SURVEYING ENGINEERING

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

Geographic Engineering prepares students for the study, measure and representation of the Earth whether with traditional mapping methods or by way of digital geographical information. It examines the techniques for observing and measuring the Earth with the aim of acquiring positional and qualitative information about the globe’s surface. It utilises methods both earthbound and spatial for data gathering, especially satellites observing the Earth for positioning and navigation. The field currently serves as support for numerous other disciplines, namely environmental studies and planning.
This degree imparts academic training and practice required for understanding issues of the gathering and treatment a wide range of geographic data, including: the production of topographic maps, the implementation and supervision of geodetic positioning investigation, the treatment of images from satellites and aerial photography; and the implementation and management of geographic information systems. The training seeks to provide extensive knowledge of the various disciplines of Geographic Engineering and a critical sense enabling its future engineers the ability to autonomously decide and conduct work in this area, rather than being mere users of the technology.

STRUCTURE

The cycle of studies leading to the Master’s degree in Surveying Engineering is composed by:

• a Specialization course, composed by an organized set of curricular units, corresponding to 75 ECTS credits. It confers a Specialization course in Surveying Engineering;
• A scientific dissertation or a professional internship, object of a final report, specifically made for this purpose, corresponding to 45 of the total of 120 ECTS credits, whose public defense may award the Master’s degree in Surveying Engineering.

CURRICULAR PLAN

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ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

• Holders of a Bachelor’s degree in Science or Engineering with at least 60 ECTS of basic training in Mathematics, Physics and Computing;
• Holders of a foreign higher degree in one of the areas described in the previous paragraph;
• Holders of an academic school, scientific or professional curriculum that the scientific committee of the course recognizes as sufficient to attest the capacity to carry out this cycle of studies.

SELECTION CRITERIA

Candidates who have a Bachelor’s degree in the area of ​​the Master, according to the criteria defined by the Scientific Committee of the Master, will be placed first.

Placing will be done according to the following criteria and subcriteria:

• Academic curriculum (area of training and average obtained) (70%)
  • Sub-criterion 1: training area (40%)
    The undergraduate degrees will be valued, with an adequate scientific background for Geographical Engineering.
    The following courses will be considered: Geographical Engineering, Engineering Sciences – Geographical Engineering Profile, Topographic Engineering -100%; Other engineering – 90%; Computer Science, Physics, Mathematics – 80%; Courses in Geosciences or Environment – 70%; Another 20% to 90%.
  • Sub-criterion 2: average and adequacy of degree (30%)
• Scientific curriculum and professional experience (30%)
  • Sub-criterion 1: technical and / or scientific publications and communications (5%)
  • Sub-criterion 2: participation in research projects (5%)
  • Sub-criterion 3: Professional curriculum (20%).
    The duration and nature of professional duties will be considered, provided that they are qualified by employment contract, or in an independent work regime, in the scientific area of the study cycle under consideration, as follows: relevance of professional activity (12%); duration of professional activity (8%).

Criterion of tie-breaking candidates:

• Average Bachelor’s Degree
• Number of years of professional experience in the area
• Number of scientific papers
• Participation in undergraduate courses in the area of the study cycle

Candidates who do not yet hold a Bachelor’s degree and/or have an academic, scientific or professional curriculum that is recognized as attesting to the ability to carry out this Master by the statutory scientific body, will be serialized according to the criteria and sub-criteria indicated above, but replacing the final grade point average by the weighted average of the curricular units performed.