Masters in Geotechnics and Underground Engineering

Full-time and Part-time

1. Semester

• Geohydrodynamics
• Mechanics of Underground Structures
• Metal and Timber Structures
• Modelling in Geotechnics
• Shaft Sinking and Unconventional Methods of the Excavation of Underground Construction
• Ventilation and Safety in Underground Engineering

2. Semester

• Case Studies of Geotechnical Constructions
• Concrete Structures
• Design of Underground Constructions
• Environmental and energy geotechnics
• Investigation Methods in Geotechnical Engineering
• Technical Blasting and Their Impacts

3. Semester

• Diploma Seminar
• Diploma thesis
• Field Trip
• Organization and Management of Buildings
• Quality management methods

Hard skills

• SW from the field of geotechnics
• Line constructions
• SW from the field of underground construction
• Ventilation of tunnel excavations and underground works
• Knowledge of the development of plans and documentation related to mining activity or activity carried out in a mining manner
• Knowledge of properties of particulate materials
• IT skills/knowledge: MS Office, (Easy archive advantage)
• Knowledge of testing properties of soils and rocks using laboratory and field tests
• Knowledge of mathematical models
• Knowledge of documentation processing and calculation in the field of dimensioning reinforcement for underground mining works
• Design and management of concrete structures
• SW Autocad
• Reading technical documentation
• (Eurocode 1) ČSN EN 1991 Loading of structures
• Designing
• (Eurocode 7) ČSN EN 1997 Design of geotechnical structures
• Orientation in technical drawings
• Application of computer design programmes

Study aims

Study of the program Civil Engineering-Geotechnics and Underground Engineering follows the long tradition of teaching focused on the field of geotechnics and underground and mining construction at VŠB-TUO, which is dated since 1955.

The basic objective of the study is the complex education and training of professionals in this field and the achievement of a level of engineering education that ensures the effective use of acquired information, especially in the fields of geotechnical, underground and mining construction, foundation engineering, but also in the field of environmental and energy geotechnics.

The following sub-objectives can be specified:

• Expanding and deepening knowledge and skills from basic profiling areas, including underground and mining engineering, foundation engineering and geotechnical structures so that graduates are able to solve complex tasks of geotechnical practice and research using modern construction techniques and methods related to automatization and the use of new information technologies (BIM etc.)
• Expanding and deepening the knowledge of concrete, steel and wood structures, which are an important part of geotechnical structures
• Education in specialized subjects focusing on blasting work and technical blasting, technology of excavation and reinforcement of underground and mining works, geotechnical surveying, mathematical modelling, hydrodynamics, unconventional methods of construction of underground works, environmental geotechnics (landfill, flood protection dam, dumps, etc.), fast-growing areas of energy geotechnics connected with the use of geotechnical structures for the extraction and storage of geothermal energy
• Implementation of courses in the field of testing, quality, organization and management of buildings to increase the management and organizational skills
• Increasing the interconnection of teaching with practice, especially in the final period of study, which contributes to the improvement of the final diploma thesis and successful and rapid involvement in the practical work after graduation
• Participation in scientific and research activities and projects
• Motivation and readiness of students with best study results as well as results of scientific and research activities for the subsequent PhD study in the doctoral study program Geotechnics and Underground Engineering

Graduate's knowledge

• Knowledge of technical, ecological and economic disciplines relevant to construction practice in the field of geotechnics, underground construction and wider civil engineering practice
• knowledge of natural sciences, technical, environmental and economic disciplines relevant to mining construction, activities carried out in a mining manner and blasting (explosive) practice and geotechnical survey
• knowledge of legislation in the field of geotechnical, underground and mining construction
• knowledge in the field of organization and management of buildings
• knowledge of relevant safety regulations in the field of blasting works and activities carried out by mining activities

Graduate acquires the following knowledge and skills:

• knowledge of the technology of realization of geotechnical, underground and mining engineering
• knowledge in the field of ventilation and safety in underground and mining construction
• knowledge in the field of geotechnical risks associated with the realization of geotechnical and mining ...
• skills related to the use of technical procedures and modelling in solving problems of geotechnics, underground and mining construction
• skills related to the design, implementation and management of various types of geotechnical and underground constructions

Graduate's skills

Graduates of the Master's programme Civil Engineering - Geotechnics and Underground Engineering will be prepared on the basis of acquired knowledge and skills:

• design and realization of the geotechnical surveys for all types of geotechnical and underground constructions and structures
• design, implement and manage all kinds of geotechnical, underground and mining buildings in the rock environment (construction pits, underground structures, tunnels, mining works, transport embankments, dumps, landfills, etc.) using modern construction, modelling and information technologies (e.g. BIM)
• Assess the reliability of geotechnical, underground and mining structures and structures, including reliability with regard to the environmental impacts of buildings and structures
• contribute to the development of knowledge in the field through scientific research activities