Bachelor Curriculum
Source: https://www.utwente.nl/en/ce/bachelor-ce/ Parent: https://www.utwente.nl/en/ce/bachelor-ce/bachelor_thesis/
The programme Civil Engineering covers three academic years. An academic year is divided into four quarters with a schedule of ten weeks. Holidays and teaching weeks are marked in the academic calendar of the UT. The study burden for a quarter is 15 European Credits (EC).
The curriculum of the Civil Engineering bachelor’s programme consists of 180 EC. A year (60 EC) consists of four thematic modules (15 EC each). A module consists of different, interconnected study units. You will receive a grade for each study unit which can be made up of partial grades. Although the study units are registered separately, the study units within a module are coherent and should preferably be taken together. The webpage Rules and Procedures contains more information on the Students’ Charter, the Binding Recommendation (BSA), the entry requirements for the minor, and the entry requirements for module 11 and 12.
The first year of the programme offers an introduction into Civil Engineering and covers the three core themes: building, water and traffic. The second year of the programme consists of modules with integrated topics. The third year of the programme consists of the minor (elective space) and the graduation semester.
Course codes and descriptions per module and study unit 2025-2026
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Year 1EC
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Module 1: Introduction to Civil Engineering15
Module: Introduction to Civil Engineering (202000041)
Study units within the module:\ - Introduction to Mathematics + Calculus 1A (202001189) - 4 EC\ - Fundamentals of Civil Engineering (202000042) - 2 EC\ - Structural Mechanics 1 (202400639) - 4 EC\ - Project Civil Engineering Design (202000044) - 5 EC - Module 2: Water Management15
Module: Water Management (202000048)
Study units within the module:\ - Calculus 1B (2020001196) - 3 EC\ - Fluid Mechanics 1 (202000049) - 2 EC\ - Measurements in Fluid Mechanics (202000050) - 1 EC\ - Water (202000051) - 2,5 EC\ - Governance of Multi-Actor Problems (202200304) - 1,5 EC\ - Project Blue Nile (202000054) - 4 EC\ - Introduction to Programming in Engineering using Python 1 (202000055) - 1 EC - Module 3: Traffic & Transport15
Module: Traffic & Transport (202000056)
Study units within this module:\ - Linear Algebra (202001204) - 3 EC\ - Theory Traffic and Transport (202000057) - 5 EC\ - Project Traffic and Transport (202000058) - 7 EC - Module 4: Designing Constructions15
Module: Designing Constructions (202000060)
Study units within this module:\ - Calculus 2 (202001220) - 3 EC\ - Structural Mechanics 2 (202400790) - 3 EC\ - Introduction Project Disciplines (202000062) - 4,5 EC\ - Design of Constructions Project (202000063) - 4,5 EC - Year 2EC
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Module 5: Safety and Risk in Deltas15
Module: Safety and Risks in Deltas (202000064)
Study units within this module:\ - Vector Calculus (202001226) - 2 EC\ - Introduction to Programming in Engineering using Python 2 202200069 - 0,5 EC\ - Soil Mechanics (202000065) - 2 EC\ - Fluid Mechanics 2 (202000066) - 2 EC\ - Watermanagement (202000067) - 2,5 EC\ - Project Flood Risk (202000068) - 6 EC - Module 6: Sustainable Civil Engineering15
Module: Sustainable Civil Engineering (202100168)
Study units within this module:\ - Design Strategy (202400663) - 2 EC\ - Structural Mechanics 3 (202400589) - 2 EC\ - Environmental and Economic Sustainability (202400664) - 2 EC\ - Social Sustainability (202400665) - 2 EC\ - Energy Use in the Built Environment (202400666) - 2 EC\ - Integrated Project Sustainable Civil Engineering (202400668) - 5 EC - Module 7: Area development15
Module: Area development (202000072)
Study units within this module:\ - Practical GIS (202000073) - 2 EC\ - Economic Assessment (202000074) - 2 EC\ - Spatial Policy and Law (202000075) - 2 EC\ - Stakeholder Management (202000076) - 2 EC\ - Project Area Development (202000077) - 7 EC - Module 8: Simulation and Stochastic Modelling in Civil Engineering15
Module: Simulation and stochastic modelling in Civil Engineering (202200229)
Study units within this module:\ - Traffic Flows (202200230) - 3 EC\ - Process Simulation in Construction (202200231) - 3 EC\ - Project (202200232) - 9 EC - Year 3EC
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Module 11: Preparation BSC thesis CE15
Module: Preparation BSC thesis CE (202000085)
Study units within this module:\ - Production of Knowledge (202500524) - 5 EC\ - Preparation BSc-thesis (202500525) - 10 EC - Module 12: BSc thesis15
Module: BSc thesis (202000089)
Study units within this module:\ - BSc-thesis and Evaluation 202000090 - 15 EC