Study and teaching … Courses offered

Status: 14.06.2025

The Institute of Geotechnical Engineering and Construction Management offers courses for the Bachelor's degree programme in Civil and Environmental Engineering (B.Sc. degree) and for the Master's degree programme in Civil Engineering (M.Sc. degree).

Changes to the curriculum

Please note the current and future changes to the curriculum:

  • Seminar Forum Geotechnical Engineering and Construction Management: will be cancelled from the winter semester 2024/25 onwards. Beginning with winter term 2025/26 this forum is continued in the framework of the module "Advanced Geotechnical Engineering"
  • Module Geotechnical Engineering III: beginning with the winter semester 2025/26 this module contains the course “Advanced Geotechnical Engineering” only. This includes lecture notes (2 SWS), exercises (2 SWS) and a seminar (1 SWS).  The previous course "Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering" will be held in the module "Soil Mechanics and Soil dynamics" starting in summer semester 2026.
  • Module Soil Mechanics and Soil Dynamics: starting with the summer semester 2026 this module contains the courses "Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering" (3 ECTS), "Selected Topics in Soil Mechanics" (1 ECTS), and "Soil Mechanics" (2 ECTS). The previous course "Experimental Research in Geotechnical Engineering" is cancelled.
  • Module Geotechnical Engineering I: beginning with winter term 2025/26 renamed in Soil Mechanics (Bodenmechanik)
  • Module Geotechnical Engineering II: beginning with winter term 2025/26 renamed in Foundation Engineering (Grundbau)

Courses offered (status 14.06.2025)

Semester   Summer / Winter Courses Lecturer ECTS

Bachelor's Programme Civil and Environmental Engineering

Module Geotechnical Engineering I → Soil Mechanics   6
    Winter Soil Mechanics Grabe 6
Module Civil Engineering and Environmental Management   6
    Summer Construction Project Management Grabe 4
    Summer Building Construct Law Waterstraat 1
    Summer Environmental Law Welss 1
Module Applications in Civil and Environmental Engineering  (responsible institute: B-1)   6
    Winter Soil Mechanics Laboratory Practical Course Grabe/Bürkner 2
    Summer Projects II Grabe 2
Module Geotechnical Engineering II → Geotechnical Engineering   6
    Summer Foundation Engineering Grabe 6

Master's Programme Civil Engineering (BAUMS)

Module Geotechnical Engineering III → Advanced Geotechnical Engineering   6
    Winter Advanced Geotechnical Engineering Grabe 6
Module Soil Mechanics and Soil Dynamics   6
    Summer Experimental research in geotechnics Stanford 2
    Summer Selected Topics in Soil Mechanics Stanford 2
    Summer Soil dynamics Hagemann 2
Module Marine Geotechnics   6
    Summer Marine Geotechnics Grabe 4
    Summer Steel Structures in Geotechnical and Hydraulic Engineering Feindt 2
Module Subsoil Constructions   6
    Winter Introduction in Tunnelling Bubel 3
    Winter Applied Tunnelling Babendererde 3
Module Civil Engineering Law and Geotechnical Engineering Law 6
    Winter Civil Engineering Law BGB and VOB – Law in (Geotechnical Engineering) Practise Schalk 3
    Winter Construction Disputes from Construction (Geotechnical Engineering) Practise Junker 3
Module Selected Topics in Civil Engineering  (responsible institute: B-7)   6