During your Master’s in Civil Engineering & Management (CEM), you will collect a total of 120 EC within two years. You will follow (elective) courses related to the specialisation in Construction Management & Engineering and you will end your Master’s by writing your master’s thesis.
What your curriculum will look like exactly, depends on the choices you make within this specialisation. For example, you will choose one of the two profiles around which you will build your Master’s:
- Digital Technologies in Construction
- Markets & Organisation of Construction
Within these profiles, you will compose a set of courses that match your interests and ambitions. There is plenty of elective space! Find out what your curriculum looks like by choosing a profile first.
Profile 1 | Digital Technologies in Construction | Number of EC | |
Profile courses
You need to choose at least six of the profile-related courses. | 30 EC | |
Profile electives You can choose courses of the Master’s in Civil Engineering & Management/Construction Management & Engineering, but you can also choose (some) courses offered by other programmes at UT. Of course, you can also choose more of the profile courses listed above. | 40 EC | Examples of electives that perfectly fit this profile: |
Free elective courses | 15 EC | You can fill up the rest of your elective space with courses that match your interests and ambitions. There is a wide range of courses you can choose from, both from the Master’s in CEM and other master’s at UT, or at another partner university in the Netherlands or abroad. |
Master’s thesis | 35 EC | You will finish your Master’s in CEM with your master’s thesis (30 EC). In order to prepare for your thesis, you will follow the course Preparation master’s thesis (5 EC). |
Total EC | 120 EC | |
Profile 2 | Markets & Organisation of Construction | Number of EC | |
Profile courses
You need to choose at least six of the profile-related courses. | 30 EC | |
Profile electives You can choose courses of the Master’s in Civil Engineering & Management/Construction Management & Engineering, but you can also choose (some) courses offered by other programmes at UT. Of course, you can also choose more of the profile courses listed above. | 40 EC | Examples of electives that perfectly fit this profile: |
Free elective courses | 15 EC | You can fill up the rest of your elective space with courses that match your interests and ambitions. There is a wide range of courses you can choose from, both from the Master’s in CEM and other master’s at UT, or at another partner university in the Netherlands or abroad. |
Master’s thesis | 35 EC | You will finish your Master’s in CEM with your master’s thesis (30 EC). In order to prepare for your thesis, you will follow the course Preparation master’s thesis (5 EC). |
Total EC | 120 EC | |
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MASTER’S THESIS
You will end your Master’s with your master’s thesis. The choice of your graduation subject is largely up to you – and the profile you have chosen. Most students complete their graduation project at an external organisation, either in the Netherlands or abroad. This is a highly recommended option since it is a great opportunity to combine your academic skills with experience in the professional field.
Your master’s thesis could involve undertaking projects such as:
- Using Building Information Modelling (BIM) to automate environmental impact assessments on infrastructure design, in order to determine the degree of sustainability of an infrastructure project.
- Optimising the design of wind turbine foundations by building a machine learning model that can predict the performance of different design alternatives.
- Coming up with a documentation strategy for engineering firms in order to work in a transparent and traceable way, something that is increasingly required in today’s world.
