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International Civil Engineering Semester
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About the programme
Expanding infrastructure leads to many civil engineering projects.
Traffic planning, motorways and roads are being decided to shorten
travelling time. Traffic on rail is being expanded. Solutions for city
centres traffic jam during rush hours are being called for. Bridges and
tunnels connecting our islands, and to our neighbouring countries are
being discussed and decided. Ports are being extended to serve both
tourists and goods. Clean water both for drinking and for nature is an
issue of great concern leading to water conservation and cleaning
plants. Climate change, leading to more heavy rainfall, calls for
advanced calculation of the sewage system to avoid flooding of housing
areas.
The Department of Building & Civil Engineering at the Copenhagen
University College of Engineering offers an International Semester in
the Civil Engineering field, dealing with all these issues.
The semester is offered twice a year. The Autumn semester starting
late August to end January and the Spring semester starting February
1st to end June.
The ICES programme
The programme consists of 30 ECTS. The programme is composed by
selecting courses within the group of optional courses of 5 or 10 ECTS
each, a 'Bachelor Project part A’ of 5 ECTS or 'Bachelor Project part
B’ of 15 ECTS. The composition of the programme is decided by the
student and the department in collaboration.
All courses are project organised. You work in smaller groups and with
engineering assignments from the building and infrastructure industry
and the consultants and contractors perspective.
The optional courses are offered within:
The Civil Engineering Field
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Civil structures including bridges, construction pits, tunnels and ports
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Traffic planning, road construction, railways construction
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Environmental engineering:
water, water supply, ground water protection, soil and water pollution ‐ remediation and run off water, waste water systems and treatment
Management and planning
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Construction management
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Building Information Modelling
Exams and evaluation take, for the foreign students, place in January and June and students receive their diplomas late January and late June respectively.
Optional courses
The courses are open to both foreign students and Danish students. The optional courses are taught with presentation of theory and engineering methods and combined with students project work. The presentations are in English, and the project work is supervised in English.
Teaching is once or twice a week for each course for a couple of
hours. The students work on their project work, together in groups and
with ongoing dialogues with the professors and supervisors. The
students can work at the Copenhagen University College of Engineering
all week, day and night if they wich to.
‘Bachelor Project part
A’
The project work aims at providing the basis for a following final
project, Bachelor Project B. The Bachelor Project part A includes
feasibility studies for a project idea to be planned, designed and
calculated in Bachelor Project part B.
‘Bachelor Project part
B’
Bachelor Project part B is an engineering task elaborated from a
clients need. Bachelor Project part B can be either within ‘Buildings’
or within ‘Civil Engineering’.
The project work is carried out in groups of 2 or 3. The students
contact to consulting engineers, construction managers or architects to
set up their Final Project.
Optional courses alternate spring and fall. Optional courses depend on the students’ interest, but the last semesters the possibilities have been:
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Spring semester |
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VEU-T2
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Roads in developing Countries
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10 ECTS
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BRO-T2
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Bridge Structures and Concrete Structures
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10 ECTS or
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BRO-T3
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Bridge Structures and Concrete Structures
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15 ECTS
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JGV-T2
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Soil, Groundwater and Water Works
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10 ECTS or
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JGV-T3
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Soil, Groundwater and Water Works
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15 ECTS
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PPU-T2
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Process planning for Construction Phase
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10 ECTS or
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PPU-T3
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Process planning for Construction Phase
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15 ECTS
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PRO-PR
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Program Project for the Final Project
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5 ECTS
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| DIP-A |
Bachelor Project part A
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5 ECTS
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| DIP-B | Bachelor Project part B | 15 ECTS |
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Autumn semester |
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| BIM-T | Building Information Modelling |
5 ECTS
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| VTR-T2 | Traffic and Transport Planning | 10 ECTS |
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JBA-T
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Railway Construction
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5 ECTS
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BGR-T
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Construction Pits
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5 ECTS or
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BGT-T2
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Construction Pits and Tunnel Construction
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10 ECTS or
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BGH-T2
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Construction Pits and Port Design
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10 ECTS or
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BGT-T3
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Construction Pits, Tunnel Construction and Port Design
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15 ECTS
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MSU-T2
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Environmental Engineering and Waste Water in Foreign
Countries
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10 ECTS
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PRO-PR
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Program Project for the Final Project
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5 ECTS
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| DIP-A |
Bachelorproject part A
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5 ECTS
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| DIP-B | Bachelorproject part A | 15 ECTS |
Please note that you can do a new search and change between spring and fall semesters.
For your information you can see the study programme for Danish students here. Only optional courses are taught in English.
Student prerequisites
In order to qualify as an exchange student, your home institution must have an exchange agreement with Copenhagen University College of Engineering - Ingeniørhøjskolen i København (IHK). Please check the list of exchange partners before applying - and visit your International Office at your home institution. Your home institution must nominate you for exchange.
We require at least two years (120 ECTS) of relevant university studies and a proficiency of English language guaranteed by your home institution, equivalent to no less than TOEFL CBT 213 /TOEFL PBT 550 or IELTS 6,5.
How to apply
If you want to apply you will have to fill in the student application form. In order to fill in the form you must have a precise idea of the study programme you wish to follow at Copenhagen University College of Engineering, elaborated in conjunction with the home institution's international or departmental coordinator.