Civil and Structural 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 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 partner institutions overseas.

If you choose the MEng, BEng course, you’ll have an even wider selection of specialist optional modules, which are taught at Masters level and allow you to focus on topics that suit your interests and career plans. A final-year research project will allow you work on a specific area in depth under the guidance of your supervisor.

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

Optional modules

• Sustainable Engineering Solutions
• 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
• Structural Analysis 2
• Water Engineering
• Foundation Engineering Fundamentals
• Individual Research Project 1
• Integrated Design Project 3

Optional modules

• Construction Site Fieldcourse
• Management of Time, Cost and Quality in Projects
• Architectural History and Theory 3
• Transport Engineering II
• Introduction to Railway Engineering and Planning
• Wastewater Engineering
• Environmental Health Engineering in Developing Countries
• 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

• Funding for Projects
• Design and Management of Structures in Earthquake Zones
• Design Optimisation - MEng
• Advanced Concrete Design - MEng
• Deterioration and Maintenance of Concrete Structures (MEng)
• Solid Waste Management
• Advanced Steel and Composite Design
• Strategic Management in Construction
• Risk Management
• Management of Human Resources and Communications in Projects
• 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
• Deterioration and Maintenance of Pavements