Admission and graduation profile

Admission Profile

Students must have a good prior education in mathematics, physics, chemistry and drawing. The ability to observe and analyse, the ability and speed to calculate numbers and solve quantifiable problems, as well as logical and abstract reasoning are also very important. The ability to establish relationships between the observed reality and its description through mathematical models is also highly desirable.

Personal initiative, team cooperation skills, personal work organization, ability to work under pressure, leadership, responsibility and interest in the practical application of knowledge to solve real problems are highly appreciated. Finally, manual skills in the handling of instruments or equipment will be widely used during and after studies.

It is also recommended that students have basic knowledge of English, equivalent to that acquired at the high school level and required in the University Entrance Exams.

Graduation Profile

Graduates are fully competent to draft and sign projects, direct works and activities and teach in both private and public companies or the Administration, in their respective specialties: Civil Construction, Hydrology and Transport and Urban Services -, in accordance with Law 12/1986 on the regulation of the professional powers of Architecture and Technical Engineering, amended by Law 33/1992. This degree qualifies for the practice of the profession of Technical Engineer of Public Works (Order CIN/307/2009, of February 9).