Civil Engineering (with Geographic Information Science) MSc/PG Dip

The programme provides students with a strong academic background in a broad range of civil engineering topics and advanced skills in problem-solving, which are necessary for a successful career in the sector. This route will also offer you the opportunity to gain specialist knowledge in your chosen area of geographic information science and provide a clear path to a professional career in civil engineering.

Students undertake modules to the value of 180 credits.

The programme consists of four core modules including three specialist modules and one professional development module (60 credits), four optional modules (60 credits) and a research project (60 credits).

A Postgraduate Diploma, four core modules (60 credits), four optional modules (60 credits) is also offered.

• GIS Principles and Technology
• Principles of Spatial Analysis
• Web and Mobile GIS
• Project Management (Professional Development Module)

Students choose four from the following:

• Environmental Systems
• Roads and Underground Infrastructure
• Advanced Soil Mechanics
• Introduction to Seismic Design of Structures
• Water and Wastewater Treatment
• Offshore and Coastal Engineering
• Natural and Environmental Disasters
• Principles & Practices of Surveying
• Finite Element Modelling and Numerical Methods
• Urban Flooding and Drainage
• Structural Dynamics
• Data analysis
• GIS Principles & Technology
• Advanced Structural Analysis
• Applied Building Information Modelling
• Design and Analysis of Structural Systems
• Advanced Civil Engineering Materials
• Engineering Study of Rail Systems and Infrastructure
• Building Engineering Physics
• Financial Aspects of Project Engineering and Contracting

Please note: combinations of different modules will be determined by timetable constraints.

All students undertake an independent research project which culminates in a dissertation of 10,000–15,000 words.

The programme is delivered through lectures, tutorials, seminars, laboratory classes and field trips. The research project includes laboratory, computational or fieldwork depending on the nature of the project. Assessment is through examinations, coursework, project reports and the research project.