Bachelor of Engineering in Spatial Management
About the program
Spatial Management offered at KUE is an interdisciplinary first-cycle engineering degree, delivered over 7 semesters in accordance with Polish regulations for undergraduate engineering degrees.
The entire degree is delivered in Polish.
The program combines elements of economics, geography, urban planning, architecture, sociology, spatial planning and public policy, which allows students to gain comprehensive knowledge in the field of spatial development. The main goal of the BEng in Spatial Management is to study and shape spatial development processes, i.e. the way in which cities, regions, countries function and develop. Studies on KUE degrees are focused on the economic aspects of spatial management and space management, and graduates of this program are highly valued on the labor market.
Employment opportunities
Graduates of BEng in Spatial Management can find employment in various institutions and companies related to spatial planning, public investments, real estate market, regional policy and land development. They can work in public administration at various levels (e.g. in city and commune/parish offices, provinces, ministries), as well as in consulting industry providing services in the field of spatial and investment planning. An academic career is also possible.
Program strengths
Core strengths center on interdisciplinarity, practicality, flexibility, development and career opportunities.
The studies prepare specialists in shaping the spatial organization of socio-economic development, including:
- Design of public spaces,
- Constructing strategic development programming in territorial units,
- Resource management and spatial development forecasting based on specialized models,
- Ise of IT tools in the field of design, GIS analysis and modeling of economic processes.
Currently offered specialties
Spatial Planning and Engineering – this specialty focuses on the design and management of space, taking into account both technical and social aspects. Students gain knowledge in the field of urban planning, landscape architecture, construction, transport and communication, spatial information systems, infrastructure management and law.
Entry requirements
High school diploma, and completion of high school exams in:
- First subject: foreign language
- Second subject (optional): geography, history, Polish language, mathematics, social studies
Competition for places is points-based, with a maximum of 200 points to be gained (100 from each high school exam subject).
Detailed program information
The curriculum information shown below is provided for information purposes. The newest degree curriculum for the upcoming educational cycle is available IN POLISH in the KUE Recruitment Portal.
Program Curriculum
| Bachelor of Engineering in Spatial Management | ||||||
| 3.5-year, 7-semester program (1 speciality) | ||||||
| Sem. | Subject | Subject type | Total Hours | Lectures | Seminar / labs | ECTS |
| 1 | World Economic geography | Core / General | 45 | 30 | 15 | 6 |
| History of urban planning | Core / General | 30 | 15 | 15 | 4 | |
| Foreign language 1.1 | Core / General | 30 | 30 | 0 | 2 | |
| Foreign Language 2.1 | Core / General | 30 | 30 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mathematics | Core / General | 45 | 15 | 30 | 6 | |
| Microeconomics | Core / General | 30 | 15 | 15 | 7 | |
| Information technologies in spatial planning | Core / General | 45 | 0 | 45 | 5 | |
| Physical education | Core / General | 30 | 0 | 30 | 0 | |
| 285 | 135 | 150 | 32 | |||
| 2 | Geospatial Data Infrastructure / Data sources and types | Elective | 45 | 15 | 30 | 5 |
| Foreign language 1.2 | Core / General | 30 | 30 | 0 | 2 | |
| Foreign Language 2.2 | Core / General | 30 | 30 | 0 | 2 | |
| Landscape in socio-cultural perspective / Axiological aspects of development | Elective | 30 | 30 | 0 | 3 | |
| Macroeconomics | Core / General | 45 | 30 | 15 | 7 | |
| Fundamentals of spatial management | Core / General | 25 | 25 | 0 | 4 | |
| Fundamentals of computer modeling and terrain visualization | Core / General | 40 | 0 | 40 | 5 | |
| Fundamentals of management | Core / General | 30 | 15 | 15 | 4 | |
| Physical education | Core / General | 30 | 0 | 30 | 0 | |
| 305 | 175 | 130 | 32 | |||
| 3 | Engineering graphics and geometric design | Core / General | 45 | 45 | 0 | 5 |
| Foreign language 1.3 | Core / General | 30 | 30 | 0 | 2 | |
| Foreign Language 2.3 | Core / General | 30 | 30 | 0 | 2 | |
| Socio-economic cartography | Core / General | 40 | 10 | 30 | 5 | |
| Spatial planning I | Core / General | 55 | 30 | 25 | 6 | |
| Spatial planning I (Field activities) | Core / General | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Construction law | Core / General | 15 | 15 | 0 | 4 | |
| Local government | Core / General | 25 | 25 | 0 | 4 | |
| Statistics | Core / General | 45 | 15 | 30 | 4 | |
| 290 | 200 | 90 | 32 | |||
| 4 | Economics of cities and regions | Core / General | 30 | 30 | 0 | 3 |
| Foreign language 1.4 | Core / General | 30 | 30 | 0 | 3 | |
| Foreign Language 2.4 | Core / General | 30 | 30 | 0 | 3 | |
| Methods of spatial analysis | Core / General | 55 | 25 | 30 | 5 | |
| Spatial planning II | Core / General | 45 | 15 | 30 | 6 | |
| Spatial planning II (Field activities) | Core / General | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fundamentals of geodesy | Specialty | 40 | 10 | 30 | 5 | |
| Professional practice (120h) | Practice | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Natural determinants of space management / Urban physiography | Elective | 45 | 15 | 30 | 4 | |
| 285 | 165 | 120 | 33 | |||
| 5 | Construction | Specialty | 40 | 10 | 30 | 4 |
| Fundamentals of real estate valuation and management / Selected elements of the real estate market | Elective | 40 | 15 | 25 | 3 | |
| Design of transport systems / Transport and communication infrastructure | Elective | 30 | 15 | 15 | 3 | |
| Urban design I | Specialty | 45 | 15 | 30 | 5 | |
| Urban Design I (Field Activities) | Specialty | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Engineering Diploma Seminar | Diploma | 15 | 15 | 0 | 4 | |
| Regional development strategies | Specialty | 55 | 25 | 30 | 3 | |
| Geographic information systems I | Specialty | 45 | 15 | 30 | 4 | |
| Principles of engineering design | Specialty | 40 | 0 | 40 | 4 | |
| 315 | 115 | 200 | 30 | |||
| 6 | Economic aspects of space management / Financial aspects of spatial planning | Elective | 40 | 15 | 25 | 3 |
| Management in protected areas / Use and development of protected areas | Elective | 40 | 15 | 25 | 3 | |
| Monitoring of rural development / Sustainable rural development | Elective | 40 | 15 | 25 | 3 | |
| Fundamentals of land management | Specialty | 40 | 10 | 30 | 3 | |
| Design of technical infrastructure | Specialty | 60 | 15 | 45 | 4 | |
| Urban Design II | Specialty | 60 | 15 | 45 | 5 | |
| Revitalization of degraded complexes / Revitalization of cities and non-urban areas | Elective | 40 | 15 | 25 | 3 | |
| Engineering Diploma Seminar | Diploma | 15 | 15 | 0 | 3 | |
| Geographic Information Systems II | Specialty | 30 | 30 | 0 | 3 | |
| 365 | 145 | 220 | 30 | |||
| 7 | Landscaping / Landscaping and environmental protection | Elective | 45 | 15 | 30 | 4 |
| Ecologistics of settlement networks / Municipal waste management | Elective | 50 | 15 | 35 | 5 | |
| Impact of engineering investments on the environment / Environmental monitoring | Elective | 30 | 15 | 15 | 4 | |
| Social participation in development management | Specialty | 30 | 15 | 15 | 4 | |
| Engineering Diploma Seminar | Diploma | 30 | 30 | 0 | 5 | |
| Sociology of the city | Specialty | 25 | 25 | 0 | 4 | |
| Management of engineering projects / Planning and organization of engineering works | Elective | 45 | 15 | 30 | 4 | |
| 255 | 130 | 125 | 30 | |||
| Degree total | 2100 | 1065 | 1035 | 219 | ||
Program Intended Learning Outcomes
| Degree Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs) | |||
| ILO Code | ILO category | Competence | KUE Code |
| WG-ST1-GI-K01-22/23Z | Social | The graduate is ready to critically evaluate their knowledge and recognize the importance of knowledge in solving cognitive and practical problems in the field of spatial management; | P6S_KK |
| WG-ST1-GI-K02-22/23Z | Social | The graduate is ready to fulfill social obligations, initiate activities for the benefit of the public interest, in particular participate in the preparation and implementation of socio-economic projects, anticipating the multidirectional effects of their implementation; | P6S_KO |
| WG-ST1-GI-K03-22/23Z | Social | The graduate is ready to think and act in an entrepreneurial manner and skillfully weigh private interests with public goals in space management; | P6S_KO |
| WG-ST1-GI-K04-22/23Z | Social | The graduate is ready to cooperate in teams and assume various roles in them and resolve social conflicts taking into account the opinions of specialists from other disciplines; | P6S_KO |
| WG-ST1-GI-K05-22/23Z | Social | The graduate is ready to perform professional roles responsibly, being aware of the need to comply with ethics and professional integrity and to demand it from others. | P6S_KR |
| WG-ST1-GI-U01-22/23Z | Skills | The graduate is able to correctly identify and interpret socio-economic phenomena and mutual relations between them – in particular those phenomena that are related to spatial management; | P6S_UW |
| WG-ST1-GI-U02-22/23Z | Skills | The graduate is able to apply basic knowledge in the field of techniques and technologies of space visualization, as well as graphic and cartographic presentation of space and phenomena occurring in it; | P6S_UW |
| WG-ST1-GI-U03-22/23Z | Skills | The graduate is able to analyze phenomena and complex processes occurring in various spheres of spatial management along with the accompanying technical solutions, in particular he is able to formulate his own opinions and make the right selection of data and analysis methods; | P6S_UW |
| WG-ST1-GI-U04-22/23Z | Skills | The graduate is able to make an initial economic analysis of the proposed solutions and engineering activities undertaken; | P6S_UW |
| WG-ST1-GI-U05-22/23Z | Skills | The graduate is able to formulate a specification of simple engineering tasks and design a simple device, object, system in the field of spatial management, using appropriate methods, techniques and tools; | P6S_UW |
| WG-ST1-GI-U06-22/23Z | Skills | The graduate is able to use language skills consistent with the requirements specified for level B2 of the European Framework of Reference for Education; | P6S_UK |
| WG-ST1-GI-U07-22/23Z | Skills | The graduate is able to plan and properly organize individual work and the work of the team, correctly assigning its members appropriate roles; | P6S_UO |
| WG-ST1-GI-U08-22/23Z | Skills | The graduate is able to independently plan and implement their own education process | P6S_UU |
| WG-ST1-GI-W01-22/23Z | Knowledge | The graduate knows and understands the theory and general methodology of research in the field of scientific disciplines relevant to the field of spatial management covering key issues of spatial management, including economic theory, spatial planning, urban planning, shaping the natural environment and spatial and regional policy along with its historical, geographical and social determinants; | P6S_WG |
| WG-ST1-GI-W02-22/23Z | Knowledge | The graduate knows and understands the relationships between the achievements of spatial management and natural sciences and the possibilities of their use in socio-economic life and spatial planning, taking into account the rational use of components of the natural environment; also knows the basics of revitalization of degraded areas, the principles of landscape architecture design and the basics of planning and design of technical infrastructure and its impact on the environment; | P6S_WG |
| WG-ST1-GI-W03-22/23Z | Knowledge | The graduate knows and understands technologies using scientific achievements in disciplines relevant to the field of spatial management, in particular: knows the methods, tools and techniques of obtaining and processing data appropriate for spatial management and has knowledge in the field of visualization, creation and analysis of computer images of space along with the principles of recording and reading planning and geodetic drawings; has knowledge of the basics of construction and engineering design; | P6S_WG |
| WG-ST1-GI-W04-22/23Z | Knowledge | The graduate knows and understands ethical and legal conditions related to scientific, didactic and implementation activities in the field of study spatial management, including its legal, organizational and technical conditions; also has a general knowledge of the different types of social structures and institutions (cultural, political, legal, economic), their essential elements, as well as the types of social ties and their historical evolution; | P6S_WK |
| WG-ST1-GI-W05-22/23Z | Knowledge | The graduate knows and understands the general principles of creating and developing forms of individual entrepreneurship and has basic knowledge about shaping the image of a local government unit. | P6S_W |
Program Intended Learning Outcomes Matrix
| Subject | Knowledge | Skills | Social | |||||||||||||||
| W03 | W05 | W04 | W01 | W02 | U03 | U01 | U02 | U04 | U05 | U06 | U07 | U08 | K01 | K02 | K03 | K04 | K05 | |
| Axiological aspects of development | X | X | X | |||||||||||||||
| Landscaping | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||||||||||
| Construction | X | X | X | |||||||||||||||
| Ecologistics of settlement networks | X | X | X | X | ||||||||||||||
| Economic aspects of space management | X | X | X | X | ||||||||||||||
| Economics of cities and regions | ||||||||||||||||||
| Financial aspects of spatial planning | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||||||||||||
| Urban physiography | ||||||||||||||||||
| Economic geography | X | X | X | |||||||||||||||
| Municipal waste management | X | X | X | |||||||||||||||
| Management in protected areas | X | X | X | X | X | |||||||||||||
| Engineering graphics and geometric design | X | X | X | X | X | |||||||||||||
| History of urban planning | X | X | X | X | ||||||||||||||
| Geospatial Data Infrastructure | X | X | X | |||||||||||||||
| Transport and communication infrastructure | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||||||||||||
| English | X | X | X | X | ||||||||||||||
| French | X | X | X | |||||||||||||||
| Spanish | X | X | X | X | ||||||||||||||
| German | X | X | X | |||||||||||||||
| Russian | X | X | X | X | X | |||||||||||||
| Italian | X | X | X | X | X | |||||||||||||
| Socio-economic cartography | X | X | X | |||||||||||||||
| Landscape in a socio-cultural perspective | X | X | X | |||||||||||||||
| Shaping and protecting the environment | X | X | X | X | X | |||||||||||||
| Macroeconomics | X | X | X | X | ||||||||||||||
| Mathematics | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||||||||||
| Methods of spatial analysis | ||||||||||||||||||
| Microeconomics | X | X | X | |||||||||||||||
| Monitoring of rural development | X | X | X | |||||||||||||||
| Environmental monitoring | X | X | X | X | X | |||||||||||||
| Environmental impact of engineering investments | X | X | X | X | X | |||||||||||||
| Social participation in development management | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||||||||||
| Planning and organization of engineering works | X | X | X | |||||||||||||||
| Spatial planning I | X | X | X | X | ||||||||||||||
| Spatial planning II | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||||||||||
| Basics of geodesy | X | X | X | |||||||||||||||
| Basics of spatial management | X | X | X | |||||||||||||||
| Basics of land management | X | X | X | X | ||||||||||||||
| Basics of computer modeling and terrain visualization | X | X | X | |||||||||||||||
| Basics of real estate valuation and management | ||||||||||||||||||
| Management basics | X | X | X | X | X | |||||||||||||
| Internship 120 hours | X | X | X | |||||||||||||||
| Construction law | X | X | X | X | X | |||||||||||||
| Design of technical infrastructure | X | X | X | X | X | |||||||||||||
| Design of transport systems | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||||||||||||
| Urban design I | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||||||||||
| Urban Design II | X | X | X | |||||||||||||||
| Natural determinants of space management | ||||||||||||||||||
| Regeneration of cities and non-urban areas | X | X | X | |||||||||||||||
| Revitalization of relegated teams | X | X | X | |||||||||||||||
| Local government | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||||||||||||
| Engineering Seminar No. 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Engineering Seminar No. 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Engineering Seminar No. 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sociology of the city | ||||||||||||||||||
| Statistics | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||||||||||||
| Regional development strategies | ||||||||||||||||||
| GIS I geographic information systems | X | X | X | |||||||||||||||
| GIS II Geographic Information Systems | X | X | X | X | ||||||||||||||
| Information technologies in spatial planning | X | X | X | |||||||||||||||
| Use and development of protected areas | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||||||||||||
| World Economic geography | X | X | X | X | ||||||||||||||
| Selected elements of the real estate market | ||||||||||||||||||
| Physical education | X | X | X | X | ||||||||||||||
| Engineering Project Management | X | X | X | |||||||||||||||
| Principles of engineering design | X | X | X | |||||||||||||||
| Sustainable rural development | ||||||||||||||||||
| Data sources and types | X | X | X | |||||||||||||||