Civil Engineering

This BEng covers all the major fields of civil engineering (structures, geotechnics, fluids, design, transport studies, surveying and materials) with residential field trips throughout. Students will choose a minor engineering subject topic from a broad range offered, including aerospace, environmental engineering, sustainable building design, programming and finance.

In each year of your degree you will take a number of individual modules, normally valued at 0.5 or 1.0 credits, adding up to a total of 4.0 credits for the year. Modules are assessed in the academic year in which they are taken. The balance of compulsory and optional modules varies from programme to programme and year to year. A 1.0 credit is considered equivalent to 15 credits in the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS).

Year one develops the theoretical basis of civil engineering and is structured around a series of real-world engineering problems (scenarios), intended to put your acquired knowledge into practice. You will share classes in mathematics and professional skills with other engineering students, and take part in two interdisciplinary engineering challenges. At the end of year one, there is a two-week residential field trip to Wales for surveying, stream gauging and a dam visit.

In year two core civil engineering knowledge is developed further and you will also choose a minor engineering subject from a wide range. At the end of this year there is a residential field trip to the National Construction College for a Constructionarium week.

Study of your minor subject continues into the final year, where you will also take compulsory advanced core modules and complete a substantial research project.

This degree is part of the Integrated Engineering Programme (IEP), a teaching framework that engages students in specialist and interdisciplinary activities designed to create well-rounded graduates with a strong grasp of the fundamentals of their discipline and a broad understanding of the complexity and context of engineering problems. Students register for a core discipline, but also engage in activities that span departments so the development of fundamental technical knowledge takes place alongside specialist and interdisciplinary research-based projects and professional skills. This creates degrees encouraging professional development, with an emphasis on design and challenging students to apply knowledge to complex problems.

A levels

Grades

A*AA-AAA

Subjects

No specific subjects.

GCSEs

English Language at grade C. Mathematics and Physics (or Double Award) at grade A if not offered at A level.

IB Diploma

Points

38-39

Subjects

A score of 18-19 points in three higher level subjects, with no score lower than 5. Physics must be offered at either higher or standard level.

The English language level for this programme is: Standard