Escuela de Ingeniería en Construcción

The Master's program in Highway Engineering is taught in two formats: professional and academic, and is focused in three fundamental areas:

  • Highway design.
  • Materials and construction.
  • Highway management.

These three blocks are complemented by a fourth block that includes applied research to solve problems or generate more knowledge about​​ highway engineering.

The program is taught in 6 blocks of 4 months each, for an estimated duration of two years.

The teaching staff is highly trained and has extensive professional experience in the area of ​​ highway engineering.

Schedule: The courses are taught from Monday to Friday at night, and on Saturdays in the morning, at the Tecnológico campus in Cartago, and in other locations in San José.

Applications for admission will be received between February 10 and June 15, 2020.

Objetivos

  • The objective of the program for a professional master’s degree is to create professionals in highway engineering who can apply research to solving problems when planning, designing, building, operating and maintaining roads, bridges and complementary works in highway projects. Graduates may work as highway inspectors, managers of highway planning and management departments, educators, directors of highway projects or consultants in the area of ​​ highway engineering.
  • The objective of the program for an academic master’s degree is to promote research in highway engineering, generating more knowledge to contribute to the region’s development through improved planning, design, construction, operation and maintenance of highways, bridges and complementary works. Graduates with this degree can work as researchers or academic outreach specialists, educators, and advisors in the area of ​​highways.

Perfil profesional

Professional Program

Positions

Functions

Highway projects inspector
  •  Responsible for supervising, evaluating, controlling, making decisions and providing technical support for highway construction.

Manager / Head of highway planning and management departments
  •  Manage programs, funds, human resources and equipment for highway planning and management.
  •  Promote and supervise compliance with laws, systems and quality standards, and relevant regulations to ensure proper highway management.
  •  Design or improve highway administration systems and make effective technical and economic decisions.
  • Identify risks and manage action plans as part of highway management.

Trainer / Promoter
  •  Responsible for developing training plans and courses, organizing activities, and training in the area of ​​highway engineering.

Director of highway projects
  •  Coordinate programs, budgets and human resources in their workplace.
  •  Promote and oversee the implementation of laws, systems and quality standards, norms and relevant measures to ensure the proper execution of highway projects.
  •  Identify risks and develop action plans in highway engineering.
  •  Supervise the work of planning, design, execution and management of highway projects.

Consultant / Advisor in highway engineering
  •  Evaluate risks and current needs.
  •  Recommend, evaluate and advise on different stages of studies, consultations, design and implementation of highway projects.
  • Provide solutions for problems identified and formulate management plans.

Academic program

Positions

Functions

Researcher and academic outreach specialist
  •  Responsible for student supervision, research and analysis, designing proposals and proposing projects, managing funds, and producing scientific results in the area of ​​highway engineering.
  •  Participate in research and dissemination of scientific results.
  • Lead research activities to generate new knowledge.
  •  Responsible for promoting highway engineering.

Trainer / Promoter
  •  Responsible for developing training plans and courses, organizing activities, and training in the area of ​​highway engineering

Consultant / Advisor in highway engineering
  •  Evaluate risks and current needs.
  •  Recommend, evaluate and advise on different stages of studies, consultations, design and implementation of highway projects.
  • Provide solutions for problems identified and formulate management plans.

Facilidades

Program participants have the support of the for Housing and Construction Research Center (Civco), as well as access to the Civco materials laboratories and the School of Construction Engineering..

Invesment

Cost per credit: ₡51,000.00. Approximately US$ 90 per credit, depending on the exchange rate.

Enrollment: ₡49,920.00

Student welfare fee: ₡3,570.00

Health insurance: ₡6,000.

Student ID card: ₡5,925.

Approximate cost of the complete program:

  • Professional program: ₡3,250,00 (about $6,000).
  • Academic program: ₡3,500,000 (about $6,000).

Professional program: 62 credits

Academic program: 68 credits

Payments can be made at the cashier’s window in the FundaTEC offices in Cartago or Zapote. They can also be made through banks and the Internet, to the account numbers that will be provided to students.

Students must pay 100% of the cost of each course at the time of enrollment.

Admisión

Para ingresar al programa se requiere, como mínimo, contar con el grado de licenciatura en ingeniería en construcción o civil.

La selección de los estudiantes que ingresan al programa está a cargo del Comité de la Maestría en Ingeniería Vial, encabezado por el coordinador y tres profesores de la especialidad del posgrado que el Consejo de Escuela designa, quienes deben formar parte del cuerpo de profesores del programa.

El Comité de Maestría estudiará cada caso de forma detallada para determinar si el candidato cuenta con un nivel de madurez apropiada para afrontar el programa y si éste requiere cursos de nivelación, los cuales serán definidos por el Comité.

De igual forma, se solicita certificación de un dominio instrumental en una segunda lengua, preferiblemente idioma inglés, al ser numerosa la cantidad de referencias bibliográficas consultadas en ese idioma.

Documentación para solicitud de ingreso

  1. Currículum vitae
  2. Copia de la cédula o documento de identificación.
  3. Título de Licenciatura (En caso de poseer otros títulos universitarios, puede adjuntarlos).
  4. Certificado de notas de la institución en donde cursó estudios universitarios, el documento debe incluir todos los cursos aprobados, además, debe indicar el promedio ponderado. 
  5. Certificado de dominio del idioma inglés.
  6. Tres Cartas de Recomendación (*)

* Las cartas de recomendación para ingreso, deben ser confeccionadas en el formulario facilitado por el Posgrado en el sitio web, el formulario debe ser llenado por evaluador y enviado directamente al correo miv@tec.ac.cr con el asunto "RECOMENDACION MIV NOMBRE DEL POSTULANTE".  Este documento es confidencial y será conocido únicamente por el equipo evaluador de los candidatos.

Differentiator elements

The format of the lessons has been designed to provide engineering professionals with a program that is accessible for those who cannot dedicate 100% of their time to study and must adapt their schedule to include both work and academic activities.

The faculty is distinguished by being professors with extensive academic and professional experience.

 

Benefit for the country

The national highway infrastructure requires ​​highway engineering professionals who can properly apply their knowledge to solve problems when planning, designing, building, operating and providing maintenance for highways, bridges and complementary works in highway projects.

Currently, management and administration of resources for the improvement of the existing highway network is inadequate, and decision making when selecting the best strategy to solve technical problems is inefficient.

The objective of the postgraduate professional program is to create professionals who are familiar with the use of techniques, strategies and tools for the solution of these and other problems affecting the sector.

The academic program will graduate professionals who can work as educators and can pass their advanced knowledge to new generations of engineers in the highway infrastructure  and other sectors.

The postgraduate program is intended to promote research in highway engineering, generating more knowledge to contribute to the region’s development through improved planning, design, construction, operation and maintenance of highways, bridges and complementary works.