Applications are now open for the Master's and Doctorate programs in Civil and Environmental Engineering at PUC-RIO, starting in March 2026. The program is divided into two main areas of concentration: Structures and Geotechnics, which cover the following research lines: Environmental Technologies, Applied Geotechnics, Geomechanics, Construction Materials, Structural Mechanics, and Engineering Project Methodology. Additional information about the research lines, faculty, laboratories e News can generally be obtained on this website. Registration is done online at https://lnkd.in/emcQMBJ.
The Master's in Civil Engineering was the first Postgraduate Program in Civil Engineering in Brazil (Postgraduate Studies in Brazil: Training and Work of Masters and Doctors in the Country, volume 1, p. 203, Capes, 2002) in the areas of Structures (1965) and Geotechnics (1967). In 1969 it was already recognized by the CNPq as a Center of Excellence and by the Organization of American States (OAS) as a Latin American Center for Postgraduate Studies.
The Doctoral program began in 1985, also in the areas of Structures and Geotechnics, and the Professional Master's in Urban and Environmental Engineering was created in 2009. In its more than fifty years of existence, as a pioneer in postgraduate studies in Civil Engineering in Brazil, the Program has contributed significantly to the development of qualified human resources, with graduates now working as professors at more than 100 universities in Brazil and abroad, including Brazil's leading public HEIs.
