As a student of the specialisation in Integrated Civil Engineering Systems, you can choose a specific direction within one of two unique profiles. Each of these profiles has a very distinct focus and/or application area.
Profile 1 | Civil Engineering Structures
The design, inspection and maintenance of civil engineering structures (e.g. bridges, roads, dams, waterways, tunnels, power stations, or railways) requires in-depth mathematical and physical knowledge. How can you measure the risk of bridge failure? What does it take to build robust, erosion-resistant dikes, or to reinforce them? And how can you take the properties of a certain type of soil (e.g. sand or clay) into account in road construction, whether it forms the foundation or it is used as a building material?
The profile Civil Engineering Structures focuses on the technical facets of a wide range of infrastructure projects. If you are interested in the ‘engineering’ part of Civil Engineering & Management, whether it focuses on water, construction, or transport, this profile is right for you.
Profile 2 | Sustainability & Resilience
To deal with climate change and to reduce environmental impacts, civil infrastructure needs to become more sustainable and resilient. In this integrated profile, you develop a thorough understanding of sustainability, resilience and circularity, including why they are relevant to the Civil Engineering domain and how they can be applied.
You develop the capacity to identify and assess key (existing and future) challenges in the Civil Engineering sector and learn about methods and frameworks to critically assess and design promising concepts, directions for solutions and multi-actor processes. You learn how climate change and other developments such as urbanisation, digitalisation and the energy transition impact the design and construction of solutions in the water, transport and construction domains. Vice versa, you also learn to quantify how design and construction choices impact climate, water availability, and other aspects of sustainable development. In management-oriented courses, you learn what transitions are needed and how to implement and achieve innovative solutions in complex societal contexts.