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School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Civil Engineering B.Sc. (optional dual study mode)

subject to successful completion of the ongoing accreditation and authorisation process

Overview

Degree Bachelor of Science
Start of study Winter semester
Application period Winter semester 01 June until 15 July
Standard period of study 7 semesters
Credits 210
Accredited

Yes

Admission restricted Yes
Admission requirements
  • General higher education entrance qualification (German Abitur) or entrance qualification for studies at universities of applied sciences or placement examination/special admission
  • preliminary 13-week work placement in a construction-related occupational field, of which evidence must be provided at latest before starting your third semester of studies
  • German language skills (native speaker or level C1 for universities)
Language of instruction German and English
Faculty/institution School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Stay abroad No
Study format Dual study optional

Ready for professional practice

 

Civil engineering is of fundamental importance to our society. A well-functioning infrastructure and high standards in the construction industry are crucial to ensuring a high standard of living. With a Bachelor of Science degree, you will acquire a broad range of skills in the field of civil engineering. Building and bridge construction, structures for renewable energy systems, transport engineering, hydraulic and underground engineering, and construction management form the core of our practice-oriented degree programme. As a civil engineer, you will play an active role in shaping the sustainable future of our cities and regions, working alongside a wide range of project stakeholders. The consistent focus on practical application across all degree programmes is a key hallmark of the project-based civil engineering degree programme at Hochschule Bremen University of Applied Sciences:

  • Practical modules in every semester provide you with real-world preparation for the professional challenges of civil engineering.
  • A practical module links the skills you have learnt directly to the requirements of the construction industry – and connects you with employers.
  • International and national field trips, including regular visits to building sites, provide an introduction to current construction practices.

Applied science is not just an empty phrase in your degree programme at HSB. Our philosophy is this: you don’t study just to accumulate knowledge, but to prepare for (professional) life – and you won’t be just another number in the system. Thanks to the small class sizes, not only does everyone know everyone else, but the lecturers are always open to questions along the way. Working in project groups, in particular, provides you with the best possible preparation for your future working life. Here, you’ll develop skills such as teamwork, independent learning and time management. 

One degree programme – two options

The Bachelor’s degree programme in ‘Civil Engineering’ can be completed either as a classic or as a dual, work-integrated degree programme:


During your practice-oriented degree programme at the HSB, you will be trained to become generalist civil engineers. In the first few semesters, you will acquire a basic understanding of mathematics, natural sciences and engineering, and be prepared for the practical application of engineering principles. From the fourth semester onwards, you will gain a broad overview of all the key areas of civil engineering. You can choose one of the two specialisations, ‘Structural Engineering’ or ‘Infrastructure’, or study without a specialisation and tailor your course with optional modules to suit your personal interests. Using Building Information Modelling as a basis, you will work on interdisciplinary problems using BIM-compliant tools. Through your final Bachelor’s thesis, you will demonstrate your ability to solve challenging theoretical and application-oriented problems as well as practical tasks. The research-intensive institutes and laboratories offer ideal working conditions for your study projects and provide an insight into current research topics.

Classic or dual?

The classic degree programme takes place entirely at the university, where you will study in seminars and in the laboratory. The dual programme includes additional practical placements with an employer, your industry partner. You will follow the same course of study as classic students, but will gain in-depth practical knowledge and be trained for your future job whilst still studying.
 

  • If you would like to play an active role in shaping the sustainable future of our cities and regions alongside numerous project partners, the standard programme offers a seven-semester degree in civil engineering.

    It comprises seminar-based teaching modules, laboratory exercises, practice-oriented projects drawn from professional practice, and a work placement. For your practical study projects, the faculty’s IT infrastructure and research-intensive laboratories provide you with optimal working conditions and offer an insight into current research projects. You will gain an understanding of construction practice through practical sessions, projects, field trips and the final work placement.

    Practical Focus

    An integral part of the degree programme is a practical placement semester, which can be undertaken either in the fifth or seventh semester. As part of this practical phase, you will work in construction companies, engineering firms, building authorities, laboratories or research institutes. This enables you to apply the knowledge you have acquired directly to engineering tasks.

    The project modules introduce you to the professional field of civil engineering and equip you with techniques for academic work and project management, as well as experience of group dynamics. An extensive network of industry partners in the construction sector, urban planning and environmental engineering anchors the programme’s curriculum in the region and beyond.

     

  • In the dual-study variant of the Bachelor’s degree programme, companies are actively involved in imparting skills through theory-to-practice transfer projects. The standard duration of study is therefore also seven semesters, as it is for full-time students. In addition, dual-study students work for their industry partners during the lecture-free period and learn practical professional skills through ongoing projects.
    The prerequisite for a place on the dual-study programme is an employment contract with a partner organisation. Through the practical transfer modules, which ensure the continuous involvement of dual-study students in the partner organisations’ projects, a new format of collaboration between HSB and businesses is being implemented; this deliberately avoids a two-phase model with alternating periods of work experience and study. To take part in the dual-track programme, the partner companies are required to pay a contribution of 250 euros per month.

    Plus in practical experience: You have an employer, your practice partner, at your side right from the start, where you can gain qualified practical experience during your studies and prepare yourself step by step for your future job.

    Financial support: Your practice partner will also pay you a salary during the theoretical phase at the university so that you can cover your living costs and concentrate fully on your studies.

    No need to search: You don't need to look for a part-time job, an internship, a partner for your practical Bachelor's thesis or a job after your studies. You already have everything - with your practice partner.

    To the practice partners

    Information for employers

    The Civil Engineering degree programme collaborates with numerous renowned partner companies in the construction industry. Right from the start, you’ll benefit from a dual-track approach that is entirely geared towards providing you with sustainable professional qualifications. Of course, you can also apply for a dual study programme with companies that are not listed here. We’d be happy to help you with that!

Perspectives

A market of opportunities awaits you: Civil engineering is a very wide-ranging and multi-faceted course. After graduating, all doors are open to you in the construction industry!

Civil engineering is a very broad and multifaceted degree programme. Once you have completed your degree, all doors to the construction industry will be open to you! Civil engineers work as team players, both at home and abroad, collaborating closely with architects, project planners and other engineers. There are around 82,700 private construction companies in Germany, as well as a large number of engineering and planning firms, ranging from small and medium-sized enterprises to international corporations. Employers can be found across a wide range of sectors. Of particular importance are the construction industry, the building trades, engineering firms and public authorities. As construction projects are carried out worldwide, an international career is also a possibility.

Your varied working environment ranges from project and specialist planning to site management and supervision. Transport companies, service providers and the property and project development sector also offer you forward-looking career opportunities. 

For example, you can work in the fields of structural and civil engineering, hydraulic engineering, environment, transportation or network infrastructure and take on the following tasks:

  • Design, planning and construction of buildings
  • Site management and project management for construction projects
  • Construction supervision and quality control during the construction phase
  • Construction supervision and compliance with building regulations and guidelines
  • Advising clients and contractors on construction-related issues
  • As construction projects are realized worldwide, an international career is also possible.

You can also work in research and teaching at universities or research institutes - or become self-employed and set up your own engineering firm.

With our Master's degree in Civil Engineering - Sustainable Planning and Building, you can further improve your career prospects and advance to management positions.

Additional information

  • Large elective area: If you do not choose a specialization, you have a total of 8 modules (5 compulsory specialization modules and 3 compulsory elective modules) at your disposal, which you can use to design your course of study according to your individual interests.
    Free modules: For even more freedom of choice, you can even choose 2 of the 3 compulsory elective modules from the free modules offered by HSB or at our international partner universities (subject to programme approval).
    Topicality guaranteed: If necessary, the range of compulsory elective modules is adapted to the changing conditions in the construction industry.
    Further information: The exact descriptions of the compulsory elective modules can be found below in the module manual 2024.

     

  • If you are not fresh out of school with an advanced mathematics course, you can acquire or refresh the essential basics for the mathematics modules of the degree programme with our engineering mathematics preparatory course. This is generally recommended for everyone, but especially for those who graduated from school a long time ago or who do not have an advanced mathematics course.

    The course takes place annually for first-semester students on the Bachelor's degree programme in Civil Engineering and Environmental Engineering in the week before the start of lectures.

    Preparatory course in engineering mathematics

Practical orientation

Our Bachelor's degree programme in Civil Engineering is characterised by a high degree of practical relevance. This enables you to apply your theoretical knowledge in real-life situations and develop a better understanding of the practical challenges and requirements of civil engineering.

Thanks to our large network of cooperation partners from the construction industry, urban planning and environmental engineering, the programme has a close connection to practice and can incorporate current topics directly into the programme.

  • In addition to the theory modules, a project module is offered each semester in which you work independently in small groups on practical professional problems during the semester. The project modules introduce you to the professional field of civil engineering and teach you techniques of scientific work, project management and experience with group dynamic processes.

    Dual students complete the project module (here: theory-practice transfer project) from the 2nd semester with their practice partner. The exchange about the project and the presentation of the project results takes place together with all students in the semester group.

     

     

  • In the seventh and final semester, you will complete a twelve-week internship in which you will work in construction companies, engineering offices, building authorities, laboratories or institutes. This enables you to apply the knowledge you have acquired directly to engineering tasks and immerse yourself more deeply in the professional field.

     

  • In our laboratories, you will apply the methods of civil engineering. Here you can tinker, measure, analyze and experiment - and sometimes make a mistake. In this way, you will develop a sense of what is possible and acquire the necessary skills that are essential for your job as a civil engineer.

     

    • BIM/GIS laboratory
    • Laboratory for geotechnics
    • Laboratory for experimental statics
    • Laboratory for structural engineering
    • Laboratory for Building Materials Technology
    • Laboratory for Traffic and Road Construction (LaVeS)
    • Laboratory for Hydraulic Engineering
    • Laboratory for Environmental and Biotechnology
    • Laboratory for Circular Economy
  • Our Bachelor's degree course in Civil Engineering is taught on site, which means that you study at Bremen University of Applied Sciences. You will meet many different people with whom you will learn together, discuss and work on joint solutions, but also have difficult conversations and arguments. As a result, you will develop the social skills you will need in your future job as a civil engineer in order to implement complex construction projects as a team player together with other participants.

     

Practice partner

You can apply for the dual track with our practice partners. The dual track is only just being set up and the list of practice partners will be gradually expanded. You are also welcome to “bring along” a company with which you would like to do a dual track.

 

Internationality

As a civil engineer, you can also work abroad, for example if you work for a globally active company or an international construction company or take on projects abroad as a self-employed person.

Specialist English in selected courses: English-language courses are interwoven into certain modules to familiarize you with the technical language. In the fifth semester, modules are held in English if required.

Voluntary semester abroad: You can integrate a voluntary semester abroad into the Bachelor's degree programme in Civil Engineering. The Faculty of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering maintains relationships with numerous universities abroad. The central International Office and the Decentralised International Office (DIO) of the faculty will advise you on the organisation and financing of your stay abroad.

Bremen University of Applied Sciences (HSB) maintains 400 university partnerships in around 70 countries worldwide. 20 per cent of HSB students come from all over the world, and around 70 per cent of all graduates gain international experience during their studies – a record high in Germany. Bremen University of Applied Sciences is a member of the STARS EU consortium. The consortium brings together the strengths of nine long-established, complementary European universities to establish a forward-looking European university.

The Faculty of Architecture, Construction and Environment cooperates in teaching and research – including through Blended Intensive Programmes – with partner universities in Portugal, the Netherlands, Spain, Poland, the Czech Republic, Sweden, Albania and France, amongst others.

Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions about studying abroad during your degree.

All partner universities of HSB

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Application

  1. Inform

    Check the application deadlines and admission requirements for your desired degree programme.

    The following also applies to the dual track: Ask our practice partners or other employers whether they are currently offering a dual track place at HSB.

    The contact persons listed below will answer any questions you may have about the degree programme. If you have any further questions about your decision to study at HSB, our Central Student Advisory Service can help you.

  2. Apply

    The following applies to the dual track: You first apply for a dual track place with a practice partner. Only once you have concluded a study contract with them can you register for the dual track in the HSB application portal.

    The following applies to the standard track: You apply directly to HSB.

  3. Accept a study place

    Have you been admitted by the HSB? Congratulations! Now accept your place and enrol.

    • Accepting a place and enrolling online
  4. Welcome to HSB!

    Let's get started: Your studies begin in October! During the orientation week, all first-semester students receive the information they need to start their studies.

    The dual track often starts as early as August or September. The time before the start of your studies is used to get to know your practice partner and to introduce you to the company.

Specific admission requirements

  • For admission to the Bachelor's degree programme in Civil Engineering, you need a pre-study work placement

    • for a period of 13 weeks
    • which includes manual, craft activities
    • either completely in the main construction trade (only activities under paragraph 2 plus activities in steel construction) or in the main construction trade (7 weeks) and in a construction-related occupational field (6 weeks)

    includes. The internship should take place before the start of the course and should be as consecutive as possible. Proof must be submitted to the Enrolment Office upon enrolment and by October 1st of the following year (start of the 3rd semester) at the latest.

    Not recognised is an internship in an engineering office (planning activities).

    Fully recognised will be a completed vocational training in the main construction industry and the six-month internship in year 11 of the technical secondary school if it was completed in the main construction industry.

    Further information on the pre-study internship

  • If you would like to apply for the dual track, you will need a study contract with a practice partner who is registered with Hochschule Bremen - City University of Applied Sciences. The study contract must be submitted with your application.

    Please note: No training is integrated into the dual track. Therefore, no training contract will be accepted.

    You need a study contract that regulates the relationship between you and your employer during the dual track. Our dual track is “dual-practice-integrated”. This means that theory and practice are closely interlinked.

Contacts

Head of study programme

Do you have detailed questions about the Bachelor's degree programme in Civil Engineering, e.g. about the modules, the required previous math knowledge, the elective options or the workload? Then please contact our head of degree programme by e-mail at: studiengang-bau@hs-bremen.de

 

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Prof. Dr. -Ing. Anton Worobei
Construction Management
+49 421 5905 2388
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Contact persons for dual track

Would you like to study the dual track and need more information, e.g. on the procedure, the differences to the standard track and our practice partners? Or would you as a company like to offer the dual track and become our practice partner? Get in touch with us!

 

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Prof. Dr.-Ing. Marc Gutermann
Structural Engineering and Experimental Statics
+49 421 5905 2345
Email

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Antonia Ley
International Coordinator
+49 421 5905 3207
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Questions about application, admission, enrollment and examination matters

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Katja Voss-Staniczek
+49 421 5905 2327
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