About
This comprehensive course explores the latest methods and technologies for evaluating and maintaining the integrity of critical infrastructure and buildings. Combining interactive online modules with practical, hands-on sessions, participants will gain in-depth knowledge of advanced inspection techniques, diagnostic tools, and strategies for extending the lifespan of structures.
As a future Civil Engineer, this program equips you with the expertise to assess and optimize infrastructure conditions, ensuring safety, sustainability, and efficiency. By the end of the course, you’ll be ready to play a key role in transforming how we manage and maintain buildings and infrastructure for a resilient future.
Course objectives
The objective of the Blended Intensive Program is to gain a global perspective and feel an intercultural climate during technical and scientific work related to the latest methods and technologies for evaluating and maintaining the integrity of critical infrastructure and buildings. Combining interactive online modules with practical, hands-on sessions, participants will gain in-depth knowledge of advanced inspection techniques, diagnostic tools, and strategies for extending the lifespan of structures. Students will participate in lectures delivered by visiting professors and members of industry and government from different branches of the construction industry – roads, railways, bridges and buildings. The Blended Intensive Program focuses on the topic of monitoring and evaluation of infrastructure and building, with different topics from the start of construction (design and planning), through the construction itself as considering long-term service life and maintenance, finishing at various techniques of assessing the construction condition.
In the different lectures/workshops and plenary sessions, the different contexts will be illustrated and discussed. Specific themes or contexts can further be discussed in smaller groups for projects. During the whole semester, a project is part of the BIP. The students select a certain topic provided by and under supervision of a professor this topic will be further elaborated, reported and presented to the whole class. The objective of the project work is also to collaborate in an international team and obtain experiences with working with students from another country. When enrolling for this course please note that attendance during this week is mandatory, attendance will be registered at multiple occasions.
As a future Civil Engineer, this program equips you with the expertise to assess and optimize infrastructure conditions, ensuring safety, sustainability, and efficiency. By the end of the course, you’ll be ready to play a key role in transforming how we manage and maintain buildings and infrastructure for a resilient future.
Course rules
Students are asked to choose their preferred course topic from the list provided in the flyer. Then, they will work remotely with the instructors responsible for the chosen topic to prepare their project. During the International Week, which will be held in Gdańsk from April 22, 2025, to April 25, 2025, all participants of the BIP will meet in Gdańsk to attend lectures, participate in integration activities, and present the progress of their projects. Afterward, students will prepare a project report, which will be evaluated by their project supervisors.
Partners
Gdansk University of Technology (GUT) - Poland (Host)
University of Antwerp (UA) - Belgium
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH) - Greece
Universidad de Granada (UGR) - Spain
Università Politecnica Delle Marche (UNIVPM) - Italy
University of Minho (UMinho) - Portugal
RWTH Aachen University - Germany
BIP 2025 - agenda
BIP 2025 - guide