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Master’s Degree Programme in Civil Engineering: Part-time Studies

Code: YTR2025KS

Degree:
Master of Engineering

Degree title:
Master of Engineering

Credits:
60 ects

Duration:
2 years (60 cr)

Start semester:
Spring 2025

Teaching language:
Finnish

Descriptions

Master’s Degree Programme in Civil Engineering contains studies of 60 etcs. Studies are multidisciplinary and diverse. Studies consist of courses that enhance expertise in sustainable construction and management, complemented by research and development studies. In your thesis, you can solve a problem or development task arising from working life by applying researched information and your own expertise.

Show study timings by semester, study year or period

Code Name Credits (cr) 2024-2025 2025-2026 2026-2027 Spring 2025 Autumn 2025 Spring 2026 Autumn 2026 2. / 2025 3. / 2025 1. / 2025 2. / 2026 3. / 2026 1. / 2026
YTR2025KS-1003
SUSTAINABLE BUILDING MANAGEMENT

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20
YT00CP65 Vähähiilinen rakentaminen ja ympäristöluokitukset 5 5 5 5
YT00CP67 Rakentamisen sopimuskäytänteet 5 5 5 5
YT00CP66 Rakentamisen hankinta 5 5 5 5
YT00CP68 Tietomallien hyödyntäminen 5 5 5 5
YTR2025KS-1008
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

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5 - 10
YZ00CK87 Research-based Development 5 5 5 5
ELECTIVE STUDIES

(Choose 5)

0 - 5
YZ00CB88 Quantitative Research 5
YZ00CB90 Qualitative Research 5
YTR2025KS-1004
MASTER'S THESIS

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30
YZ00BL94 Master's Thesis, Planning 7 7 7 7
YZ00BL98 Master's Thesis, Research Writing 3 3 3 3
YZ00BL95 Master's Thesis, Implementation 10 10 10 10
YZ00BL96 Master's Thesis, Reporting 10 10 10 10
YZ00BB05 Maturity Test, Master's Degree 0
YTR2025KS-1009
ELECTIVE STUDIES

(Choose 5)

5
YZ00CL56 Development as a leader 5
YHTYRI
Shared Entrepreneurship Studies (For Bachelor's and Master's Student)

(Choose 23)

0 - 23
ZZ00BC02 Idea to Business 5
ZZ00BC03 Business Coaching 8
ZYVZ0200 The Dreams+Inspiration! 3
ZZ00CQ16 Narratives of entrepreneurship 2
ZZ00CQ17 Valmiina yrittämään 3
ZZ00CQ18 JA Company Program 1 - 5
ZZ00CQ62 Yritystoimintaa kehittävät opinnot 1 - 5
YZZA1300
Learning And Competence Development (For Master's Student) 2023-2025

(Choose 17)

0 - 17
YZZA1300-1001
Studies in Educational Sciences

(Choose 12)

0 - 12
AJ00BN75 Understanding Learning 6
AJ00BN76 The Future of Education 6
YZZA1300-1002
Developing Pedagogical Skills and Competences

(Choose 5)

0 - 5
AE00BO56 Theoretical Foundations of Special Needs Education 5
AJ00BN77 Developing Competency in Guidance 5
AJ00BN78 Equality and Equity in Teaching and Guidance 5
AJ00BP45 Versatile Online Learning Assignments 5
AJ00BP46 Video as a Pedagogical Tool 5
AJ00BY42 Accessibility in Teaching and Guidance 5
YTR2025KS-1010
CROSS-INSTITUTIONAL STUDIES

(Choose 5)

0 - 5
YTR2025KS-1011
EUDRES

(Choose 5)

0 - 5
Total 60 10 35 10 10 15 20 10 10 0 15 20 0 10

Due to the timing of optional and elective courses, credit accumulation per semester / academic year may vary.

Master’s degree: The shared competences 2023-2027

Ethics

The graduating student assesses and promotes the realisation of ethical principles and values of their field of profession, taking equality and non-discrimination into account.
- Is able to promote ethically sustainable activities and the realisation of ethical reflection in their different operating environments.
- Promotes the realisation of the ethical principles and values of their field.
- Makes decisions taking individual, communal and societal perspectives into account.
- Promotes the realisation of diversity and accessibility.
- Implements the principles of responsible conduct of research and promotes their application in their work community.
- Is able to manage societally influential activities based on ethical values.

Vähähiilinen rakentaminen ja ympäristöluokitukset
Rakentamisen sopimuskäytänteet
Rakentamisen hankinta
Research-based Development
Quantitative Research
Qualitative Research
Master's Thesis, Planning
Master's Thesis, Research Writing
Master's Thesis, Implementation
Maturity Test, Master's Degree
Development as a leader
Proactive development

The graduating student is able to manage the development of new solutions that anticipate the future and produces new information using different research and development methods.
− Produces new information and reforms operating methods, combining competence in different fields.
- Is able to implement research, development and innovation projects and apply different research and development methods.
- Is able to develop new customer-oriented, sustainable and economically viable solutions, anticipating the future.
- Is able to analyse the current situation and anticipate the future of their field and changes in the operating environment.

Research-based Development
Quantitative Research
Qualitative Research
Master's Thesis, Planning
Master's Thesis, Research Writing
Master's Thesis, Implementation
Maturity Test, Master's Degree
Internationality and multiculturalism

The graduating student is able to develop and manage multicultural and international operating environments and networks.
- Is able to develop operating methods that take multiculturalism into account in their work community.
- Is able to anticipate the impacts and opportunities of global development and phenomena.
- Is able to interact, communicate and develop activities internationally in their own field.

Rakentamisen sopimuskäytänteet
Sustainable development

The graduating student develops and manages sustainable and responsible operating methods in their work and promotes sustainable change in their work community and society.
- Is able to apply the knowledge and future visions of sustainable development comprehensively as a basis for sustainable solutions.
- Is able to analyse and assess systemic dependencies of complex multidisciplinary problems and the different dimensions of solutions.
- Is able to manage the search, implementation and establishment of sustainable solutions and operating models in their work communit.

Vähähiilinen rakentaminen ja ympäristöluokitukset
Rakentamisen sopimuskäytänteet
Rakentamisen hankinta
Tietomallien hyödyntäminen
Master's Thesis, Planning
Master's Thesis, Reporting
Learning to learn

The graduating student promotes their own and their community's continuous learning and competence development, drawing on knowledge from different fields and the opportunities of digitalisation.
- Is able to assess and develop their expertise diversely and in a goal-oriented manner at different stages of their career and life.
- Is able to acquire, critically assess and produce information while taking into account the perspectives of different fields.
- Is able to develop and manage goal-oriented, continuous learning in their community.

Research-based Development
Quantitative Research
Qualitative Research
Master's Thesis, Planning
Master's Thesis, Research Writing
Master's Thesis, Implementation
Maturity Test, Master's Degree
Development as a leader
Operating in a workplace

The graduating student is able to develop and manage their work community and reforms working life.
- Is able to develop and manage multidisciplinary teams and work communities.
- Is able to develop the communication and interaction culture of work communities.
- Is able to develop and manage the comprehensive well-being of a work community.
- Utilises the opportunities of technology and digitalisation in development and management.
- Promotes the resilience of a work community.

Rakentamisen sopimuskäytänteet
Rakentamisen hankinta
Tietomallien hyödyntäminen
Research-based Development
Master's Thesis, Planning
Master's Thesis, Research Writing
Master's Thesis, Implementation
Maturity Test, Master's Degree
Not grouped

Master's Degree: Civil Engineering 2025-2027

Management competence

The student
- knows how to define the organization's strategic goals and manage strategic development.
- knows how to manage and develop the functions of the organization.
- knows how to search, analyze and produce information to support decision-making.
- knows how to manage the both organization's and one's own expertise.

Rakentamisen sopimuskäytänteet
Rakentamisen hankinta
Development competence

The student
- knows how to develop his own and his organization's operations and search for new solutions.
- knows how to utilize information based on evidence or research and evaluate it critically.
- masters the methods of research and development activities in the renewal of working life.
- masters good scientific practice and ethical principles in research and development activities.

Vähähiilinen rakentaminen ja ympäristöluokitukset
Tietomallien hyödyntäminen
Master's Thesis, Planning
Master's Thesis, Implementation
Maturity Test, Master's Degree
Sustainable construction management

The student
- understands the principles of low-carbon and sustainable construction mangement.
- understands the principles of low-carbon and sustainable construction mangement and is able to assess the impacts of choices.
- knows the principles of low-carbon and sustainable construction mangement and can assess the impacts of choices as well as develop solutions.
- understands the laws and effects of sustainable construction mangement and can also guide others on the subject.

Vähähiilinen rakentaminen ja ympäristöluokitukset
Rakentamisen sopimuskäytänteet
Rakentamisen hankinta
Tietomallien hyödyntäminen
Not grouped
Research-based Development
Quantitative Research
Qualitative Research
Master's Thesis, Research Writing
Master's Thesis, Reporting
Development as a leader

Code Name Credits (cr)
YTR2025KS-1003
SUSTAINABLE BUILDING MANAGEMENT

(Choose all)

20
YT00CP65 Vähähiilinen rakentaminen ja ympäristöluokitukset 5
YT00CP67 Rakentamisen sopimuskäytänteet 5
YT00CP66 Rakentamisen hankinta 5
YT00CP68 Tietomallien hyödyntäminen 5
YTR2025KS-1008
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

(Choose all)

5 - 10
YZ00CK87 Research-based Development 5
ELECTIVE STUDIES

(Choose 5)

0 - 5
YZ00CB88 Quantitative Research 5
YZ00CB90 Qualitative Research 5
YTR2025KS-1004
MASTER'S THESIS

(Choose all)

30
YZ00BL94 Master's Thesis, Planning 7
YZ00BL98 Master's Thesis, Research Writing 3
YZ00BL95 Master's Thesis, Implementation 10
YZ00BL96 Master's Thesis, Reporting 10
YZ00BB05 Maturity Test, Master's Degree 0
YTR2025KS-1009
ELECTIVE STUDIES

(Choose 5)

5
YZ00CL56 Development as a leader 5
YHTYRI
Shared Entrepreneurship Studies (For Bachelor's and Master's Student)
0 - 23
ZZ00BC02 Idea to Business 5
ZZ00BC03 Business Coaching 8
ZYVZ0200 The Dreams+Inspiration! 3
ZZ00CQ16 Narratives of entrepreneurship 2
ZZ00CQ17 Valmiina yrittämään 3
ZZ00CQ18 JA Company Program 1 - 5
ZZ00CQ62 Yritystoimintaa kehittävät opinnot 1 - 5
YZZA1300
Learning And Competence Development (For Master's Student) 2023-2025
0 - 17
YZZA1300-1001
Studies in Educational Sciences

(Choose 12)

0 - 12
AJ00BN75 Understanding Learning 6
AJ00BN76 The Future of Education 6
YZZA1300-1002
Developing Pedagogical Skills and Competences

(Choose 5)

0 - 5
AE00BO56 Theoretical Foundations of Special Needs Education 5
AJ00BN77 Developing Competency in Guidance 5
AJ00BN78 Equality and Equity in Teaching and Guidance 5
AJ00BP45 Versatile Online Learning Assignments 5
AJ00BP46 Video as a Pedagogical Tool 5
AJ00BY42 Accessibility in Teaching and Guidance 5
YTR2025KS-1010
CROSS-INSTITUTIONAL STUDIES

(Choose 5)

0 - 5
YTR2025KS-1011
EUDRES

(Choose 5)

0 - 5