Civil and Environmental Engineering MEng, BEng

All degree courses within the School share a common first year of six compulsory modules. These expose you to the diversity within civil engineering and provide a firm basis on which to specialise in later years – as well as giving you the flexibility to switch between these courses.
In the first two years you’ll gain a thorough understanding of the fundamental subjects that underpin civil engineering and the materials and methods available to civil engineers in different contexts. You’ll build skills in structural design and analysis as well as engineering mathematics and modelling techniques, learn about the properties of a wide range of materials and put your knowledge in the context of architectural theory and history. You’ll also choose optional modules in Year 2 to explore your interests and help you decide what you might choose to focus on in later years.

You’ll benefit from a greater variety of optional modules in Year 3, allowing you to focus on topics such as building physics, transport, railway or public health engineering. Core modules will help you to enhance and refine your skills in structural analysis and design, as well as building your knowledge of key topics like water engineering and foundation engineering and allowing you to complete a substantial research project. You may also choose to spend this year studying at one of our many partner institutions in Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Singapore and the USA.

If you choose the MEng and continue into Year 4, you’ll have greater freedom in your choice of modules. You could focus on water resource management or the role of civil engineering in responding to major emergencies like natural disasters. You’ll also work alongside your supervisor on an individual research project, allowing you to focus on an engineering problem in depth and apply the skills you’ve gained.


Modules

Year 1

Compulsory modules

• Architecture and Environment
• Engineering Surveying and Construction Technology
• Structural Design and Analysis
• Properties of Materials: Water, Soil, Steel and Timber
• Engineering Mathematics and Modelling 1
• Integrated Design Project 1 (inc Design Studio 1)

Year 2
Compulsory modules

• Structural Design 1
• Sustainable Engineering Solutions
• Civil Engineering Materials II
• Structural Analysis 1
• Water Engineering and Geotechnics
• Engineering Mathematics and Modelling 2
• Integrated Design Project 2

Optional modules

• Architectural History and Theory 2
• Highway Engineering
• Building Physics 1: Fundamental Principles
• Introduction to Project Management
• Transport Planning and Modelling

Year 3
Compulsory modules

• Structural Design 2
• Water Engineering
• Wastewater Engineering
• Environmental Health Engineering in Developing Countries
• Foundation Engineering Fundamentals
• Individual Research Project 1
• Integrated Design Project 3

Optional modules

• Construction Site Fieldcourse
• Architectural History and Theory 3
• Transport Engineering II10 credits
• Introduction to Railway Engineering and Planning
• Structural Analysis 2
• Computational Methods for Civil Engineering
• Building Physics 2: Services Design
• Engineering Geology

Year 4

• Compulsory modules
• Individual Research Project 2
• Integrated Design Project 4

Optional modules

• Solid Waste Management
• Advanced Steel and Composite Design
• Water Resource Management
• Water Supply
• Groundwater Pollution and Contaminated Land
• Engineering in Emergencies - MEng
• Geotechnical Engineering
• Advanced Structural Analysis
• Circular Economy and Resource Recovery from Waste