Curricular Structure

The PPGEng curricular structure, including Master and Doctoral Programs in Engineering, is composed of mandatory disciplines and seminars, elective and optional disciplines, disciplines of scientific and teaching education, besides the Master and Doctoral advising. In the sequence, it is possible to see the disciplines offered (P.S. the disciplines followed by letter D (parenthesis) are for the Doctoral Program; the ones with letter M are for Master Program only and the ones with D and M are for both):

Mandatory basic disciplines of the concentration area (3 credits):

- Infrastructure and the Environment I (M)
- Infrastructure and the Environment II (D)

Disciplines of Scientific Education (do not integrate credits)

- Scientific Methodology (1 credit) (M and D)
- Quantitative Methods in Scientific Research (2 credits) (M and D)

Instrumental disciplines, elective for Master Program and optional for Doctoral Program (3 credits each)

- Planning and Experiment Assessment (M and D)
- Optimization Applied to Engineering (M and D)

Disciplines of basic concepts, elective for Master Program and optional for Doctoral Program (3 credits each)

- Materials Science (M and D)
- Environmental Management and Impact (M and D)
- Mechanics of Structures (M and D)
- Advanced Environmental Microbiology (M and D)
- Advanced Environmental Chemistry (M and D)
- Infrastructure Management Systems (M and D)
- Territory and Infrastructure (M and D)

Optional disciplines, only for the research line of Sustainable Infrastructure (3 credits only)

- Maintenance of Hydric Resources (M and D)
- Environmental Geotechnology (M and D)
- Alternative Materials Applied to Infrastructure (M and D)
- Bridges Structures (M and D)
- Soil Pollution (M and D)
- Structure Sustainability (M and D)
- Solid Waste Technology(M and D)
- Wastewater Treatment (M and D)

Optional disciplines, specific for the research area of Territorial Planning and Infrastructure Management (3 credits each)

- Urban Ambience (M and D)
- Environmental Costs and Valuation (M and D)
- Road Infrastructure Management (M and D)
- Urban Infrastructure: Performance, Use and Soil Occupation (M and D)
- Project Planning and Analysis (M and D)
- Supply and Sanitation Networks - (M and D)
- Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development (M and D)

Mandatory Methodological Disciplines

- Seminar I (1 credit) (M)
- Seminar II (2 credits) (M)
- Seminar III (3 credits) (D)
- Special Topics I (2 credits) (M)
- Special Topics II (3 credits) (D)

Teaching Education Disciplines– Learning training (do not integrate credits)

- Teaching internship I (2 credits) (M)
- Teaching internship II (2 credits) (M)
- Teaching internship III (4 credits) (D)

Advising Disciplines (do not integrate credits)

- Master Advising I, II, III e IV (1 credit) (M)
- Doctoral Advising I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII e VIII (1 credit) (D)