Programme

During the pre-master's in Structural Engineering, you will learn to develop a building design technically and make it ready for implementation. You follow all the steps required to turn a preliminary design into a fully-fledged tender document. You will learn about all the facets required to understand and make sense of a building.

In the first part of the curriculum, you attend lectures on construction and building physics, carry out short assignments on construction process and building technology, and take a computer drawing course. You will also visit construction sites. In the second and final part of the programme, all technical components will be linked when completing the design for final testing.

Subjects and lecturers

Curious which subjects you are going to follow as a pre-master's student in Structural Engineering? Below is an overview with all subjects, including the teachers who teach them.

Lecturers: Rudi Koster Vincent Zevenhuizen
The conversion of an existing building for a fictitious client becomes the basis for analysing the building, its surroundings and working out the structural engineering drawings and detailing. In the first phase, a design is created. An architect and a structural engineer will guide you in creating a design and working out the technical implications of the design.
Lecturers: Richard Claessen with engineering colleagues ABT
Building physics provides insight into building-related (building) physical aspects in relation to the design process. You will develop basic knowledge in the field of thermal, hygric and acoustic properties of a building.
In practice, you will be able to use this knowledge to communicate with specialists in the fields of building physics, sustainability and installations.
Lecturers: Ronald Wenting with engineering colleagues ABT
In the subject Construction, constructive skills are covered in a nutshell and integrated into the already existing knowledge of designs. You learn to identify constructive opportunities for the design and communicate appropriately with a structural engineer.