BEng (Hons) Civil Engineering Full Time

Bachelor's degree

In Bolton

£ 9,250 VAT inc.

Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Bolton

  • Duration

    3 Years

Civil engineering underpins the fabric of society, from roads, railways and airports, to glittering steel and glass skyscrapers and hotels, and life-saving water-management systems such as dams, flood defences and even sewers. If your goal is to innovate and improve infrastructure and amenities for communities, this course is designed to be excellent preparation for a range of civil engineering careers.

The BEng (Hons) Civil Engineering offers the opportunity to study and acquire the technological, vocational and personal skills you’ll need for a civil engineering career, while also serving as a comprehensive professional development programme for those already working in the profession. As well as having access to the necessary theoretical understanding and practical knowledge needed for a civil engineering role, you’ll also be able to learn and apply the principles of analysis and evaluation to civil engineering and construction-related problems.

To support this, we’ll give you ample opportunity to us our well-equipped materials, hydraulics, geotechnical and structures laboratories, plus access to an extensive range of the latest surveying equipment. We also have unique design studio facilities for you to use, featuring the latest CAD software and hardware.

Facilities

Location

Start date

Bolton (Greater Manchester)
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Deane Road, BL3 5AB

Start date

On request

About this course

The course is designed to help you achieve the technical knowledge to support a career as a civil, structural, geotechnical, hydraulic, or highway and transportation engineer – pretty much anywhere in the world. You have the chance to develop your understanding of designing, creating and building structures efficiently, and for making best use of available resources and techniques.

In addition to subject-specific knowledge and skills, you’ll have the opportunity to develop employability skills that include problem solving, analytical and research skills, critical thinking, creativity, communication, teamwork, commercial awareness, and health and safety.

What Can I Do With This Qualification?
Completing a civil engineering degree will prepare you for a career in the construction industry as well as in the wider business, management and financial sectors. Recent graduates have been employed by civil and structural engineering practices, local authorities, government agencies and civil engineering contractors.

Civil and structural engineers work on buildings of all kinds and transport and communication infrastructures. This can include bridges, roads, tunnels, canals and other large constructions. They also work for employers involved in the production, storage and distribution of electricity, gas and water. Opportunities are available with employers both in the UK and overseas.

Most new graduates who enter professional training with a civil engineering company continue to study part-time whilst working in order to achieve professional standards to become either a Chartered (CEng) or Incorporated (IEng) Engineer. It’s also possible to study a postgraduate Master’s course in Civil Engineering which further develops general skills and knowledge or specialist knowledge in a particular area, such as water management, earthquake engineering, maritime civil engineering and environmental engineering.

Your Level 3 subjects must include mathematics and a science subject; for instance, A-level Mathematics and Physics or BTEC Extended Diploma in Engineering or Construction (you should choose units in additional mathematics and analytical subjects such as structural mechanics or environmental science).

You should also have five GCSEs at grade C or above or grade 4 to 9 (or equivalent) including English, Mathematics and Science.

You may be required to attend an interview and/or provide a portfolio of work.

This degree is accredited as:
1) fully satisfying the educational base for an Incorporated Engineer (IEng), and
2) partially satisfying the educational base for a Chartered Engineer (CEng). A programme of accredited further learning will be required to complete the educational base for CEng.
See www.jbm.org.uk for further information and details of further learning programmes for CEng.

BEng (Hons) graduates can apply for Incorporated Engineer (IEng) professional status after the necessary practice in industry.

You’ll be encouraged to become a student member of the relevant Institution(s) and take part in local and regional activities, enabling you to network with potential employers.

Our friendly department of construction experts ensures your needs are in encouraging and supportive hands.
You’ll have access to the university’s unique design studio, which has the latest CAD software and hardware, and an impressive range of other specialist facilities.
This is a flexible and hands-on education, designed to provide valuable context to your studies and prime you for career progression.

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Subjects

  • IT
  • Engineering
  • Civil Engineering
  • Industry
  • Construction Training
  • Construction
  • Management
  • IT Management
  • GCSE Mathematics
  • Technology
  • Surveying
  • Mathematics
  • Skills and Training
  • Design
  • Construction Materials
  • Materials
  • Full Time
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Course programme

Modules

Modules listed below are a mixture of compulsory and optional. You may not have the opportunity to study all the modules as part of the course.
  • Mathematics and Structural Design
  • Mathematics and Structural Analysis
  • Site Surveying and Site Practice
  • Ground and Water Studies 1
  • Construction and Materials Technology 1
  • Communications Technology
  • Research Methods and Professional Practice
  • Highway Design and Control
  • Ground and Water Studies 2
  • Engineering Mathematics and Structures
  • Construction and Materials Technology 2
  • Construction Management
  • Water Engineering and the Environment
  • Transport Studies
  • Structural Planning
  • Project and Environmental Management
  • Professional Development Module
  • Construction Management
  • Concrete Technology and Practice
  • Advanced Surveying Procedures
  • Interdisciplinary Project
  • Geotechnical Engineering and Ground Improvement
  • Dissertation
  • Advanced Structural Analysis and Design
Teaching, Learning And Assessment

A significant proportion of your study experiences will mirror industry scenarios and conditions. For example, you’ll take on an interdisciplinary group project in your final year, which is designed to simulate a construction project from inception to completion. Throughout the project, you’ll effectively be a civil engineer, working within a team of other construction specialists.

Civil engineering being such a diverse and multi-faceted role, we’ve made sure we use a wide range of teaching and learning methods to help you acquire the appropriate concepts, knowledge and skills for success. While you’ll have plenty of opportunities to learn directly from tutors and technicians during timetabled classes, practical work and tutorials, you’ll also be expected to allocate significant time to independent and self-directed studies. For example, we recommend you plan and commit to background reading, revisiting practical work, attending lectures and technical reviews provided by professional bodies, preparing for seminars, working on assignments and revising for exams. That said, we’re here to guide and support you, so we’ll gladly help you devise an independent study regime that should support your success.

The course offer site visits, which provide an excellent opportunity to view state-of-the-art projects and see how your newly discovered insights and knowledge apply. You can also benefit from individual and small-group tutorial sessions and group study sessions, where you can share and develop ideas and consolidate your learning.

We assess your individual performance through a strategic blend of practical work, exams, essays, presentations, laboratory write-ups and other assignments. Course assessments are both ‘formative’ and ‘summative’. Formative assessments comprise tailored feedback to support your individual learning and development needs, and do not contribute directly to your marks for each module in the way that summative assessments do. They do, however, help you build on your strengths and overcome any weaknesses, and contribute to your overall success.

Disclaimer

The university will use all reasonable endeavours to deliver your course as described in its published material and the programme specification for the academic year in which you begin your course. Please be aware that our courses are subject to review on an ongoing basis. The content of course modules and mode of associated assessments may be updated on an annual basis. This is to ensure that all modules are up to date and responsive to employment and sector needs. The published course material and the programme specification contain indicative ‘optional modules’ that may be subject to change due to circumstances outside of our control. For this reason we cannot guarantee to run any specific optional module.

Additional information

International Fees - £12,450

BEng (Hons) Civil Engineering Full Time

£ 9,250 VAT inc.