Civil Engineering Master  |
 Master Studies (Programme Regulations 2020) |
| 1. Semester |
| Seminar Work |
| Number | Title | Type | ECTS | Hours | Lecturers |
|---|
| 101-0007-00L | Project Management for Construction Projects  | O | 4 credits | 3S | J. J. Hoffman |
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| Major Courses |
| Major in Construction and Maintenance Management |
| Number | Title | Type | ECTS | Hours | Lecturers |
|---|
| 151-8011-00L | Building Physics: Theory and Applications Enrolment after agreement with the lecturer only. | W | 4 credits | 3V + 1U | A. Kubilay,
X. Zhou,
L. D'Amato,
A. Rubin,
D. A. Strebel |
| 066-0427-00L | Design and Building Process MIBS | W | 2 credits | 2V | A. Paulus |
| 101-0427-01L | Public Transport Design and Operations | W | 6 credits | 4G | F. Corman,
F. Leutwiler |
| 101-0509-00L | Infrastructure Management 1: Process | O | 6 credits | 3G | B. T. Adey |
| 101-0517-10L | Construction Management for Tunneling | W | 3 credits | 2G | H. Ehrbar |
| 101-0524-00L | Lean, Integrated and Digital Project Delivery | W | 4 credits | 3G | D. Hall |
| 101-0577-00L | An Introduction to Sustainable Development in the Built Environment | O | 3 credits | 2G | G. Habert,
D. Kaushal |
|
| Major in Geotechnical Engineering |
| Number | Title | Type | ECTS | Hours | Lecturers |
|---|
| 101-0317-00L | Tunnelling I | W+ | 3 credits | 2G | G. Anagnostou,
E. Pimentel |
| 101-0357-00L | Theoretical and Experimental Soil Mechanics Prerequisites: Mechanics I, II and III.
The number of participants is limited to 60 due to the existing laboratory equipment! Students with major in Geotechnical Engineering have priority. Registrations will be accepted in the order they are received. | W+ | 6 credits | 4G | I. Anastasopoulos,
R. Herzog,
E. Korre,
A. Marin,
M. Schneider |
| 101-0307-00L | Design and Construction in Geotechnical Engineering | W | 4 credits | 3G | I. Anastasopoulos,
A. Marin |
| 101-0369-00L | Forensic Geotechnical Engineering Prerequisites: successful participation in "Geotechnical Engineering" (101-0315-00L) or an equivalent course. | W | 3 credits | 2G | A. Puzrin |
| 101-0517-10L | Construction Management for Tunneling | W | 3 credits | 2G | H. Ehrbar |
|
| Major in Structural Engineering |
| Number | Title | Type | ECTS | Hours | Lecturers |
|---|
| 101-0117-00L | Theory of Structures III | O | 3 credits | 2G | B. Stojadinovic |
| 101-0127-00L | Advanced Structural Concrete | O | 3 credits | 2G | J. Mata Falcón,
W. Kaufmann |
| 101-0137-00L | Steel Structures III: Advanced Steel and Composite Structures | O | 3 credits | 2G | A. Taras,
U. Angst |
| 101-0187-00L | Structural Reliability and Risk Analysis | W | 3 credits | 2G | S. Marelli |
| 101-0157-01L | Structural Dynamics and Vibration Problems | W | 3 credits | 2G | M. Vassiliou,
V. Ntertimanis |
| 151-8015-00L | Moisture Transport in Porous Media | W | 3 credits | 2G | J. Carmeliet,
L. Fei,
J. Huang,
J. Zhao |
| 101-0167-01L | Fibre Composite Materials in Structural Engineering | W | 3 credits | 2G | M. Motavalli |
| 101-0637-01L | Timber Structures I Remark: Students in Civil Engineering must enrol this course as a year course Timber Structures I+II. | W | 3 credits | 2G | A. Frangi,
I. Burgert,
G. Fink,
R. Steiger |
| 052-0609-00L | Energy and Climate Systems I | W | 2 credits | 2G | A. Schlüter |
| 101-0617-02L | Computational Science Investigation for Material Mechanics | W | 4 credits | 2S | D. Kammer,
F. Wittel |
|
| Major in Transport Systems |
| Number | Title | Type | ECTS | Hours | Lecturers |
|---|
| 101-0427-01L | Public Transport Design and Operations | O | 6 credits | 4G | F. Corman,
F. Leutwiler |
| 101-0437-00L | Traffic Engineering | O | 6 credits | 4G | A. Kouvelas |
| 101-0417-00L | Transport Planning Methods | W | 6 credits | 4G | K. W. Axhausen |
| 401-0647-00L | Introduction to Mathematical Optimization | W | 5 credits | 2V + 1U | D. Adjiashvili |
| 103-0317-00L | Introduction to Spatial Development and Transformation Only for master students, otherwise a special permisson by the lecturer is required. | W | 3 credits | 2G | M. Nollert,
D. Kaufmann |
| 151-0227-00L | Basics of Air Transport (Aviation I) | W | 4 credits | 3G | P. Wild |
| 227-0523-00L | Railway Systems I | W | 6 credits | 4G | M. Meyer |
| 101-0509-00L | Infrastructure Management 1: Process | W | 6 credits | 3G | B. T. Adey |
| 363-1047-00L | Urban Systems and Transportation | W | 3 credits | 2G | G. Loumeau |
|
| Major in Hydraulic Engineering and Water Resources Management |
| Number | Title | Type | ECTS | Hours | Lecturers |
|---|
| 101-0247-01L | Hydraulic structures II Information: Enrolment of Hydraulic Engineering II is not recommended without having attended Hydraulic Engineering (101-0206-00L) previously since Hydraulic Engineering II is strongly based on Hydraulic Engineering (101-0206-00L). | O | 6 credits | 4G | R. Boes |
| 101-0267-01L | Numerical Hydraulics | O | 3 credits | 2G | M. Holzner |
| 102-0455-01L | Groundwater I | W | 4 credits | 3G | J. Jimenez-Martinez,
M. Willmann |
| 101-0258-00L | River Engineering | O | 3 credits | 2G | V. Weitbrecht,
I. Schalko,
K. Sperger |
| 102-0468-10L | Watershed Modelling | W | 6 credits | 4G | P. Molnar |
| 101-0250-00L | Solving Partial Differential Equations in parallel on GPUs | W | 4 credits | 3G | L. Räss,
S. Omlin,
M. Werder |
|
| Major in Materials and Mechanics |
| Number | Title | Type | ECTS | Hours | Lecturers |
|---|
| 101-0677-00L | Concrete Technology | W | 2 credits | 2G | F. Nägele,
M. Bäuml,
G. Martinola,
T. Wangler |
| 151-8015-00L | Moisture Transport in Porous Media | W | 3 credits | 2G | J. Carmeliet,
L. Fei,
J. Huang,
J. Zhao |
| 151-0353-00L | Mechanics of Composite Materials | W | 4 credits | 2V + 1U | P. Ermanni,
G. Pappas,
M. Sakovsky |
| 101-0617-01L | Advances in Building Materials | W | 4 credits | 2G | R. J. Flatt,
I. Burgert |
| 101-0617-02L | Computational Science Investigation for Material Mechanics | W | 4 credits | 2S | D. Kammer,
F. Wittel |
|
| 3. Semester |
| Major Courses |
| Major in Construction and Maintenance Management |
| Number | Title | Type | ECTS | Hours | Lecturers |
|---|
| 101-0549-00L | Selected Topics on Legal Aspects in Civil Engineering | W+ | 3 credits | 2G | H. Briner,
D. Trümpy |
| 101-0587-00L | Workshop on Sustainable Building Certification Number of participants limited to 25 | W+ | 3 credits | 2G | D. Kellenberger |
| 101-0507-00L | Infrastructure Management 3: Optimisation Tools Does not take place this semester. | W+ | 6 credits | 2G | B. T. Adey |
| 101-0520-00L | Project Management: Project Execution to Closeout | W+ | 4 credits | 2G | J. J. Hoffman |
| 101-0608-00L | Design-Integrated Life Cycle Assessment | W | 3 credits | 2G | G. Habert |
| 101-0577-00L | An Introduction to Sustainable Development in the Built Environment | O | 3 credits | 2G | G. Habert,
D. Kaushal |
| 101-0527-10L | Materials and Constructions | W | 3 credits | 2G | G. Habert,
D. Sanz Pont |
|
| Major in Geotechnical Engineering |
| Number | Title | Type | ECTS | Hours | Lecturers |
|---|
| 101-0329-00L | Tunnelling III | W | 4 credits | 2G | G. Anagnostou,
E. Pimentel,
M. Ramoni |
| 101-0339-00L | Environmental Geotechnics | W | 3 credits | 2G | M. Plötze |
| 101-0367-00L | Geotechnical Engineering in Transportation | W | 3 credits | 2G | D. Hauswirth |
|
| Major in Structural Engineering |
| Number | Title | Type | ECTS | Hours | Lecturers |
|---|
| 101-0119-00L | Structural Masonry | W | 3 credits | 2G | N. Mojsilovic |
| 101-0129-00L | Non Destructive Evaluation & Rehabilitation of Existing Structures | W | 3 credits | 2G | E. Chatzi,
B. Herraiz Gómez,
G. Kocur |
| 101-0159-00L | Method of Finite Elements II | W | 3 credits | 2G | E. Chatzi,
K. Tatsis |
| 101-0189-00L | Seismic Design of Structures II | W | 3 credits | 2G | B. Stojadinovic |
| 101-0191-00L | Seismic and Vibration Isolation | W | 2 credits | 1G | M. Vassiliou |
| 101-0123-00L | Structural Design | W | 3 credits | 2G | P. Ohlbrock,
P. Block,
J. Schwartz |
| 101-0121-00L | Fatigue and Fracture in Materials and Structures | W | 4 credits | 3G | E. Ghafoori,
A. Taras |
| 101-0169-00L | Timber Structures III Prerequisite: Timber Structures I (101-0168-00L). Students who have not completed Holzbau I require a special permission from the lecturer. | W | 3 credits | 2G | A. Frangi,
R. Jockwer,
M. Klippel,
S. M. Schoenwald,
R. Steiger |
| 101-0120-00L | Structural Glass Design and Facade Engineering | W | 3 credits | 3G | V.‑A. Silvestru |
| 101-0139-00L | Scientific Machine and Deep Learning for Design and Construction in Civil Engineering | W | 3 credits | 4G | M. A. Kraus,
D. Griego |
|
| Major in Transport Systems |
| Number | Title | Type | ECTS | Hours | Lecturers |
|---|
| 101-0469-00L | Road Safety | W | 6 credits | 4G | M. Deublein,
P. Eberling |
| 103-0417-02L | Methodology of Planning Research and Practice Only for master students, otherwise a special permisson by the lecturer is required. | W | 3 credits | 2G | A. Peric Momcilovic,
T. Hug,
R. Streit |
| 101-0491-00L | Agent Based Modeling in Transportation | W | 6 credits | 4G | M. Balac |
| 101-0492-00L | Microscopic Modelling and Simulation of Traffic Operations | W | 3 credits | 2G | M. Makridis |
| 101-0367-00L | Geotechnical Engineering in Transportation | W | 3 credits | 2G | D. Hauswirth |
| 101-0507-00L | Infrastructure Management 3: Optimisation Tools Does not take place this semester. | W | 6 credits | 2G | B. T. Adey |
| 101-0419-02L | Railway Infrastructures 2 | W | 2 credits | 2G | U. A. Weidmann,
P. Güldenapfel,
M. Kohler,
M. J. Manhart |
|
| Major in Hydraulic Engineering and Water Resources Management |
| Number | Title | Type | ECTS | Hours | Lecturers |
|---|
| 101-0249-00L | Hydraulic Engineering: Selected Topics Prerequisites: 101-0247-01L Hydraulic Engineering II or equivalent course. | W | 3 credits | 2S | R. Boes |
| 101-0289-00L | Applied Glaciology | W | 4 credits | 2G | D. Farinotti,
A. Bauder,
M. Werder |
| 101-1249-00L | Hydraulics of Engineering Structures | W | 3 credits | 2G | I. Albayrak,
F. Evers |
| 102-0215-00L | Urban Water Management II | W | 4 credits | 2G | M. Maurer,
P. Staufer |
| 101-1250-00L | Management of Hillslope and Channel Processes | W | 3 credits | 2V | D. Rickenmann |
|
| Major in Materials and Mechanics |
| Number | Title | Type | ECTS | Hours | Lecturers |
|---|
| 101-0639-01L | Science and Engineering of Glass and Natural Stone in Construction | W | 3 credits | 2G | F. Wittel,
T. Wangler |
| 101-0659-01L | Durability and Maintenance of Reinforced Concrete | W | 4 credits | 2V | U. Angst,
Z. Zhang |
| 101-0689-00L | Shrinkage and Cracking of Concrete: Mechanisms and Impact on Durability | W | 3 credits | 2V | P. Lura,
M. Wyrzykowski |
| 101-0637-10L | Wood Structure and Function Number of participants limited to 15. | W | 3 credits | 2G | I. Burgert,
G. von Arx |
| 101-0637-20L | Fundamentals of Wood Elaboration and Woodmachining | W | 3 credits | 2G | I. Burgert,
M. Schubert |
| 101-0159-00L | Method of Finite Elements II | W | 3 credits | 2G | E. Chatzi,
K. Tatsis |
|
| Projects |
| Number | Title | Type | ECTS | Hours | Lecturers |
|---|
| 101-0198-10L | Project on Construction Engineering Only for Civil Engineering MSc, Programme Regulations 2020. | W | 11 credits | 24A | Supervisors |
| 101-0298-10L | Project on Hydraulic Engineering and Water Resources Management Only for Civil Engineering MSc, Programme Regulations 2020. | W | 11 credits | 24A | Supervisors |
| 101-0398-10L | Project on Geotechnical Engineering Only for Civil Engineering MSc, Programme Regulations 2020. | W | 11 credits | 24A | Supervisors |
| 101-0498-10L | Project on Transport Systems Only for Civil Engineering MSc, Programme Regulations 2020. | W | 11 credits | 24A | Supervisors |
| 101-0598-10L | Project on Construction and Maintenance Management Only for Civil Engineering MSc, Programme Regulations 2020. | W | 11 credits | 24A | Supervisors |
| 101-0698-10L | Project on Materials and Mechanics Only for Civil Engineering MSc, Programme Regulations 2020. | W | 11 credits | 24A | Supervisors |
|
| Digitalisation Specific Courses |
| Number | Title | Type | ECTS | Hours | Lecturers |
|---|
| 101-0524-00L | Lean, Integrated and Digital Project Delivery | W | 4 credits | 3G | D. Hall |
| 101-0317-00L | Tunnelling I | W | 3 credits | 2G | G. Anagnostou,
E. Pimentel |
| 101-0187-00L | Structural Reliability and Risk Analysis | W | 3 credits | 2G | S. Marelli |
| 101-0437-00L | Traffic Engineering | W | 6 credits | 4G | A. Kouvelas |
| 101-0417-00L | Transport Planning Methods | W | 6 credits | 4G | K. W. Axhausen |
| 101-0491-00L | Agent Based Modeling in Transportation | W | 6 credits | 4G | M. Balac |
| 101-0507-00L | Infrastructure Management 3: Optimisation Tools Does not take place this semester. | W | 6 credits | 2G | B. T. Adey |
| 101-0267-01L | Numerical Hydraulics | W | 3 credits | 2G | M. Holzner |
| 101-0159-00L | Method of Finite Elements II | W | 3 credits | 2G | E. Chatzi,
K. Tatsis |
| 101-0617-02L | Computational Science Investigation for Material Mechanics | W | 4 credits | 2S | D. Kammer,
F. Wittel |
| 101-0185-01L | CAD for Civil Engineers Number of participants is limited to 30.
Point in time of enrolment of course is decisive. | W | 2 credits | 2G | K.‑H. Hamel,
F. Ortiz Quintana |
| 101-0250-00L | Solving Partial Differential Equations in parallel on GPUs | W | 4 credits | 3G | L. Räss,
S. Omlin,
M. Werder |
| 101-0139-00L | Scientific Machine and Deep Learning for Design and Construction in Civil Engineering | W | 3 credits | 4G | M. A. Kraus,
D. Griego |
| 101-0120-00L | Structural Glass Design and Facade Engineering | W | 3 credits | 3G | V.‑A. Silvestru |
| 101-0509-00L | Infrastructure Management 1: Process | W | 6 credits | 3G | B. T. Adey |
| 101-0492-00L | Microscopic Modelling and Simulation of Traffic Operations | W | 3 credits | 2G | M. Makridis |
| 101-0123-00L | Structural Design | W | 3 credits | 2G | P. Ohlbrock,
P. Block,
J. Schwartz |
| 102-0468-10L | Watershed Modelling | W | 6 credits | 4G | P. Molnar |
| 101-0121-00L | Fatigue and Fracture in Materials and Structures | W | 4 credits | 3G | E. Ghafoori,
A. Taras |
|
| Project Based Courses |
| Number | Title | Type | ECTS | Hours | Lecturers |
|---|
| 101-0509-00L | Infrastructure Management 1: Process | W | 6 credits | 3G | B. T. Adey |
| 101-0249-00L | Hydraulic Engineering: Selected Topics Prerequisites: 101-0247-01L Hydraulic Engineering II or equivalent course. | W | 3 credits | 2S | R. Boes |
| 101-0608-00L | Design-Integrated Life Cycle Assessment | W | 3 credits | 2G | G. Habert |
| 101-0329-00L | Tunnelling III | W | 4 credits | 2G | G. Anagnostou,
E. Pimentel,
M. Ramoni |
| 101-0200-10L | Research-Focused Project Work | W | 11 credits | 24A | Supervisors |
| 101-0139-00L | Scientific Machine and Deep Learning for Design and Construction in Civil Engineering | W | 3 credits | 4G | M. A. Kraus,
D. Griego |
| 101-0357-00L | Theoretical and Experimental Soil Mechanics Prerequisites: Mechanics I, II and III.
The number of participants is limited to 60 due to the existing laboratory equipment! Students with major in Geotechnical Engineering have priority. Registrations will be accepted in the order they are received. | W | 6 credits | 4G | I. Anastasopoulos,
R. Herzog,
E. Korre,
A. Marin,
M. Schneider |
| 101-0520-00L | Project Management: Project Execution to Closeout | W | 4 credits | 2G | J. J. Hoffman |
| 101-0120-00L | Structural Glass Design and Facade Engineering | W | 3 credits | 3G | V.‑A. Silvestru |
| 101-0250-00L | Solving Partial Differential Equations in parallel on GPUs | W | 4 credits | 3G | L. Räss,
S. Omlin,
M. Werder |
| 101-0659-01L | Durability and Maintenance of Reinforced Concrete | W | 4 credits | 2V | U. Angst,
Z. Zhang |
| 101-0677-00L | Concrete Technology | W | 2 credits | 2G | F. Nägele,
M. Bäuml,
G. Martinola,
T. Wangler |
| 101-0427-01L | Public Transport Design and Operations | W | 6 credits | 4G | F. Corman,
F. Leutwiler |
| 101-0524-00L | Lean, Integrated and Digital Project Delivery | W | 4 credits | 3G | D. Hall |
| 101-0492-00L | Microscopic Modelling and Simulation of Traffic Operations | W | 3 credits | 2G | M. Makridis |
| 101-0527-10L | Materials and Constructions | W | 3 credits | 2G | G. Habert,
D. Sanz Pont |
| 101-0587-00L | Workshop on Sustainable Building Certification Number of participants limited to 25 | W | 3 credits | 2G | D. Kellenberger |
| 101-0123-00L | Structural Design | W | 3 credits | 2G | P. Ohlbrock,
P. Block,
J. Schwartz |
| 101-0267-01L | Numerical Hydraulics | W | 3 credits | 2G | M. Holzner |
|
| Master's Thesis |
| Number | Title | Type | ECTS | Hours | Lecturers |
|---|
| 101-0010-10L | Master's Thesis Only for Civil Engineering MSc, Programme Regulations 2020.
Only students who fulfill the following criteria are allowed to begin with their master thesis:
a. successful completion of the bachelor programme;
b. fulfilling of any additional requirements necessary to gain admission to the master programme. | O | 20 credits | 43D | Supervisors |
