Courses / Department of the Civil Engineering

Bachelor’s Degree Digital Construction

General Objectives of the Course

The main objective of the degree in Digital Construction (LCD) is to provide transversal skills in digitalization and industrial product development in the AECO sector. The aim is to provide these professionals with skills that allow them to implement a multidisciplinary approach to solving problems, encouraging the development of processes, products and digital tools that, based on structured information, allow the management of complex processes, multidisciplinary collaboration, industrial development of new products and effective communication as well as reducing waste and errors, and consequently reducing rework, leading to greater efficiency, and a systemic integration of strategies and solutions with a view to ensuring sustainability. These professionals will be able to develop innovative methodologies and will be leaders in digitalization in the construction sector

Admission Requirements

Regular application (DGES):

Specific National Exams:
19 Mathematics A

and one of the following:
07 Physics and Chemistry
03 Drawing
10 Descriptive Geometry

Minimum grades:
Application grade: 100 points
Specific National Exams: 100 points
Calculation Formula:
Secondary average: 50%
Entry exams: 50%

Other forms of access (UC-applicants):

- Change of Institution / Course Pair Schemes;
- Special Access Call for over 23-years-olds;
Special Access Call for Holders of Other Higher Education Courses;
- Special Call for International Students.

This information does not exempt the consultation of the webpage of the Directorate General of Higher Education (DGES) and/or of the Applicants website. Please, visit the DGES and the Applicants websites

Professional Goals

The Digital Construction course provides the necessary and appropriate training to respond to the requirements posed by the digitalization movement of the AECO sector, covering the entire value

chain from the product development phase to the operation and management phase of built assets. The course has a different approach to engineering, architecture and design courses, offering complementary skills to those taught on these courses. Career paths will range from companies that promote real estate developments, design/consultancy offices focused on the development of construction products and projects, construction companies, construction materials and components companies, inspection offices, public administration entities at the level central and municipal (responsible for multiple aspects of regulation) and entities responsible for the operation of built assets, but also entities focused on the development of digital solutions/tools for the AECO sector.

These professionals will be able to take on positions where skills are required to develop digital models of construction products and assets based on interdisciplinary digital methods and tools (e.g. BIM, parametric modeling, digital pre-construction, IoT, VR/AR/ MR, prefabrication). They will also be able to manage information within the scope of complex construction planning and management processes as well as the operation of assets in compliance with current security standards in all disciplines and stages of the product/project life cycle, adequately incorporate and implement sustainability and business requirements in the construction planning and execution processes. They will also be competent to evaluate and integrate international trends, developments and requirements in the thematic areas of digital planning, construction processes and smart cities, reflect and align attitudes and actions through a robust base of multidisciplinary skills, systematically plan and participate in projects and document and communicate project results in an efficient, understandable and secure way.

Mode of Study

Face to face

Teaching / Evaluation language(s)

Portuguese

Examination Regulations, Assessment and Grading

Assessment is a pedagogical activity that is inseparable from teaching, aimed at improving the skills and knowledge acquired by students, their proactivity and critical and synthesis spirit, their ability to enunciate and solve problems, as well as their mastery of written communication and oral. Students enrolled in the respective curricular units in the academic year to which the tests relate and, simultaneously, enrolled in these tests are admitted to assessment tests, when such registration is necessary, in accordance with the regulations of the University of Coimbra. Assessment elements are understood to be the following examples: written or oral exam, frequencies, problem solving, practical work (laboratory or computational) or written, as well as individual or group projects, which may have to be defended orally. The assessment of each curricular unit may include one or more of the indicated assessment elements, with students having to be aware of the weighting of each component in the final assessment, under the terms of the regulations of the University of Coimbra. The classification of each student, for each curricular unit, translates into an integer value between 0 and 20 values and students who obtain a minimum final classification of 10 values are considered approved.

Learning Objectives and Intended Skills

It is intended that students acquire fundamental knowledge at the level of general education (calculus, statistics, technical drawing), of environmental management, engineering sciences, programming, digital technologies, legislation applied to the construction sector, industrial product development, collaboration and digital management, to foster understanding and analysis of problems of various kinds. It is also intended that future graduates have the skills to integrate or coordinate teams in order to identify and/or develop solutions in complement to other specialties in the AECO sector (engineering, architecture) that globally contribute to minimize the productivity deficit that this sector has shown in relation to other sectors of the economy in the last half century.

Course Coordinator(s)

Ricardo Joel Teixeira Costa
rjcosta@dec.uc.pt

Recognition of Prior Learning

Recognition of prior learning is carried out in accordance with the Academic Regulation of the University of Coimbra, RAUC, in its current wording

Qualification Requirements and Regulations

Legal framework for higher education degrees and diplomas defined by Decree-Law No. 74/2006, of March 24, in its current wording

Graduation Requirements

The qualification is obtained after the successful completion of all curricular units of the course, completing the expected number of ECTS (180) according to the curricular structure.

Access to Further Studies

By attributing the bachelor degree, this course allows access to second cycles studies, limited to the specific requirements established by each of these courses

Study Programme

Construção Digital
Academic year
2026-2027

Course Type
1st Cycle Studies

DGES Code: L413

Qualification Awarded: Bachelor's Degree

Duration: 3 Year(s)

ECTS Credits: 180.0

Applications

Call for Applications

Accreditations

Agência de Avaliação e Acreditação do Ensino Superior
2026-07-31 a 2028-11-20
Direcção Geral de Ensino Superior

Nº Registo: R/A-Cr 226/2025

2025-12-22

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