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CIVIL ENGINEERING

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Building of Instituto Extensión e Investigación

Civil engineering is defined as the integration of theoretical and empirical knowledge, techniques, tools and practices that are applied in a responsible and scientific manner, with high doses of ingenuity, art, creativity and experience, to conceive, design, build, operate and economically and safely maintain the infrastructure works required by the community for its well-being and development. To fulfill these competencies, the profession must promote the development of its executions in harmony with the environment and with the socioeconomic and cultural characteristics of the population that it must benefit.

During their training, students have the opportunity to participate in cultural, sporting, academic, extension and research activities, as well as the possibility to travel to other countries in order to broaden their knowledge, their horizons and stimulate creativity to increase their potential to boost the developed countries.

Civil engineering deals primarily with infrastructure works of considerable size, which use enormous amounts of construction materials and which have a decisive impact on the real possibilities of integration, development and well-being of citizens. The character of the profession is related, in part, to public decisions, so that, in its development and realization, its exercise highly depends on state policies

GENERAL INFORMATION

Description of the Academic Degree

  • Education level: Undergraduate
  • Name of the Degree: Civil Engineering
  • Title granted: Civil Engineer
  • Year of creation: 1867
  • SNIES code: 25
  • SIA code: 2542
  • Total credits: 180
  • Estimated duration: 10 semesters
  • Methodology: On-campus
  • Journey: Daytime
  • Curricular Area: Civil and Agricultural Engineering
  • Faculty: Engineering
  • Campus: Bogotá

PROFILES

Graduate Profile

The graduate of the program will be trained to undertake research and generation of new knowledge, and to conceive, design and build public works and infrastructure that society requires.

Its activity, role and performance within society must seek to promote a sustainable world with better standards of life, in which ethics, morals, technical and scientific training and analysis of social, environmental, and economic aspects, as well as the knowledge of the national news, provide them with the criteria so that cooperation and interdisciplinarity are the engines of creation of social development. The Civil Engineer who graduates from the National University of Colombia must be a professional with the capacity and balance to carry out and/or generate public or private projects in: planning, infrastructure design, construction, commissioning and infrastructure maintenance, analysis of systems with environmental and ecological sustainability, risk analysis and prevention of disasters or calamities related to the field of their training, generation and innovation of techniques and technology, participation - maintaining their independence and freedom of thought - in the definition of relative policies to the tender for public and/or private infrastructure.

OBJECTIVES

Program Objectives

The curriculum is designed to train a civil engineer with a solid analytical capacity and with a special knowledge of the practices of the profession and the context in which his work is carried out. In this way, graduates of the programme will be able to undertake research and generate new knowledge, and to design, design and build the public works and infrastructure required by society.

The program, consistent with the training principles of the National University, promotes the possibility for its students to choose areas of work of their choice, and to participate in research, extension, and cultural projects. In the same way the student prepares that he can attend academic commitments with other universities, national and international, and to understand the context in which the profession is developed.

The civil engineer can perform extensively as a designer, consultant, builder, auditor, manager, professor or researcher. It has under its responsibility everything related to infrastructure works such as:

  • Motorways, roads, railways, airport runways, roads and pavements.
  • Buildings of room and institutional use, auditoriums, coliseums and stadiums.
  • Bridges, containment structures, stabilization works and tunnels.
  • Hydraulic structures, canals, ducts, seaports, dams and reservoirs
  • Aqueducts and sewers: treatment plants for drinking water and wastewater, distribution networks and sewage and drinking water pipelines.
  • Environmental sanitation, remediation systems and pollution monitoring.
  • Works to protect slopes, slopes and watersheds, mitigation of natural hazards such as earthquakes, floods and volcanic eruptions and environmental control works.
  • Project management.
  • Integrated mass transit systems.

Program Educational Objectives

El Programa en Ingeniería Civil de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia, sede Bogotá, tiene como objetivo formar ingenieros civiles que:

  • Will exercise the profession applying technical, scientific and technological knowledge of civil engineering with ethics, competence and social responsibility, through consulting, design, management, supervision and construction of civil works or the development of civil engineering projects. at the national and international level.
  • Will deepen and update their knowledge in their area of performance within civil engineering, through reflection on professional practice and complementary academic training.
  • Will apply their academic training and their ability to investigate and innovate in solving problems related to civil engineering.
  • Will lead interdisciplinary groups in public or private entities, facilitating the realization of projects or solutions to civil engineering problems.

Resultados de Aprendizaje del Programa

By the time of graduation, the students of the Civil Engineering Program will have an ability:

  • To Identify, analyze, and solve civil engineering problems with different degrees of complexity, in their areas of performance.
  • To Design solutions to civil engineering problems, considering technical, scientific, social, economic, and environmental aspects.
  • To communicate effectively and argue ideas, concepts and formulations related to civil engineering.
  • To distinguish and apply ethical and professional responsibility in the processes of conception, structuring, design, contracting and construction of civil engineering projects.
  • To participate in specialized or multidisciplinary work teams, demonstrating leadership, generating collaborative and inclusive environments, aimed at achieving specific objectives.
  • To formulate and develop experimentation projects, both in the field and in the laboratory, to obtain valid conclusions about the processes, materials and structures related to civil engineering projects.
  • To practice continuous and autonomous training, which allows the development of a critical sense to apply new knowledge, to the solution of problems and new needs imposed by the dynamics of professional practice.
  • To formulate and manage civil engineering and related projects, organizations or companies in order to provide innovative high-quality solutions to specific problems.

DEGREE STRUCTURE



pdf2.pngSyllabus

word2.pngProgram Structure and Curriculum (Acuerdo 257 de 2008)

word2.pngRoadmap (Acuerdo 014 of 2013)

RESEARCH

The civil engineering program has the following seedbeds

APPLICATION FIELDS

The civil engineer can perform extensively as a designer, consultant, builder, comptroller, manager, teacher or researcher. It is responsible for all infrastructure works such as:

  • Motorways, roads, railways, airport runways, roads and pavements.
  • Buildings of room and institutional use, auditoriums, coliseums and stadiums.
  • Bridges, containment structures, stabilization works and tunnels.
  • Hydraulic structures, canals, ducts, seaports, dams and reservoirs
  • Aqueducts and sewers: treatment plants for drinking water and wastewater, distribution networks and sewage and drinking water pipelines.
  • Environmental sanitation, remediation systems and pollution monitoring.
  • Works to protect slopes, slopes and watersheds, mitigation of natural hazards such as earthquakes, floods and volcanic eruptions and environmental control works.
  • Project management.
  • Integrated mass transit systems.

CONTACT

Coordinator: Martín Estrada Mejía

E-mail: coocuric_fibog@unal.edu.co

Address: Av. NQS (Carrera 30), 45-03, Building 408A - CADE Ingeniería, Primer piso

Telephone: (+57) (1) 3165000 ext 13663

QUALITY AND ACCREDITATION

All information on the accreditation and self-assessment processes of the Civil and Agricultural Engineering Curriculum Area can be found here.

NORMATIVITY

Accreditation

pdf2.pngMINISTRY OF NATIONAL EDUCATION - DECISION 3984

Credits/Components

word2.pngAGREEMENT 257 OF 2008

Degree Structure

word2.pngAGREEMENT 27 OF 2015
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