Civil Engineering

The main aim of the program is to produce engineers with master’s and doctoral degrees in the major areas offered on the program and thus help create and disseminate the appropriate technical and scientific knowledge required to meet the multiple demands that arise during the design, development, operation and maintenance of infrastructure projects and services in Brazil

Master’s (12 to 30 months) and Doctorate (24 to 60 months)

The program aims to stimulate projects that generate knowledge, technologies and products by combining the different lines of research in an integrated approach and involving other fields of knowledge both inside and outside the university.

Major Area: Architecture and Construction
Lines of Research

• 1. Comfort in buildings and the city
• 2. Built environment: management and technology
• 3. Urban design: methodology and theory

Major Area: Structures
Lines of Research

• 1. Analysis of the behavior of structures
• 2. Analysis of the behavior of materials for structures
• 3. Numerical methods in engineering problems
• 4. Structural systems

Major Area: Geotechnics
Lines of Research

• 1. Design and analysis of geotechnical structures
• 2. Study of the behavior of geotechnical materials

Major Area: Water, Energy and Environmental Resources
Lines of Research

• 1. Hydraulic engineering and special materials
• 2. Hydrology and management of water resources
• 3. Energy planning and electrical systems
• 4. Regional planning, heritage and landscape

Major Area: Sanitation and Environment
Lines of Research

• 1. Territorial management and environmental sustainability
• 2. Environmental sanitation

Major Area: Transportation
Lines of Research

• 1. Transport infrastructure and superstructures: design and development; construction and maintenance methods
• 2. Planning, techniques and operations for transportation and logistics systems

To be eligible for admission as a degree-seeking graduate student (i.e., masters or doctoral programs), students must hold a university degree. Admission to graduate programs is subject to course-specific standards and requirements, which vary from one field to another. In order to find out these requirements, the student must get in touch with the specific department and request admission information (selection procedures, deadlines, etc). In general, applicants are evaluated by means of a written exam, a study plan and personal interviews.

Foreign students have their requests and documents initially reviewed by the Graduate Program Coordinator of the program he/she is interested. If accepted, a letter of conditional acceptance at the university will be issued and emailed to the student with a digital certification. This will enable the student to apply for a student visa, required for class registration upon arrival. You should not try to come on a tourist visa: A change of visa status after entering Brazil is not possible.