Bachelor in Sustainable city management

The one who completes a degree in Sustainable City Management will be ready to respond to the challenges associated to a growing urbanised world. The locus of his/her professional action will therefore be the built environment that constitute the urban areas, and its diverse components, with a special emphasis on their management, operation, and optimization, from a sustainable perspective.
The course is structured in 6 semesters. In the first 4, students should attend 6 pre-defined Curricular Units (CU) in each semester. In the last 2 semesters, students can choose, in each semester, 5 out of 8 options for the CUs. This will add to 1 more predefined CU. In the last semester, the predefined CU is their Final Projet which includes the public presentation of their report/thesis

Candidates can apply through the National Access Call, Special Calls, or by way of change of Institution/course pair.

Entrance Exams for 2025/2026 and 2026/2027

Entrance Exams

One of the following combinations:
02 Biology and Geology & 18 Portuguese
04 Economics & 16 Mathematics
16 Mathematics & 18 Portuguese
10 Descriptive Geometry & 18 Portuguese
07 Physics and Chemistry & 18 Portuguese

Minimum Scores
Application Score: 95 points
Entrance Exam Score: 95 points

Final Score Calculation Formula
Secondary School Average: 50%
Entrance Exams: 50%

Regional Preference
Percentage of Reserved Places: 25%

Influence Area: Aveiro, Castelo Branco, Coimbra, Guarda, Leiria, Santarém, Viseu

The professional action of those graduated with this course can be carried in: firms who do rehabilitation (buildings or infrastructures); companies who operate or manage urban systems and facilities (water supply, sewage, waste, transportation, schools, etc); maintenance contractors; consultants; insurance companies, local administration, to name a few. And they can also work on design offices, or investigation and research.

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The graduated in Sustainable City Management will have a strong practical drive, grounded on solid theoretic background. His/her main focus will be on the operation, management, and improvement of urban systems and infrastructures, having in mind sustainability criteria. Among the learning objectives, one can mention:
– to acquire knowledge related to urban sustainability, as well to the existing risks in an urban environment
– to develop competencies associated with management, operation, and rehabilitation of urban systems and infrastructures
– to develop competences, associated to rehabilitation of the built environment (and the soil where it stands), including repair of structures and other constructive elements; improvement of comfort standards; reinforcement of foundations; introduction of new materials, etc
– to develop competences in project and operations management, communication, collaboration, and teamwork

Those with graduate in this course can apply to any Master course in which you need to have a bachelor degree, in particular those that cover topics related to urban systems and environments.