FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE
CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES DEPARTMENT
PROFESSIONAL AREA: ARCHITECTURE, CIVIL ENGINEERING AND GEODESY
Programme: Construction of Buildings and Facilities with a profile "Road Construction"
Awarded qualification: Civil Engineer in Road Construction
Level of qualification: Bachelor
Length of programme: 4 years (8 semesters)
Number of credits: 240
Field of study (ISCED-F): 0732: Building and civil engineering (06.4-582)
Specific admission requirements: Diploma for completed secondary or higher education in Bulgarian or foreign educational institutions. Entry is based on admission exam.
Specific arrangements for recognition of prior learning:
Qualification requirements and regulations, including graduation requirements: to acquire a degree of "Bachelor" 240 credits are required as follows: 189.5 credits from compulsory courses, 31.5 credits of electives, 9 credits from optional courses and 10 credits from diploma project defence. In Varna Free University, a credit equals 30 lessons, of which 10 contact hours (lectures and seminars) and 20 hours independent work. A requirement for acquiring professional qualification is the development and defence of the diploma project - a comprehensive synthesis of knowledge and aptitude for the practical work of the future engineer. The topics for the diploma project are taken from actual constructions. Much of the developments are afterwards implemented in practice. Only those students, who have successfully completed their training semesters and all exams from the curriculum, shall be allowed to elaborate a diploma projects. Diploma project defence takes place in front of the State Board of Examiners and is a final exam, which is the basis for the acquisition of the Bachelor degree.
Profile of the programme: The programme Construction of Buildings and Facilities with a profile "Road Construction" aims to train specialists to meet the demands of the road construction sector, which is among the priorities of the National Strategy for Development of the Transport System of the Republic of Bulgaria until 2020. The training builds upon the fundamental engineering courses, completed within the general training module in the first five semesters, and provides comprehensive specialized knowledge in the field of design, construction and operation of roads, transport hubs and railways. Students are provided with a wide-spectrum basic training on issues related to the implementation of transport links in towns and villages and outside of them, the organisation, implementation and operation of the systems and facilities used in road infrastructure developing, their impact on the environment and people, issues which are central to achieving integrated development and management of the road sector. The learning material for the specialized courses is based on the new European regulations and standards for design, implementation and operation of the road infrastructure systems and facilities. The Bachelor programme Construction of Buildings and Facilities with a profile "Road Construction" has a national accreditation. Graduates can obtain a license in accordance with the requirements of the Chamber of engineers in the investment design.
Programme learning outcomes: Graduates in programme Construction of Buildings and Facilities with a profile "Road Construction" have knowledge and skills enabling them to:
The obtained knowledge and skills will enable the future specialists to solve problems which may arise when designing, implementing and operating road and transport systems
Programme structure diagram with credits:
№ |
ECTS Code |
Course Title |
Lectures and seminars |
Out-of-class workload |
Number of credits |
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1 |
|
2 |
3 |
4 |
6 |
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1 |
Descriptive Geometry and Technical Drawing |
30 |
60 |
3 |
||||
Descriptive Geometry and Technical Drawing – course task |
30 |
60 |
3 |
|||||
2 |
Mathematical Analysis – part 1 |
60 |
120 |
6 |
||||
3 |
Linear algebra and analytic geometry |
45 |
90 |
4,5 |
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4 |
Chemistry in Construction |
30 |
60 |
3 |
||||
5 |
Information Systems and Technologies |
30 |
60 |
3 |
||||
6 |
Elective subject I |
45 |
90 |
4,5 |
||||
7 |
Sports |
30 |
60 |
3 |
||||
Transport Systems* |
30 |
60 |
3 |
|||||
Total for semester I |
300 |
600 |
30 |
|||||
1 |
Mathematical Analysis – part 2 |
45 |
90 |
4,5 |
||||
2 |
Geodesy |
30 |
60 |
3 |
||||
3 |
Theoretical Mechanics – part 1 |
30 |
60 |
3 |
||||
Theoretical Mechanics – part 1 – course task |
30 |
60 |
3 |
|||||
4 |
Physics in Construction |
40 |
80 |
4 |
||||
5 |
Information Systems and Technologies in Construction |
30 |
60 |
3 |
||||
6 |
Elective subject ІІ |
45 |
90 |
4,5 |
||||
7 |
Elective subject ІІІ |
30 |
60 |
3 |
||||
8 |
Sports |
20 |
40 |
2 |
||||
Economics of Construction* |
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Total for semester II |
300 |
600 |
30 |
|||||
Total for year 1 |
|
|
|
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1 |
Theoretical Mechanics - part 2 |
30 |
60 |
3 |
||||
Theoretical Mechanics - part 2 - course task |
30 |
60 |
3 |
|||||
2 |
Strength of Materials -part 1 |
45 |
90 |
4,5 |
||||
Strength of Materials -part 1- course task |
30 |
60 |
3 |
|||||
3 |
Engineering Geodesy |
30 |
60 |
3 |
||||
Engineering Geodesy - work placement |
15 |
30 |
1,5 |
|||||
4 |
Building Construction and Architecture |
30 |
60 |
3 |
||||
Building Construction and Architecture - course task |
15 |
30 |
1,5 |
|||||
5 |
Optional course 1 |
30 |
60 |
3 |
||||
6 |
Elective Course 4 |
30 |
60 |
3 |
||||
7 |
Sports |
15 |
30 |
1,5 |
||||
Quality Management* |
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Total for semester III |
300 |
600 |
30 |
|||||
1 |
Construction Materials |
60 |
120 |
6 |
||||
2 |
Strength of Materials -part 2 |
30 |
60 |
3 |
||||
Strength of Materials -part 2- course task |
30 |
60 |
3 |
|||||
3 |
30 |
60 |
3 |
|||||
15 |
30 |
1,5 |
||||||
4 |
Elective Course 5 |
45 |
90 |
4,5 |
||||
5 |
Elective Course 6 |
45 |
90 |
4,5 |
||||
6 |
Optional Course 2 |
30 |
60 |
3 |
||||
7 |
Sports |
15 |
30 |
1,5 |
||||
Evaluation Systems for Sustainable Construction* |
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Total for semester IV |
300 |
600 |
30 |
|||||
Total for year 2 |
600 |
1200 |
60 |
|||||
1 |
30 |
60 |
3 |
|||||
30 |
60 |
3 |
||||||
2 |
30 |
60 |
3 |
|||||
15 |
30 |
1,5 |
||||||
3 |
45 |
90 |
4,5 |
|||||
30 |
60 |
3 |
||||||
4 |
30 |
60 |
3 |
|||||
Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering – part 1 - course task |
15 |
30 |
1,5 |
|||||
5 |
Elective Course 7 |
30 |
60 |
3 |
||||
Elective Course 7 - course task |
15 |
30 |
1,5 |
|||||
6 |
Optional course 3 |
30 |
60 |
3 |
||||
Total for semester V |
300 |
600 |
30 |
|||||
1 |
30 |
60 |
3 |
|||||
30 |
60 |
3 |
||||||
2 |
30 |
60 |
3 |
|||||
15 |
30 |
1,5 |
||||||
3 |
30 |
60 |
3 |
|||||
Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering – part 2 - course task |
30 |
60 |
3 |
|||||
4 |
Urban Traffic and Streets |
30 |
60 |
3 |
||||
Urban Traffic and Streets – course project |
30 |
60 |
3 |
|||||
5 |
Elective course 8 |
30 |
60 |
3 |
||||
Elective course 8 - course task |
15 |
30 |
1,5 |
|||||
6 |
Optional course 4 |
30 |
60 |
3 |
||||
Total semester VI |
300 |
600 |
30 |
|||||
Total for year 3 |
600 |
1200 |
60 |
|||||
1 |
Steel Structures - part 1 |
45 |
90 |
4,5 |
||||
Steel Structures - part 1- work placement |
15 |
30 |
1,5 |
|||||
2 |
Technology and Organisation of Road Construction |
30 |
60 |
3 |
||||
Technology and Organisation of Road Construction - course project |
15 |
30 |
1,5 |
|||||
Technology and Organisation of Road Construction – work placement |
15 |
30 |
1,5 |
|||||
3 |
Concrete structures |
30 |
60 |
3 |
||||
Concrete structures - course task |
30 |
60 |
3 |
|||||
4 |
Road Design |
30 |
60 |
3 |
||||
Road Design - course project |
30 |
60 |
3 |
|||||
Road Design – work placement |
15 |
30 |
1,5 |
|||||
5 |
Elective course ІХ |
30 |
60 |
3 |
||||
6 |
Optional course V |
15 |
30 |
1,5 |
||||
Total for semester VII |
300 |
600 |
30 |
|||||
1 |
Reinforced Concrete Bridges |
30 |
60 |
3 |
||||
Reinforced Concrete Bridges |
15 |
30 |
1,5 |
|||||
2 |
Railway Design and Construction |
30 |
60 |
3 |
||||
Railway Design and Construction - course project |
15 |
30 |
1,5 |
|||||
3 |
Road Construction |
30 |
60 |
3 |
||||
Road Construction – course project |
20 |
40 |
2 |
|||||
4 |
Road Operation |
30 |
60 |
3 |
||||
Road Operation – course task |
15 |
30 |
1,5 |
|||||
Road Operation – work placement |
15 |
30 |
1,5 |
|||||
Total for semester VIII |
200 |
400 |
20 |
|||||
Total for year 4 |
500 |
1000 |
50 |
|||||
Diploma project |
300 |
10 |
||||||
Total for the course of study |
2300 |
4900 |
240 |
|||||
Elective Courses (choose one of the group) |
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I.1 |
Foreign Language - English |
45 |
90 |
4,5 |
||||
I.2 |
Foreign Language - German |
45 |
90 |
4,5 |
||||
I.3 |
Foreign Language - Russian |
45 |
90 |
4,5 |
||||
I.4 |
Foreign Language - Italian |
45 |
90 |
4,5 |
||||
I.5 |
Computer-aided Design |
45 |
90 |
4,5 |
||||
I.6 |
Computer-Aided Engineering |
45 |
90 |
4,5 |
||||
II.1 |
Foreign Language - English |
45 |
90 |
4,5 |
||||
II.2 |
Foreign Language - German |
45 |
90 |
4,5 |
||||
II.3 |
Foreign Language - Russian |
45 |
90 |
4,5 |
||||
II.4 |
Foreign Language - Italian |
45 |
90 |
4,5 |
||||
II.5 |
Labour Safety and Environmental Protection |
45 |
90 |
4,5 |
||||
II.6 |
Protection of Calamities, Disasters and Accidents |
45 |
90 |
4,5 |
||||
III.1 |
Computer Programs in Designing |
30 |
60 |
3 |
||||
III.2 |
Computer Modeling of Building Structures |
30 |
60 |
3 |
||||
IV.1 |
Mathematical Theory of Traffic Flow |
30 |
60 |
3 |
||||
IV.2 |
Management and Investment |
30 |
60 |
3 |
||||
V.1 |
Fire Safety of Buldings and Facilities |
45 |
90 |
4,5 |
||||
V.2 |
European Programmes for Project Funding |
45 |
90 |
4,5 |
||||
VI.1 |
Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology |
30 |
60 |
3 |
||||
VI.2 |
Modern Technologies and Road Construction |
30 |
60 |
3 |
||||
VII.1 |
Transport systems |
30 |
60 |
3 |
||||
Transport systems – course task |
15 |
30 |
1,5 |
|||||
VII.2 |
Infrastructure Projects |
30 |
60 |
3 |
||||
Infrastructure Projects – course task |
15 |
30 |
1,5 |
|||||
VIII.1 |
Construction Waste Management |
30 |
60 |
3 |
||||
Construction Waste Management – course project |
15 |
30 |
1,5 |
|||||
VIII.2 |
Transport Facility Condition Assessment and Testing |
30 |
60 |
3 |
||||
Transport Facility Condition Assessment and Testing – course project |
15 |
30 |
1,5 |
|||||
IX.1 |
Modern Design Methods in Road Construction |
30 |
60 |
3 |
||||
IX.2 |
Human Resource Management |
30 |
60 |
3 |
||||
Optional Courses, choose one of the group |
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I.1 |
Applied Electronics and Electro-technics |
30 |
60 |
3 |
||||
I.2 |
Technology of Finishing works |
30 |
60 |
3 |
||||
II.1 |
Legal and Normative Regulations in Building |
30 |
60 |
3 |
||||
II.2 |
Theory of Risk |
30 |
60 |
3 |
||||
III.1 |
Building Insulations |
30 |
60 |
3 |
||||
III.2 |
Personnel Management |
30 |
60 |
3 |
||||
IV.1 |
Traffic Organization and Safety |
30 |
60 |
3 |
||||
IV.2 |
Fire Safety and Ecology |
30 |
60 |
3 |
||||
V.1 |
Computer Systems in Management and Organization of Construction Process |
15 |
30 |
1,5 |
||||
V.2 |
Psychology of Crisis and Extreme Situations in Construction |
15 |
30 |
1,5 |
Foreign languages |
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1 |
Foreign language - English |
90 |
180 |
9 |
||
2 |
Foreign language - English |
90 |
180 |
9 |
||
3 |
Foreign language - English |
90 |
180 |
9 |
||
4 |
Foreign language - German |
90 |
180 |
9 |
||
5 |
Foreign language - Russian |
90 |
180 |
9 |
||
6 |
Foreign language - Spanish |
90 |
180 |
9 |
* The course is studied by students in part-time training
Mode of study: Full-time/ Part-time
Examination regulations and grading scale: The programme includes courses from different scientific fields, which fulfils the requirement of interdisciplinary and wide spectrum training. This defines the various requirements extremes in assessing students' knowledge. Detailed description of methods and evaluation criteria for each discipline and the opportunity to inform the reasons for evaluation are given in the syllabi.
Obligatory or optional mobility windows: Students can take part in appropriate programs for student's mobility available in Varna Free University.
Work placement(s): In the curriculum on some of the special disciplines are provided practices that take place in Bulgarian and foreign companies and laboratories working in the area of design, construction and operation of roads and road equipment.
Work-based learning: In the curriculum of the Bachelors' program in all special subjects the developing of course projects and tasks is provided. The topics of the course projects, as well as these of the diploma project are taken from the actual construction activity. Many of the developments are later implemented in the practice.
Occupational profiles of graduates: Civil engineer, specialist in road constructions and road building. Graduates can be employed in the public and/or private sector as design specialists, investors and executives in the field of Road Construction, building of urban communications, facilities, etc.; employees and experts in investment, control and supervisory services; lecturers in Universities and Colleges, research associates in scientific institutions.
Access to further studies: Students successfully completed their training in the degree of "Bachelor" have the necessary skills to continue their education at a higher level of qualification - Master programs on:
After acquiring the Master degree, students can apply for further training and research in doctoral programs:
Head of Construction of Buildings and Facilities Department:
Assoc. Prof. Eng. Milena Kichekova, PhD
Secretary: Eng. Maya Manolova
tel.: +359 52 359 621/589
е-mail: sss@vfu.bg