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Self evaluation report  RIGA TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY (RTU) FACULTY OF CONSTRUCTION RTU PROGRAM OF STUDIES “CIVIL ENGINEERING” PROFESSIONAL MASTER’S STUDIES SELF-ASSESSMENT REPORT RIGA, 2004 CONTENTS 1. StudiES program organizATION 3 CONDITION OF IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROGRAMM 2.1. Program target 3 2.2. Program tasks and results planned 4 2.3. Program implementation duration and amount 4 2.4. Education necessary for commencement of studies …4 2.5. Conformity of studies program with professional education standards 6 3. CONTENTS OF EDUCATION OFFERED 6 3.1. Amounts of program parts, distribution of their credit points 6 3.2. Specifics of Master’s work 7 3.3. Program realization 7 4. STUDENTS 9 5. ACADEMIC personNEL 11 ACADEMIC personNEL RESEARCH WORK …………………………12 7. GRADING SYSTEM 14 MATERIAL BASIS NECESSARY FOR ACQUISITION OF PROGRAM 14 9. ESTIMATION OF EXPENSES PER ONE MASTER ……………………………….15 INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON OF PROGRAM 15 11. SELF-ASSESSMENT – SVID ANALYSIS 16 12. INQUIRY RESULTS 17 13. PROPOSALS FOR WORK QUALITY IMPROVEMENT. 19  Organization of studies program Master’s professional studies in program “Civil engineering” have been started up according to RTU Senate resolution No. 477, April 28, 2003 (see in Appendix “RTU Senate resolution on introduction of program “Civil engineering”), by means of which there’s also approved such studies curriculum (“Appendix “Description of studies program and implementation”). Studies are realized in RTU Faculty of Construction. Within the program there are envisaged three specializations: in Civil buildings’ construction, in Building structures and reconstruction and in Construction works management – Contractor. Specialization is ensured by Building Engineering Institute of Faculty of Construction, Institute of Building Structures and Reconstruction, and Institute of Materials and building structures. Director of RTU Professional Mas