NorskCivil Engineering, Y-VEI (for applicants with certificate of completed apprenticeship)
Subject area: Civil engineering
If you possess a trade-school education and a trade certificate you may now study to become an engineer in 3 years at Telemark University College.
This is a professional and pedagogic plan adapted to the student’s background. The programme compensates for inadequate formal education in mathematics, physics, Norwegian and English by bypassing some of the basic technical courses and elective courses in the programme. In the specialisation courses, the Y-VEI students will be integrated with those who have met the entrance requirements through their general upper secondary school education.
1st year
• Mathematics Y1 10 ECTS • ICT Tools and Computer Programming 5 ECTS • Communication/Norwegian 5 ECTS • CAD 10 ECTS • Mathematics YII 10 ECTS • Technical English 5 ECTS • Project Management 5 ECTS • Land Use Planning and Student Project 10 ECTS
2nd year
• Mathematics II 10 ECTS • Mechanics 10 ECTS • Physics and Chemistry 10 ECTS • Physics 10 ECTS • Mathematics 2 10 ECTS • Statics and Steel with a Project 10 ECTS
3rd year
• Dimensioning of Concrete Structures 5 ECTS • Statistics 5 ECTS • Road Planning 5 ECTS • House Planning 5 ECTS • Road, Water and Drainage/Project/Student Business Venture 10 ECTS • Project Management in Building and Construction 5 ECTS • Surveying 5 ECTS • Elective course 10 ECTS • Main Project 10 ECTS.
As a civil engineer, you may work in engineering consultancy firms, in construction and contracting firms, and in the public sector. Tasks may involve static calculations, construction diagrams, project descriptions with cost estimates, expansion plans, management and economics. In the public sector, duties may be associated with local plans, surveying, road construction, water supplies, sewage and drainage, renovation or questions of pollution. You may also work in construction, community planning or as a construction consultant. Students may seek admission to the Master’s degree programmes Energy and Environmental Technology and Process Technology (the civil engineering programme) at Telemark University College, or Master’s degree programmes in technology at other university colleges and universities in Norway or abroad.