Programme objectives

Last edit: 01/03/2013
Approved: 01/03/2013

Master of Science in Civil Engineering and Urban Management Engineering aims to give students opportunities and abilities to participate in and lead work on how buildings, infrastructure and cities should be designed and built. It includes the institutional and regulatory framework that should be developed to provide a good habitat and good development environment for business.

The programme provides a broad knowledge in mathematics, science, Civil Engineering and Urban Management engineering, economics and law in the early years and thereafter a depth in a specific area of the Built Environment, for example, construction and real estate, house construction, soil and water engineering, urban and traffic planning.
In addition to the objectives specified in the Higher Education Ordinance, an engineer who graduates from KTH has also achieved goals listed below.

Knowledge and understanding

For the Master of Science in Engineering, the student

• Have a technical, scientific basis to work in depth in the technology subject of Civil Engineering and Urban Management. It may be construction technical issues, planning and property development.
• Show knowledge and ability required to work independently as a Civil Engineering and Urban Management engineer
• Have such knowledge in complementary technology subjects such as economics, ethics, law and environment so that they understand Technology Applications of sustainable community development and can develop the building and planning, the built environment and physical infrastructure.

Skills and abilities

Have good communication skills, orally and in writing with different audiences in English and Swedish. This includes to be able to argue and discuss the conclusions and the knowledge that forms the basis for the report content. This will be achieved through oral and written presentations in English and Swedish

 Reports in Swedish occur during the first three years and in English by joint studies with international master programme in the last two years of the programme. The possibility of shifting part of the training abroad also contributes to the internationalization of education.

• Have the ability to follow and apply the knowledge in the technology of Civil Engineering and Urban Management Engineering
• Show ability to work independently and in groups, and able to translate knowledge into practice.
• Be able to analyze problems and develop new technologies and new methods in technology
• Have personal and professional skills in leadership, project management and communication for a job as an engineer in a managerial capacity

Ability to make judgments and adopt a standpoint

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  • be aware of how technology affects society, taking into account people's circumstances and needs, and to sustainable development
  • develop critical and independent thinking.

Added to this are program-specific learning objectives for each master programme