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Enrolling for this study plan is only possible based on your academic record.
You may also be asked to provide additional documents so we may evaluate your application.
Aanbevelingsbrief 1 / Letter of recommendation 1
Aanbevelingsbrief 2 / Letter of recommendation 2
Motivatiebrief / Letter of motivation
Puntenlijst / Transcript of records
The model track in Master of Science in Civil Engineering (BRUFACE) (120 ECTS) is composed of:
1) MA1: Compulsory common courses: Fundamentals in Civil Engineering (18 ECTS)
2) MA1: Compulsory common courses: Challenges in large Civil Engineering Structures (17 ECTS)
3) MA1: Compulsory common courses: Transversal Skills and Industrial Applications (20 ECTS)
4) MA1: Project Management (1 project to choose out of 3 that are provided) (5 ECTS)
5) MA2: the Master Thesis (24 ECTS)
6) MA2: Semi-elective modules (3 modules are offered: Innovative Design of Civil Engineering Structures, Geotechnologies for Sustainable Developments, Reliability and Monitoring in Civil Engineering, in 3 combinations) (1 combination of 2 modules to choose out of 3 combinations)(20 ECTS)
7) MA2: Electives (16 ECTS)
Each of the modules should be successfully completed to obtain the master degree. The student must respect the specified registration requirements. The Curriculum Board strongly suggests the student to follow the model learning track. Only this model track can guarantee a time schedule without overlaps of the compulsory course units.
In total, this academic plan comprises 120 ECTS credits.
This module includes all compulsory common courses, to be completed in the 1st year of the model learning track (55 ECTS).
Fundamentals in Civil Engineering
This module is compulsory and must be successfully completed in the 1st year of the model learning track.
From the courses listed below, students must obtain 18 ECTS credits.
| 5ECTS credits - Design of Steel Structures |
| 5ECTS credits - Design of Concrete Structures |
| 3ECTS credits - Prestressed Concrete |
| 5ECTS credits - Geotechnical Engineering |
Challenges in large Civil Engineering Structures
This module is compulsory and must be successfully completed in the 1st year of the model learning track.
From the courses listed below, students must obtain 17 ECTS credits.
Transversal Skills and Industrial Applications
This module is compulsory and must be successfully completed in the 1st year of the model learning track.
From the courses listed below, students must obtain 20 ECTS credits.
| 9ECTS credits - Design Project in Civil Engineering |
| 4ECTS credits - Sustainability in construction |
| 4ECTS credits - Digitalization in construction |
| 3ECTS credits - Research Methods in Civil Engineering |
This module includes project management courses.
From the courses listed below, students must obtain 5 ECTS credits.
| 5ECTS credits - Team Leader Project |
| 5ECTS credits - Development Cooperation Project |
| 5ECTS credits - Architecture, Engineering and Construction Project Management |
The Master Thesis (24 ECTS) is compulsory. Registration for the Master Thesis is allowed provided that
1. the student doesn't have a combined bachelor-master enrollment
2. the student has already successfully accomplished 45 ECTS of compulsory courses of the master program (exemptions included).
From the courses listed below, students must obtain 24 ECTS credits.
| 24ECTS credits - Master Thesis Civil Engineering |
| 24ECTS credits - Master Thesis Civil Engineering ULB |
In the 2nd year of the model learning track, 3 semi-elective submodules are offered:
- Innovative Design of Civil Engineering Structures (10 ECTS)
- Geotechnologies for Sustainable Developments (10 ECTS)
- Reliability and Monitoring in Civil Engineering (10 ECTS)
Students have to choose a combination of 2 out of the 3 above listed submodules:
- Module 1: Innovative Design of Civil Engineering Structures + Geotechnologies for Sustainable Developments (20 ECTS); or
- Module 2: Innovative Design of Civil Engineering Structures + Reliability and Monitoring in Civil Engineering (20 ECTS); or
- Module 3: Geotechnologies for Sustainable Developments + Reliability and Monitoring in Civil Engineering (20 ECTS).
Module Inn Design of Civil Engineering Structures + Geotechnologies for Sustaina
To select 20 ECTS from this module
From the courses listed below, students must obtain 20 ECTS credits.
| 6ECTS credits - Integrated Structural Design |
| 4ECTS credits - Lightweight Composite Structures |
| 5ECTS credits - Advanced Geomechanics |
| 5ECTS credits - Groundwater modelling |
Module Inn Design of Civil Engineering + Reliability and Monitoring of Civil Eng
To select 20 ECTS from this module
From the courses listed below, students must obtain 20 ECTS credits.
Module Geotech for Sustainable Developments + Reliability and Monitoring of CE
To select 20 ECTS from this module
From the courses listed below, students must obtain 20 ECTS credits.
Students registered in the 2nd year of the master programme have to select a number of elective courses. They can choose electives from the list mentioned below, or from outside of this list when sufficiently motivated and subject to approval by the chair person of the program. At most 6 ECTS of electives can be chosen outside of the list below. The individual courses of the semi-elective module not selected by the student, can be included in the choice of electives and are considered on equal footing with the courses in the list below.
Remarks for students who want to select an Intership as part of their electives:
1. It is not allowed to register for both Interships.
2. The optional intership should take place during the summer holidays in order to avoid interference with the course scheduling.
Prerequisites for taking one of the optional Internships:
1. The student must hold the diploma that is required for admission to this master. Students with a combined inscription bachelor-master, are not allowed to enroll for an optional intership; and
2; The student has already successfully accomplished at least 40 ECTS of compulsory courses of the master programme (exemptions included).
Don't forget to look at the Bruface internship regulations on the website: http://www.bruface.eu/information-for-current-students .
Please consider carefully the schedules and required background knowledge before selecting these courses. Pay specific attention to the courses classified as specialised.
To complete this module, students must obtain 16 ECTS credits.
Electives: Internships
This list of electives includes the optional Internships. Students have to choose either the 40 working days Internship or the extended Internship of 60 working days.
| 10ECTS credits - Internship (60 days) |
| 6ECTS credits - Internship (40 days) |
Electives: Structures
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| 5ECTS credits - Spatial Structures: Design and Analysis |
| 5ECTS credits - Transformable Structures for Circularity |
Electives: Building Physics and Architecture
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| 5ECTS credits - Bioclimatic Design |
| 5ECTS credits - Energy Performance of Buildings |
| 3ECTS credits - Room Acoustics |
Electives: Water Resources
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Electives: Management, Economics and Law
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Electives: Miscellanea
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| 4ECTS credits - Design Project Competition |
| 5ECTS credits - Infrastructure and mobility |
| 5ECTS credits - English for Professional Purposes |
Electives: Courses from other semi-elective module
This list includes all courses of the 3 semi-elective modules (Innovative Design of Civil Engineering Structures, Geotechnologies for Sustainable Developments, Reliability and Monitoring in Civil Engineering). Courses of the semi-elective modules that were not selected by the student, are also eligible as elective. Courses already selected, are obviously not counted as electives.