Student profile
Type of Degree
Students on this course must be individuals with an aptitude for synthesis and spatial vision, who organise and plan their work and who are able to think logically. If you have these skills or are interested in developing them during your university education, this degee meets your needs.
This is an officially recognised University Degree, valid throughout the European Higher Education Area.
WORLD HERITAGE
This Degree complies with European Higher Education Area requirements
Career opportunities Employment opportunities in the civil service include planning, urban management and planning, inspection bodies, university and secondary teaching, technical offices, buildings maintenance, firefighting and property registers. In the private sector, the obvious opportunities are for positions in the technical and management companies in construction and property development companies, project studies, control institutions and laboratories, companies manufacturing construction products, management of building maintenance, etc. Their work includes exclusive responsibilities with surveyors and quantity surveyors, on the management of works that are most common in the market, as well as the management of the economics and security of these processes. They also write projects for works, rehabilitation, refurbishment, decoration, and demolition. This engineering is heavily involved in many fields thanks to the general nature of the training which could be expanded by means of a master’s degree and a doctorate.
TECHNICAL SCHOOL OF CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING Edificio Multidepartamental
CAMPUS GUADALAJARA C/ Cifuentes, 28 19003 Guadalajara www.uah.es/arquitectura_tecnica
Course contents This technical degree provides training for employment in the construction sector. It requires knowledge and skills, of construction, technical drawing, topography, building installations, works organisation, economics, legislation and regulations, among other aspects. It provides scientific and technical training which is up to date and respectful of nature and the environment. It also helps in the development of basic skills for work such as teamwork, planning and organisation of work and the ability to adapt.
INFORMATION CENTRE www.uah.es ciu@uah.es
Bachelor’s Degree in:
Construction Engineering
Overall credit distribution SUBJECT TYPE
ECTS
Basic Training (B)
60
Obligatory (Ob)
120
Optional (Opt)
48
Bachelor's Degree Final Project (Ob)
12
TOTAL CREDITS
240
STUDY PLAN FIRST YEAR
First semester
Type
ECTS
Mathematical Foundations (Both semesters)
B
6
Foundations of Physics
B
9
Graphic Expression I
B
Geology
Second semester
Type
ECTS
Mathematical Foundations (Both semests)
B
4,5
Graphic Expression II
B
6
9
Topography
Ob
6
B
6
Construction I
Ob
6
Total ECTS
30
Type
ECTS
Materials I
Ob
6
Fundamentals of Installations
B
Structures I
Businesses
B
7,5
Total ECTS
30
Type
ECTS
Installations
Ob
6
6
Law
B
6
Ob
6
Structures II
Ob
6
Geotechnics and Foundations
Ob
6
Materials II
Ob
6
Construction II
Ob
6
Construction Practices
Ob
6
Total ECTS
30
Total ECTS
30
Type
ECTS
SECOND YEAR
THIRD YEAR
First semester
First semester
Second semester
Type
ECTS
Budgeting and Financial Monitoring
Ob
6
Valuations and Assessments
Second semester
Ob
6
Safety and Prevention
Ob
9
Quality
Ob
6
Urban Organization and Management
Ob
9
Technical Projects
Ob
9
Construction III
Ob
6
Building Intervention
Ob
9
Total ECTS
30
Total ECTS
30
FOURTH YEAR
Type
ECTS
Type
ECTS
Cross-Disciplinary Skills I
First semester
Opt
6
Optional 3 and 4 or External Practical Training
Second semester
Opt
18
Cross-Disciplinary Skills II
Opt
6
Bachelor's Degree Final Project
Ob
12
Optional 1
Opt
9
Optional 2
Opt
9
Total ECTS
30
Total ECTS
30
TOTAL ECTS CREDITS: 240 B: Basic Training; Ob: Obligatory; Opt: Optional.
LIST OF OPTIONAL SUBJECTS THAT THE SCHOOL WILL OFFER: All the optional subjects in the Study Plan are concentrated in the final year of the Bachelor’s Degree, and include a wide range of possibilities (international mobility, external practical training, cross-disciplinary skills, etc.). Students must choose a total of 48 credits from the following options: w International Mobility w Cross-Disciplinary Skills w Intensification (three possible areas) w External practical training
30 12 36 18
OPTIONAL SUBJECTS
ECTS
External practical training (number of places according to availability)
18
Cross-Disciplinary Skills
Cross-Disciplinary Skills I
6
Cross-Disciplinary Skills II
6
Methodology of Intervention in Real Property
9
Techniques for Intervention in Real Property
9
Innovation in the Construction Process
9
Building Sustainability
9
Management and the Administrative process
9
Management and the Execution process
9
Intensification in the area of: Intervention in Real Property
Sustainability and Technological Innovation
Management of the Building Process