, we design and build cities/populations, transport networks, structures for energy production, water supply and sanitation networks, river and maritime protection structures, thus contributing to promoting the well-being of global society and its sustainable development.

The MSc in Civil Engineering aims to give a professional specialization by developing the technical and scientific capabilities of the holders of a 1st cycle in Civil Engineering, which is offered by both institutions. The specialization fields in this 2nd cycle (Structures and Construction) as well as the classes' hours (after-work regime) seek to be in line with the needs and expectations recorded in the region.

The Master's in Sustainable Energy Systems comprises integrated study in the fields of energy technologies, the environment, and sustainable development. A multi- and cross-disciplinary approach is adopted to energy and environmental problems, their solutions and the economic and social dimensions of sustainable development.

The Doctoral Program in Civil Engineering at the University of Aveiro (PDCiv-UA) has a duration of 3 years, corresponding to a total of 180 ECTS. It is organized in two distinct phases, a first curricular and a second dedicated to the development of research work, preparation of publications and production of the doctoral thesis. The first year comprises the curricular component (60 ECTS) structured in modules of advanced training courses and seminars, in several thematic areas of the scientific domain of: Civil Engineering, comprising the curricular units of Advanced Studies in Civil Engineering (12 ECTS), Monitoring and Observation of Works (6 ECTS) and Research Project Seminar (30 ECTS); Management, with the Entrepreneurship course unit (6 ECTS); and yet, an optional curricular unit from any scientific area (6 ECTS), this curricular unit should be advised by the doctoral student's supervisor, when available. At the end of the first year, the student, within the Research Project Seminar curricular unit, will have to present and publicly defend his / her doctoral work plan before a jury, with the continuation of his / her studies dependent on a positive evaluation of this curricular unit. . Students may be exempted from attending one or more components of the 1st curricular year, in accordance with the stipulations in the Regulations of the Doctoral Program in Civil Engineering of the AU.

The Programme, shared by the Faculty of Engineering and the Faculty of Architecture, both from the University of Porto, benefits from the sharing experience in previous years between the two institutions and aims to provide students a theoretical and practical experience for a deeper professional practice, beyond international borders, providing a variety of topics in the areas of planning, management, and urban policy in medium and large agglomerations.

The Master's Degree in Civil Engineering (MEC) aims to promote high-level training in the field of Civil Engineering, guaranteeing students the necessary qualification to perform full functions in this area. This mater course follows on of the Degree in Civil Engineering.

The SIT Master’s in Sustainable Development Practice offers you a chance to obtain professional skills while conducting research and fieldwork in a highly competitive global environment. As a graduate, you’ll be prepared to integrate policy, scholarship, ethics, participatory practice, and lifelong learning to achieve sustainable, global development goals in the 21st century.

This master's course specializing in Structural Design aims to train designers with a solid background in the area of structures, seeking to provide more advanced and specialized skills to civil engineers graduated before or after the Bologna Process, or with master's degrees in civil engineering, allowing for the deepening of knowledge in designing new structures, verifying and reinforcing existing structures, optimizing solutions by modelling structural behaviour closer to reality or even experimenting, through scientific knowledge and the use of more advanced and design-specific calculation tools, based on the new Structural Eurocodes.

Objective: to offer a training offer that allows the acquisition of skills in the field of construction and rehabilitation of built heritage.

The objective of BIM A+ is to offer an advanced education program on BIM integrated design, construction, and operation processes, with a strong focus on the collaborative practices that are the cornerstone of such integration.

The training proposal is clearly multidisciplinary development in the main areas of Civil Engineer: Buildings, Structures, Hydraulics, Geotechnics and Planning, with expression in each of them for the planning, design, design, construction, production, maintenance, rehabilitation and management ventures. In this sense is a comprehensive training without particular focus on any one area of ​​expertise of the Civil Engineer. Being a course of 1st cycle, training mainly aims to prepare for the profession, dedicated to enforcement activities of production processes, maintenance activities, implementation and realization of current solutions. This transfer of knowledge is essentially performed by applying in practical context, favoring the construction of a learning based on "learning by doing".