Civil Engineering, MEng (Hons), with industry placement

Course summary

Civil engineering is essential to the sustainable future development of society, from planning and construction, to water supply and coastal defence. You’ll develop the skills to design and build creative solutions to challenges in the built environment, infrastructure and cities, and the management and teamwork skills needed to succeed in industry. In the first two years, you'll develop a solid grounding in the fundamental engineering science, as well as the basis of civil engineering. You'll be introduced to key design skills, such as sketching model-making and computing, through workshops and through design projects.In your third year you'll explore highway and traffic engineering, and structural stability and geotechnics in more depth, and do an individual project. In your final year, you'll focus on design, management and teamwork and work on a master's level group design project.The Industrial Placement Year is an additional year-long module that allows you to apply for a placement with an engineering-based organisation. During your year-long placement, you will fulfil the role of a trainee engineer on a full-time basis.

Year 1: An Introduction to Engineering Design; Civil Engineering fundamentals; Mathematics for Engineering and the Environment I; ThermoFluids; Mechanics, Structures and Materials. Year 2: Liveable Cities; Structural Analysis; Mathematics for Engineering and the Environment II; Structural Design; City Infrastructure Design Project; Soil Mechanics; Hydraulics; Numerical Methods. Year 3: Design 3, Individual Project, Structural Stability and Finite Element Analysis, Geotechnical Engineering. Year 4: Group Design Project; Project Economics and Management plus additional advanced module options.