Earthquake Engineering

Modules shown are for the current academic year, and are subject to change depending on your year of entry.

All of our MSc courses last one calendar year, comprising two terms of taught material, assessed by examination and coursework, followed by a five-month period involving one or more design projects and/or a research dissertation.

All students undertake 12 modules: six in the autumn term, examined in January, and six in the spring term, examined after Easter. These modules include both core and elective material, enabling students to develop primary study themes.

Modules include:

• Design of bridges
• Finite element analysis
• Geotechnical earthquake engineering
• Geotechnical hazards
• Non-linear structural analysis
• Reinforced concrete I
• Reinforced concrete II
• Seismic design of concrete structures
• Seismic design of steel structures
• Steel components
• Structural analysis
• Structural dynamics
• Structural fire engineering
• Structural reliability
• Design project: dissertation

All of our MSc courses are also offered on a part-time basis. Methods of study may include:

• One day per week over three years
• One and a half days per week over two years
• Term release

The term release option normally involves attendance in the autumn term of one year and the spring term of a second year, but this may vary from one course to another, depending on your personal circumstances.

The dissertation is undertaken with regular guidance from a College supervisor, by private study or by arrangement at your place of employment. Please contact the relevant course director for details of the part-time arrangements for each course.