Department of Concrete Structures and Bridges

Concrete is the most widely used material in load bearing structures, and concrete structures constitute the major part of all building structures. Therefore, Civil Engineering graduates should not have only knowledge of static and dynamic analysis, planning, designing and constructing of structures, but also a broad knowledge about the physical and mechanical properties of concrete as well as about its manufacturing. These findings are important for the civil engineering graduate, so he can obtain a comprehensive overview of designing of load bearing concrete structures, including also modern construction materials, such as high-quality cement composites, composite and hybrid structures. Considering the degree of the build-up area of industrial countries, the importance of knowledge about the reconstruction of buildings, bridges and other civil engineering structures is rising.

Civil Engineering graduates with assignment for concrete structures has a very good and wide versatility: in the project practice in designing concrete structures and bridges, as a workers in education and research institutions, in construction practice as a construction managers or workers for investing organizations, government or regional development. Current engineering study programs at the Faculty of Civil Engineering at STU are compatible with prestigious foreign universities under the name "Civil Engineering". This is a necessary condition for Civil Engineering graduate´s diploma acceptation abroad.