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Road Engineering and Management
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Summary of the Profile
General Description:
Objective(s) of a study programme:
To prepare highly qualified road and railway engineering specialists, who:
1) are able to analyse and solve tasks and problems of planning, construction, material selection and control, operation, traffic safety, maintenance and renewal with the help of innovative knowledge;
2) independently makes informed decisions based on the results of systematic research and practical experience;
3) seeks to create value and develop independently through life-long learning.
Learning outcomes:
Knowledge:
Will know the principles of road and railway engineering, will understand the importance of knowledge interaction and integration of different directions and areas in solving problematic issues of road and railway design, construction, maintenance, rehabilitation (repair), reconstruction and traffic organization, and traffic safety.
Will know the latest achievements in road and railway engineering, methodologies of design, modelling and development of pavement structures and principled theoretical solutions, will better understand how the achievements of work organization, investment planning and modern system are applied.
Research Skills:
Will be able to plan and perform analytical, modeling and experimental researches of roads and railways, critically evaluate data and present conclusions.
Will be able to identify, search out and evaluate data needed for road and railway engineering research using databases and other sources of information, and able to select and apply appropriate research and research methods in practical activities requiring novelty and knowledge integration, including research and innovation.
Engineering Analysis:
Will be able to perceive, analyse, combine atypical, incompletely described road and railway engineering problems, clearly formulate tasks for solving these problems by applying mathematical analysis, computational simulation and experimental research methods.
Will be able to apply innovative methods to solve specific problems by reasoning the solutions in the field of road and railway design, construction, maintenance and reconstruction, infrastructure planning and traffic safety management.
Engineering Design:
Will be able to apply the acquired knowledge and understanding in solving non-standard problems in the stages of road and railway design, construction, maintenance, reconstruction, infrastructure planning, traffic organization and traffic safety assessment; to develop new and original engineering ideas and methods.
Will be able to assess and select appropriate design solutions necessary for the design, construction, maintenance, reconstruction, infrastructure planning, traffic management and safety of roads and railways in the face of technically undefined and unspecified problems.
Personal and Social Abilities:
Will be able to communicate with the engineering community both national and international levels; to substantiate the conclusions of their research and reasoning, to provide them in an understandable oral and written way to concern persons of various fields and interests of different types of education.
Holisticaly will understand the impact of engineering decisions on society and the environment, understand the possible ethical, technical, economic, social consequences and responsibility for their decisions, can adhere to the norms of professional ethics and engineering, understand the links between road and railway engineering solutions with their economic consequences.
Engineering Practice Ability:
Will be able to combine knowledge of different directions and to solve multiple engineering problems of roads and railways; will have a detailed understanding of the applied methods and methodologies, and be able to select engineering equipment and software.
Will know very well the principles of organization and management of road and railway engineering activities, understand the interaction of its chains; will be able to evaluate engineering activities in terms of occupational safety and environmental protection.
Activities of teaching and learning:
Individual and group work, common and specific education, differentiated, modular, formal and non-formal education and other. Refractive and problematic lectures, laboratory work, tutorials, internship, individual or team self-contained work, distance learning, guest lectures by public and private sector representatives, case analysis, paper works, searching of necessary information and generalization, reading of educational and scientific books and articles (papers), preparation of oral presentation, writing of scientific paper and presentation in seminar (conference)
Methods of assessment of learning achievements:
Assessment levels (threshold, typical and excellent): intermediate examination, laboratory works, creative works, course project reports and defence, final thesis defences, etc.
Framework:
Study subjects (modules), practical training:
Scientific Researches in Road Engineering,
Theory of Road and Rail Construction (with course work),
Legal Regulation of Urban Planning and Construction,
Research Work 1,
Modern Technologies of Roads and Railways,
Numerical modelling of road structures,
Theory of Road Operation (with course work),
Intelligent Transport Systems,
Research data processing and numerical analysis,
Research Work 2,
Traffic Safety Management,
Organization of Train Traffic and Traffic Safety,
Investments and management of Road Property (with course work),
Railways management (with course work),
Research Work 3,
Building Information Model (BIM) of transport communication infrastructure,
The Quality Management in Roads Construction,
Technologies of Road Horizontal Marking,
Design of Railway Stations,
Master's thesis.
Specialisations:
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Optional courses:
Modern Technologies of Roads and Railways,
Numerical modelling of road structures,
Traffic Safety Management,
Organization of Train Traffic and Traffic Safety,
Building Information Model (BIM) of transport communication infrastructure,
The Quality Management in Roads Construction,
Technologies of Road Horizontal Marking,
Design of Railway Stations.
Distinctive features of a study programme:
The only university study program in engineering sciences in Lithuania, the object of which is road and railway infrastructure, its planning, construction, operation, maintenance and renewal. The study program has at least one optional study module in each semester. The lecturers of the study program teach no more than one study module of the program. The program employs advanced digital models for design, construction, data processing, and storage. Many lecturers of the study program are certified construction managers.
Access to professional activity or further study:
Access to professional activity:
Engineering or management positions in road design, construction, maintenance companies or organizations;
duties of a lecturer at a university or college;
to work as an engineer or civil servant in municipalities, Lithuanian Road Administration, or Ministry of Transport and Communications;
to work as a research expert in institutes and centers (for example, at the Road Research Institute of the Faculty of Environmental Engineering of VGTU, or Transport Competence Agency, etc.);
after one year of work experience in road or railway companies to become certified specialists;
to build a business.
Access to further study:
A possibility to study in Civil Engineering (Technological Sciences) PhD.
