Business cooperation

Cooperation with the community and the economy is one of the fundamental tasks of the Strategy of the University of Rijeka. Also, according to the Statute, the Faculty performs one of its tasks through the transfer of knowledge, i.e. through cooperation with the community and the economy.

Knowledge transfer is achieved through a number of activities:

• development of studies, plans, conceptual solutions and expertise,
• design, auditing and control of projects,
• professional supervision and consulting in the construction of facilities,
• court expertise,
• professional affairs of urban and spatial planning,
• laboratory, field and model tests,
• testing of structures and materials,
• geological, hydrogeological, engineering geological and geotechnical tests,
• computer modeling and simulations,
• professional tasks of environmental protection (preparation of an environmental impact study, preparation of expert bases and studies related to environmental protection) etc.

In addition to the importance of realized income from knowledge transfer, the experience gained through professional work of Faculty teachers, especially younger employees, research novices and assistants, who can share their experiences with students in their courses. Also, through cooperation with the economy, classes are realized on construction sites within the course Professional Practice and Field Work. Since the academic year 2009/2010 at the university graduate study of Civil Engineering, part of the student diploma theses is prepared through the cooperation of the Faculty and local government units or economic entities.

During the preparation of the diploma thesis, the student stays in an institution or company, solving a specific problem with the mentorship of both teachers and experts. At the normative-administrative level, the Ordinance on the manner of use and distribution of revenues generated on the market from the Faculty’s activities was adopted in 2007 and administrative procedures were established to assist and support in performing professional work. Cooperation also takes place through guest lectures by experts from the economy, organized expert visits to construction sites and laboratories, through a professional training program and joint professional projects.