MSC AND POST-GRADUATION IN STEEL AND COMPOSITE CONSTRUCTION

2007/2009 Edition

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Aims of this Course
The MSc in Steel and Composite Construction has the aim of providing advanced education in the specialized field of steel and composite construction, developping abilities for the performance of functions in the sub-sector of construction related to design, production, execution and management of construction works with steel or composite structures.

At the same time, this course provides the theoretical bases for a possible PhD, and it organized according to the principles of the Bologna model.

The Post-Graduation in Steel and Composite Construction is identical to the MSc, excluding only the thesis.

Organization of the Course
The course takes 2 academic years, divided in 4 semesters, including the thesis. The Post-graduation takes 1 yeas. A number of credit units ECTS is attributed to each course, in a total of 120 ECTS.

The first semester is centred on essential basic aspects in the field of steel and composite construction, without options, thus allowing to harmonize the students' different academic studies. On the second and 3rd semesters, the students must choose optional courses, which allow them to deepen their knowledge in alternative scientific areas (responding to the several market needs). Finally, the MSc thesis allows the development of skills for an autonomous, coherent and organized work, and it is elaborated on the third and fourth semesters.

The offer of a wide number of lectures intends to make this course work together with a number of other European Schools, in a network of excelence in the field of steel and composite construction. This way it will be possible to include the specificities of other schools in a common plan of studies and to have professors of those schools in this MSc.


This European Network of Steel and Composite Construction includes, besides DEC-FCTUC, the Czech Technical University in Prague (Czech Republic), the Luleå University of Technology (Sweden), the "Politehnica" University of Timisoara (Romania), the Stuttgart University (Germany), the Liége University (Belgium), University Napoli Federico II (Italy) and the University of Ljubljana (Slovenia).

There is also the support of non-European universities, as it is the case of the University of the State of Rio de Janeiro - UERJ (Brazil). This international interaction has already had results: a common application for an European MSc, in the scope of the Communitariam Program ERASMUS MUNDUS, which it is predicted to be functioning in the following year.

Schedules

Classes and exams will be functioning in the following periods:
A – Fridays, from 09:30 to 12:45
B – Fridays, from 14:00 to 19:00
C – Saturdays, from 09:15 to 12:30

Calendar

Pre-applications: until July 30th 2007 (this process is not compulsory, though it can provide priority to the candidates in the process of selection)
Applications: until September 15th 2007
Selection and Interviews: until September 30th 2007
1st Semester: From October 12th 2007 to March 1st 2008
2nd Semester: From March 14th to July 26th 2008
3rd Semester: starts on September 15th 2008
4th Semester: starts on February 2009

Teaching Staff

FCTUC
Luís Simões da Silva (Coordinator)
Luís Costa Neves (Coordinator)
Aldina Santiago
Altino Loureiro
Carlos Rebelo
Helena Gervásio
Martin Pircher
Pedro Simão
Rui Simões
Sandra Jordão
Tiago Abecassis

IST
António Lamas
António Reis
Dinar Camotim
Nuno Silvestre

Other Institutions
Dan Dubina (Techn. Univ. Timisoara - Romania)
Darko Beg (Univ. of Ljubljana - Slovenia)
Frantisek Wald (Techni. Univ. Prague -Czech Republic)
Isabel Valente (University of Minho)
Jean-Pierre Jaspart (Univ. Liège – Belgium)
Luís Bragança (University of Minho)
Milan Velikovic (Univ. Lulea – Sweden)
Paulo Cruz (University of Minho)
Paulo Vila Real (University of Aveiro)
Pedro Vellasco (Univ. State of Rio de Janeiro – Brazil)
Raffaele Landolfo (Univ. Napoli Federico II - Italy)
Sebastião Andrade (Univ. State of Rio de Janeiro – Brazil)
Ulrike Kuhlmann (Univ. Stuttgart – Germany)

************2005/2007 Edition************
University of Coimbra

The 1st edition of the MSc, started on 30th September 2005 (photo 1), took place in Coimbra, Portugal, and was a joint organisation between the University of Coimbra and the Technical University Lisbon.

Besides the normal lessons, there were some actions to put the students close to the practical reality:
-visit to the new Francisco Sá Carneiro Airport in Porto (7/10/2005 - photo 2)
-laboratory lesson about welding technics (9/12/2005 - photo 3)
-visit to the Martifer - steelwork fabricator (2/6/2006 - photo 4)

At this time it's elapsing the 2nd year of this edition where the students prepare their thesis.

photo 1

photo 2

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photo 4

TEACHING STAFF

University of Coimbra. Faculty of Science and Technology

Luís Simões da Silva (Professor - Coordinator)
Luís Costa Neves (Prof. Auxiliar - Executive Coordinator)

Altino Loureiro (Professor)
Carla Costa Ferreira (Professor)
Carlos Alberto da Silva Rebelo (Professor)
Pedro Simão (Assistant)
Rui António Duarte Simões (Professor)
Tiago Abecasis (Associate Professor)
Vitor Dias da Silva (Associate Professor)

Technical University of Lisbon - Instituto Superior Técnico

António Lamas (Professor – Coordinator)

António José Luís Reis (Professor)
Pedro Borges Dinis (Professor)
Dinar Camotim (Associate Professor)
Francisco Virtuoso (Associate Professor)
Ildefonso Cabrita Neves (Associate Professor)
Luís Calado (Associate Professor)
Nuno Silvestre (Assistant)

Other institutions

Helena Gervásio (Civil Engineer - Gipamb, Lda)
Paulo Jorge Sousa Cruz (Professor– DEC - UM)
Paulo Vila Real (Professor – DEC - UA)