Civil and Structural Engineering MEng

The modules for this course can be found in the latest programme specification.

The programme is intended to enable graduates to develop the engineering, design, management, leadership, business and personal skills required to become professional Civil and/or Structural Engineers and in doing so, also equip them for careers in other professions.

Year 1

• Engineering Mathematics (20 credits) - core
  To develop mathematical knowledge, understanding and skills in fundamental topics of mathematics so that students can later build on these to describe, model, analyse and evaluate engineering problems using a range of mathematical techniques and appropriate software for calculations.
• Computer Aided Engineering (20 credits) - core
  To provide an appreciation of computer aided design, analysis and simulation methods over a range of engineering disciplines (Chemical, Civil, Mechanical and Medical) and to provide experience of the use of industry standard CAE tools through design, modelling, simulation, analysis of structures, processes, systems or components.
• Materials Technology & Structural Mechanics (20 credits) - core
  Provides an introduction to engineering materials and their properties, with particular reference to their manufacturing technology, selection and different industrial applications.
• Skills for Engineering (20 credits) - core
  The module is designed to provide a project based hands on team based module with integrates the learning from other modules during the first year.
• Surveying and Building Information Modelling (BIM) (20 credits) - core
  To provide practical experience in the use of surveying instruments and basic surveying techniques.
• Fluid Mechanics 1 (10 credits) - core
  To understand the basic concepts that describes the mechanical behaviour of fluids.
• Construction Materials (10 credits) - core
  Introduce basic concepts and develop an understanding of engineering properties of construction materials including geotechnical materials (soils, rocks) and structural construction materials (concrete, timber and masonry etc).

At the end of Year 1, students will be eligible to exit with the award of Certificate of Higher Education if they have successfully completed at least 120 credits and achieved the award learning outcomes.

Year 2

• Further Engineering Mathematics and Statistics (20 credits) - core
  To establish an appreciation and working knowledge of the premise that analytical (deterministic) and statistical tools are components of a larger integrated tool kit for addressing and evaluating multiple solutions to a variety of engineering-based problems.
• Steel and Concrete Design (20 credits) – core
  Using first principles and structural Eurocodes to design structural steelwork and concrete elements.
• Structural Mechanics & Analysis (20 credits) – core
  To evaluate the concepts of a general three-dimensional stress and strain state and to relate these concepts to the behaviour of actual materials and structural elements.
• Soil Mechanics (20 credits) – core
  To develop an understanding of the behaviour of soils, and the factors influencing their behaviour.
• Financial & Project Management (20 credits) – core
  Enable students to acquire a sound understanding of the financial and accounting principles, and apply these principles for decision making and control purposes in a commercial business environment.
• Fluid Mechanics 2 (10 credits) – core
  To examine the principles of fluid flow, with an emphasis on the analysis of flows that are common in engineering fields.
• Civil Design Project (10 credits) – core

At the end of Year 2, students will be eligible to exit with the award of Diploma of Higher Education if they have successfully completed at least 240 credits and achieved the award learning outcomes.

Year 3

• Project (30 credits) - core
• Six Sigma for Business Excellence (10 credits) – core
  The students will be able to acquire a deep understanding of the theories and practices of six sigma and associated quality assurance and management principles, and directly apply them to a variety of product and service industries.
• Transportation Studies (10 credits) – optional
  To critically evaluate the design of road junctions and links, policy formulation, with reference to needs, funding, forecasts and sustainability. To design and evaluate maintenance requirements of transport infrastructure.
• Open Channel Hydraulics (10 credits) – optional
  To understand general hydraulic principles of free surface flows and solve practical engineering problems related to free surface flows.
• Feasibility Study (20 credits) – core
  To develop solutions to civil engineering problems by a process of critical appraisal & review using information obtained from a reconnaissance survey and other sources.
• Geotechnical and Civil Engineering Design (20 credits) – core
  To extend the application of the fundamental principles of soil behaviour introduced in Soil Mechanics, with particular emphasis on analysis and design of foundation and earth retaining structures.
• Sustainability in the Built Environment (20 credits) – core
  To provide students with an understanding of the concepts, principles and assessment techniques of sustainable development in the built environment.
• Steel & Composite (10 credits) – core
  To introduce to students the concept of steel and composite design and their applications in engineering. To provide a basic means for design and analysis of steel and composite structures and to familiarise students with a range of typical processing techniques.

Students will be eligible to exit with the award of Ordinary Degree of Bachelor if they have successfully completed at least 300 credits and achieved the award learning outcomes.

Students will be eligible for the award of BEng Degree if they have successfully completed at least 360 credits and achieved the award learning outcomes.

Final year

• Advanced Design Project (30 credits) – core
  To enable the students to further develop their research and problem-solving skills to a high level by advanced work on a research project of their own design; to allow the students to further develop the skills of writing a formal, academic dissertation.
• Advanced Geotechnics (20 credits) – core
  To extend the application of the fundamental principles of soil behaviour introduced in Soil Mechanics 1 and Geotechnical and Civil Engineering Design modules.
• Construction Management (20 credits) – core
  To provide students with an understanding of the concepts and techniques of construction and project management with particular reference to their use in an engineering, design and technological organisational environment.
• Computational Fluid Dynamics (10 credits) – optional
  To understand fundamental principles of the advanced numerical simulations in hydrodynamics. There will be an emphasis on developing practical skills to build numerical models to simulate free surface flows in practical contexts.
• Design Optimisation (10 credits) – optional
  To establish an appreciation for the role of optimisation in modern engineering practice and to provide evidence for the premise that optimisation is one component of an integrated tool kit for addressing and evaluating multiple solutions to a variety of engineering-based problems.
• Structural Dynamics & Earthquake Engineering (20 credits) - core
• Sustainable Hydraulic Design (10 credits) - core
  To develop an understanding of the basic concepts of engineering hydrology such as rainfall measurements, rainfall run-off and flood estimation methods.
• Risk Management (10 credits) - optional
  Acquire a deep understanding of the concepts and principles of risk management and its interaction with other management activities, and directly apply them in a range of product and service industries.
• Engineering Computational Methods (10 credits) – optional
  To critically review the application of the Finite Element (FE) method as a tool for engineering analysis.

Students will be eligible for the award of MEng Degree if they have successfully completed at least 480 credits and achieved the award learning outcomes.