BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN CIVIL PROTECTION ENGINEERING
Approved in Order no. 2144/2007 of 9 February, amended by the Order no. 13202/2015 of 18 November.
Course accredited by the Agency for Assessment and Accreditation of Higher Education (A3ES) - CEF/0910/27966 - Maximum accreditation: 6 years.
Course qualified to enroll in the College of Civil Protection Engineering of the Order of Technical Engineers (OET).
COORDINATION
Engineer Paulo Gil Martins
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This Bachelor’s degree aims to qualify its graduates with a set of multidisciplinary knowledge that enable them to properly intervene in society and with citizens, in the different areas of intervention of the civil protection system, obtaining skills in the dimensions, processes and technologies that civil protection agents use and compensate for the lack of cross-training in civil protection and relief activities.
These objectives are realized through training strategies focused on risk prevention and mitigation, relief and emergency, assistance to people and other living beings in distress, protecting cultural and environmental assets and values of high public interest, and supporting the restoration of the normality of life and society.
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
The Bachelor’s degree will enable its graduates to have access to the practice of Civil Protection Engineering acts (Decree-Law No. 349/99 of 2 September, with the amendments introduced later, after the favorable opinions of the Assembly of Representatives and the Profession Council that regulates the execution of the engineering acts by the members of the OET – Order of Technical Engineers), and also to a great diversity of career opportunities, such as working in:
Municipal, district and national civil protection offices; Public and private institutes and bodies with competence or intervention in this area; Security companies; Safety equipment project and development, production and marketing; International agencies; Public research organizations; Security and/or civil protection departments in private companies; Prevention and safety centers in industrial complexes; Consultancy and service technicians; Public administration technicians and decision-makers; Consultancy, advisory and training services; Fire departments; State administration services.
STUDY PLAN 2020/2021
ERASMUS+ - PLEASE CHOOSE ONLY LINKED CURRICULAR UNITS
- 1ST YEAR
1ST YEAR
SEMESTER
ECTS
Introduction to Civil Protection / Introdução à Proteção Civil
1st Semester
3.5
1st Semester
6
1st Semester
6
Introduction to Information Technology I / Introdução às Tecnologias de Informação I
1st Semester
2.5
Environment Geology and Geologic Risk / Geologia do Ambiente e Risco Geológico
1st Semester
4.5
1st Semester
3.5
1st Semester
1.5
Civil Protection Law / Direito e Proteção Civil
1st Semester
2.5
2nd Semester
6
Introduction to Information Technology II / Introdução às Tecnologias de Informação II
2nd Semester
4
2nd Semester
5
Introduction to Environment Problematic / Introdução às Questões Ambientais
2nd Semester
3
2nd Semester
6
2nd Semester
4
International Assistance Systems / Sistemas Internacionais de Assistência
2nd Semester
2
- 2ND YEAR
2ND YEAR
SEMESTER
ECTS
1st Semester
5
1st Semester
4.5
1st Semester
4.5
1st Semester
5.5
Climate and Extreme Meteorological Phenomena / Clima e Fenómenos Extremos
1st Semester
6
1st Semester
4.5
2nd Semester
4.5
Forest Fires / Incêndios Florestais /
2nd Semester
6
2nd Semester
6
2nd Semester
5
2nd Semester
3.5
Environmental Impact Assessment / Avaliação de Impacte Ambiental
2nd Semester
5
- 3RD YEAR
3RD YEAR
SEMESTER
ECTS
Training Conception and Management / Conceção e Gestão da Formação
1st Semester
4.5
Communication Systems / Sistemas de Comunicação
1st Semester
3.5
Disaster Prevention and Public Health / Prevenção de Desastres e Saúde Pública
1st Semester
4
Fire Safety / Segurança Contra Incêndios
1st Semester
6
Project I / Projeto I
1st Semester
5
Emergency Communication Management / Gestão da Comunicação em Emergência
1st Semester
2
Occupational Safety and Hygiene / Segurança e Higiene no Trabalho
1st Semester
5
Human Factors and Behavior / Factores Humanos e Comportamento
2nd Semester
2
Emergency Planning / Planeamento de Emergências
2nd Semester
4
2nd Semester
4.5
2nd Semester 4.5
Project II / Projeto II
2nd Semester 7
Ethics and Organizational Behavior / Ética e Comportamento Organizacional
2nd Semester 2
Materials Technology / Tecnologia dos Materiais
2nd Semester 6
PROTOCOLS
Existem protocolos com diversas entidades públicas, privadas e da administração do Estado, empresas e organizações não-governamentais. Entre outros destacam-se os protocolos com a Associação Nacional de Freguesias Delegação de Lisboa, Ordem dos Engenheiros Técnicos, Associação Portuguesa de Técnicos de Prevenção e Segurança, Escola Nacional de Bombeiros, Amo Vida - Serviços Integrados de Saúde, Lda., Instituto de Tecnologias Náuticas, Liga dos Bombeiros Portugueses, Sindicato dos Técnicos de Ambulância de Emergência, Autoridade Nacional de Proteção Civil e Instituto Superior de Ciências da Informação e da Administração de Aveiro.