Civil Engineering BEng(Hons)

Why choose this course?

Civil engineers deal with the design and construction of roads, buildings, airports, tunnels, dams, bridges, water supply or sewage systems. This course, which enables you to progress and qualify as a chartered civil or structural engineer with ICE and IStructE, provides the opportunity to build a strong base of high-quality technical abilities together with good management and personal skills.

What will you study?

You will develop your skills in engineering science, materials, stress analysis, structures, engineering drawing and communication, mathematics, computing, civil engineering design, construction and sustainable issues. Civil engineering subjects include hydraulics, geotechnics, structures, surveying and project management. You will also learn about construction materials and will undertake an individual project as well as a major design exercise with your peers from the other civil engineering and construction courses.

BEng(Hons) Accredited CEng (Partial)

This degree is accredited by the Joint Board of Moderators, which includes the Institution of Civil Engineers and the Institution of Structural Engineers, under licence from the Engineering Council, as:

• fully satisfying the educational base for an Incorporated Engineer (IEng); and
• partially satisfying the educational base for a Chartered Engineer (CEng) – a programme of accredited further learning will be required to complete the educational base for CEng.

See www.jbm.org.uk for further information and details of further learning programmes for CEng.

Accreditation is a mark of assurance that the degree meets the standards set by the Engineering Council in the UK Standard for Professional Engineering Competence (UK-SPEC). Some employers recruit preferentially from accredited degrees, and an accredited degree is likely to be recognised by other countries that are signatories to international accords.

Please check the Engineering Council course search for more information.

Joe's experience

Third-year student Joe talks about the benefits of a year-long work placement.

Please note that this is an indicative list of modules and is not intended as a definitive list. Those listed here may also be a mixture of core and optional modules.

Year 1

• Engineering Mathematics 1
• Thermodynamics and Fluid Dynamics
• Stress Analysis, Structures and Dynamics
• Electrical/Electronic Engineering and Computing
• Engineering Materials
• Professional Practice
• Civil Engineering Construction
• Civil and Construction Design

Year 2

• Hydraulic Engineering 1
• Geotechnical Engineering 1
• Materials, Design and Procedures
• Engineering Surveying
• Engineering Mathematics 2
• Structural Engineering 1
• Project Engineering
• Engineering Computing

Year 3

• Structural Engineering 2
• Group Design
• Hydraulic Engineering 2
• Geotechnical Engineering 2
• Business Applications in Engineering/Entrepreneurship
• Individual Project

• Individual Project

  This project can cover any subject area related to the programme of study. A module project supervisor will provide guidance.

  The project will develop your ability to:

  • study a topic in depth, reviewing previous work in the same or allied fields;
  • apply analytical, experimental and computing skills to the solution of engineering problems;
  • collect, interpret and use data;
  • communicate clearly and succinctly orally, graphically and in writing; and
  • work independently.
  
   
• Water and Environmental Engineering OR
• Transportation and Highway Engineering