GCCD Program / Civil Engineering – Sustainable Construction

• Level 6: Bachelor’s degree level, 180 ECTS credits
• Competency-based approach
• 3-year integrated program
• Easier international mobility
• A training program heavily structured around real-world work scenarios

The Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering and Sustainable Construction is designed to train mid-level managers capable of working in the fields of project ownership, project management, and construction site organization and supervision.

The Civil Engineering Department offers four distinct tracks, starting in the second year

• Construction Career Path
• Civil Engineering Track
• Course on Building Renovation and Environmental Performance Improvement
• Career Path: Design Engineering

The skills are common to all four tracks, but the level of development for each skill varies depending on the track chosen.

• Develop technical solutions for all or part of a building project
• Develop technical solutions for all or part of a civil engineering project
• Sizing structural and technical systems in the construction industry
• Organizing a construction project
• Technically managing a structure throughout its entire lifecycle

Start date: September.
Duration: 3 years.
Total course hours: 2,000.
Total hours for supervised projects: 600 hours spread over the 3 years.
Internship: At least 22 weeks over the course of the 3 years.
Assessment method: Continuous assessment

Work-study program: available starting in the second year
Structure of the work-study program: 3 training periods at the GC-CD department and 3 periods at the company.

SEMESTER 1 (all tracks)

Learning and Assessment Situations (LAS):

• SAé 1-1: Construction drawings for a building project
• SAé 1-2: Bridge Design Project
• SAé 1-3: Simple planimetric and altimetric survey
• SAé 1-4: Modeling a simple structural element and its loading
• SAé 1-5: Location and sizing of dry and wet systems for a simple structure – Cost estimate for a simple structure
• SAé 1-6: Cost Estimate for a Simple Structure
• SAé 1-7: Condition Survey of an Existing Structure
• Portfolio

Resources (materials)

• Academic Research Methods and IT Tools
• Mathematics
• Expression and Communication
• English
• Building Construction Technology
• Drawing – Reading Blueprints
• Support structure
• Civil Engineering Technology
• Topography
• Structural Mechanics
• Dry and wet networks
• Actors and structures in their environment
• Construction methods
• Cost Estimation and Financial Management
• Function of building components
• Knowledge of the main materials
• PPP

SEMESTER 2 (all tracks)

Learning and Assessment Situations (LAS):

• SAé 2-1: Building Renovation/Expansion Project
• SAé 2-2: Road and Utility Infrastructure Project
• SAé 2-3: Complex planimetric and altimetric survey
• SAé 2-4: Calculating stresses and strains in a simple structure using professional software
• SAé 2-5: Insulation performance of a simple building component and solutions for meeting hygrothermal requirements
• SAé 2-6: Planning Simple Projects
• SAé 2-7: Summary of key characteristics and technical documents required for monitoring the structure’s service life
• SAé 2-8: Stage 1
• Portfolio

Resources (materials)

• Mathematics
• Expression and Communication
• English
• Drawing – Reading Blueprints
• Technology for Secondary Trades
• Topography
• Civil Engineering Technology
• Structural Mechanics
• Heat and water transport through walls
• Construction methods
• Construction Site Organization and Management
• Quality, Safety, and the Environment
• Granular materials, soils, and road reuse
• Binding materials, concrete, and asphalt mixtures
• Environmental Assessment of Materials and Equipment
• PPP

SEMESTER 3 (all tracks)

Learning and Assessment Situations (LAS):

• Suivi-PT-SAÉ S3
• SAÉ Portfolio S3
• SAÉ Construction
• SAÉ Public Works
• SAÉ Structural Modeling
• SAÉ Comfort-Based Sizing
• SAÉ Construction Site Management
• SAÉ Diagnostics

Resources (materials)

• Math 3
• Expression and Communication 3
• English 3
• Advanced Building Technology 1
• Multi-criteria analysis and LCA
• Civil Engineering Technology 3
• Techniques for the construction of a linear structure
• Structural Stability 1
• Geotechnical Engineering 1
• Building Physics and Energy 1
• Methods, Administration, and Management 3
• Technical Management and Building Defects
• Personal and Professional Project 3

SEMESTER 4 (all tracks)

Learning and Assessment Situations (LAS):

• Follow-up-PT-SAÉ
• REH Company Monitoring
• REH Project Monitoring
• SAÉ Portfolio
• SAÉ Construction
• SAÉ Public Works
• SAÉ Structural Justification
• SAÉ Comfort-Based Sizing
• SAÉ Construction Site Management
• SAÉ Maintenance
• S4 Internship

Resources (materials)

• Math 4
• Expression and Communication 4
• English 4
• Advanced Building Technology 2
• Civil Engineering Technology 4
• Structural Stability 2
• Geotechnical Engineering 2
• Building Physics and Energy 2
• Methods, Administration, and Management 4
• Deconstruction
• Structural failure
• Personal and Professional Project 4
• INFO
• CAD

SEMESTER 5 – BEC Track (Design Engineering Firms)

Learning and Assessment Situations (LAS):

• Suivi-PT-SAÉ S5
• SAÉ Collaborative Design Project (BIM) Based on an Architectural Design: Development of Technical Solutions for Buildings
• SAÉ Collaborative Design Project (BIM) Based on an Architectural Design: Development of Civil Engineering Technical Solutions
• SAÉ Collaborative Design Project (BIM) Based on an Architectural Design: Sizing
• SAÉ Portfolio S5

Resources (materials)

• Math 5
• Expression – Communication 5
• English 5
• Business Management and Labor Law
• Total cost
• Technical solutions and BIM approach
• Life Cycle Assessment from Material to Structure
• Civil Engineering Technology 5
• Engineering Structures and Special Structures
• Structural Mechanics 3
• Structural Stability 3
• Geotechnical Engineering 3
• Building Physics and Energy 3
• Personal and Professional Project 5
• Programming
• Architectural sketch

SEMESTER 6 – BEC Track (Design Engineering Firms)

Learning and Assessment Situations (LAS):

• Suivi-PT-SAE S6
• REH Company Monitoring
• REH Project Monitoring
• SAÉ Structural Design Project (PFE)
• SAÉ Portfolio S6
• S6 Internship

Resources (materials)

• Project Management

SEMESTER 5 – RAPEB Track (Renovation and Improvement of Buildings’ Environmental Performance)

Learning and Assessment Situations (LAS):

• Suivi-PT-SAÉ S5
• SAÉ Renovation Project for a Public Access Building (BIM)
• SAÉ Feasibility Study for Rehabilitation
• SAÉ Maintenance and Operation of an Existing Building
• SAÉ Portfolio S5

Resources (materials)

• Math 5
• Expression – Communication 5
• English 5
• Business Management and Labor Law
• Total cost
• Technical solutions and BIM approach
• Life Cycle Assessment from Material to Structure
• Structural Mechanics 3
• Structural Stability 3
• Geotechnical Engineering 3
• Building Physics and Energy 3
• Operations and Maintenance Planning
• Circular economy
• Personal and Professional Project 5
• Regulatory Context
• Construction using bio-based materials
• Building Physics and Energy 4

SEMESTER 6 – RAPEB Track (Renovation and Improvement of Buildings’ Environmental Performance) SEMESTER 6

Learning and Assessment Situations (LAS):

• Suivi-PT-SAE S6
• REH Company Monitoring
• REH Project Monitoring
• SAÉ Major Building Renovation Project (PFE)
• SAÉ Portfolio S6
• S6 Internship

Resources (materials)

• Project Management

SEMESTER 5 – Civil Engineering Track

Learning and Assessment Situations (LAS):

• Suivi-PT-SAÉ S5
• SAÉ Design Project: Urban Planning and BIM
• SAÉ: Review and Monitoring of OS Work Upon Removal of Reservations in Public Works
• SAÉ Maintenance and Operation of a Structure
• SAÉ Portfolio S5

Resources (materials)

• Math 5
• Expression – Communication 5
• English 5
• Business Management and Labor Law
• Total cost
• Civil Engineering Technology 5
• Engineering Structures and Special Structures
• Management Methods 5
• Construction Contracts
• Operations and Maintenance Planning
• Circular economy
• Personal and Professional Project 5

SEMESTER 6 – Civil Engineering Track

Learning and Assessment Situations (LAS):

• Suivi-PT-SAE S6
• REH Company Monitoring
• REH Project Monitoring
• SAÉ Civil Engineering Construction Project (PFE)
• SAÉ Portfolio S6
• S6 Internship

Resources (materials)

• Project Management

SEMESTER 5 – Building Construction Track

Learning and Assessment Situations (LAS):

• Suivi-PT-SAÉ S5
• SAÉ Preparation of the summary (MEP work) for a building project (BIM)
• SAÉ: Counter-review and supervision of OS work upon the release of building-related reservations
• SAÉ Building Maintenance and Operations
• SAÉ Portfolio S5

Resources (materials)

• Math 5
• Expression – Communication 5
• English 5
• Business Management and Labor Law
• Total cost
• Technical solutions and BIM approach
• Life Cycle Assessment from Material to Structure
• Management Methods 5
• Construction Contracts
• Operations and Maintenance Planning
• Circular economy
• Personal and Professional Project 5
• Construction using bio-based materials
• Inspection and assessment of a structure and its equipment

SEMESTER 6 – Building Construction Track

Learning and Assessment Situations (LAS):

• Suivi-PT-SAE S6
• REH Company Monitoring
• REH Project Monitoring
• SAE Building Construction Project (PFE)
• SAE Portfolio S6
• S6 Internship

Resources (materials)

• Project Management

Companies in the building and civil engineering sectors, local governments, project owners, developers, architectural firms, inspection agencies, and structural, thermal, and fluid engineering firms:

• Site Manager / Construction Supervisor,
• Project Manager, HSE Coordinator,
• Project Management Assistant / Client Representative,
• Energy auditor,
• Draftsman,
• Head of Technical Services,
• Assistant Engineer, Design Office,
• Model Builder / BIM Coordinator…

• Engineering schools,
• At the university (Bachelor’s–Master PhD program),
• Professional Bachelor's Degree.

Apply in January via Parcoursup

General Baccalaureate: Recommended Specializations

• Mathematics + Physics and Chemistry or Engineering Sciences
• any other specialty, subject to review of the application

General Baccalaureate earned before 2021: Science Baccalaureate

Technical Baccalaureate:STI

Admission criteria:

• Evaluations from the teaching staff, recommendations from the homeroom committee, and motivation for the program
• French and Language Grades
• Grades from 10th and 11th grade in science courses

All courses are available as(for employees, individuals, or job seekers), subject to validation of the required prerequisites.Access is also available through the Recognition of Prior Learning and Experience (VAE, VAP, or VES). Contact thecontinuing education department at the University of Montpellier – Nîmes Offices