Civil Engineering

Description

Our professionally accredited Civil Engineering MEng Honours degree includes an additional year of Master's level study, which deepens your knowledge and provides the basis for registering as a Chartered Engineer.

You'll learn about the infrastructure that underpins our quality of life, and develop a strong understanding of how society might address global challenges such as climate change, population growth and resource scarcity.

During the fourth year you develop your research skills through an investigative research project. You also have the opportunity to specialise in:

• environmental engineering
• geotechnical engineering
• transport engineering
• water resource engineering

Newcastle is a UK top 10 university for civil engineering, with excellent facilities and a design-intensive approach, leading to our high graduate employability.

Quality and ranking

Newcastle is ranked in the top 10 UK universities for civil engineering in The Complete University Guide 2015 and The Times/Sunday Times Good University Guide 2014.

We also achieved an overall student satisfaction score of 90% in the 2013 National Student Survey.

Civil and Structural Engineering at Newcastle ranks in the top 200 universities in the world in theQS World University Rankings by Subject 2014.

Detailed Course Facts

Application deadline January 15 Tuition fee

• GBP 9000 Year (EEA)
• GBP 15490 Year (Non-EEA)

Start date September 2015 Credits (ECTS) 240 ECTS
Duration full-time 48 months Languages Take an IELTS test

• English

Delivery mode On Campus Educational variant Full-time Intensity Flexible

Course Content

Our degrees are divided into Stages. Each Stage lasts for an academic year and you need to complete modules totalling 120 credits by the end of each Stage.

Please be aware that programme modules do change and therefore may differ for your year of entry.

Stage 1

Compulsory modules

• CEG1001 Design of Sustainable Engineering Systems 1
• CEG1003 Human System Demands and Impacts
• CEG1101 Environmental Systems
• CEG1201 Geotechnical Properties of Soils and Rocks
• CEG1302 Structural Mechanics
• CEG1303 Engineering Materials
• CEG1501 Fluid Mechanics
• CEG1709 Engineering Surveying 1
• CEG1710 Geographic Information Systems
• ENG1001 Engineering Mathematics 1

Stage 2

Compulsory modules

• CEG2001 Design of Sustainable Engineering Systems 2
• CEG2002 Statistics and Numerical Methods for Civil Engineers
• CEG2101 Treatment of Water and Wastewater
• CEG2201 Geotechnics
• CEG2301 Structural Analysis
• CEG2302 Steel and Concrete Structures
• CEG2303 Construction Materials
• CEG2401 Land Traffic and Highways
• CEG2501 Hydraulics
• CEG2712 Engineering Surveying 2

Stage 3

Compulsory modules

• CEG3001 Design of Sustainable Engineering Systems 3
• CEG3002 Construction Management
• CEG3003 Engineering Ethics and Sustainability
• CEG3004 Sustainable Engineering Systems Design Project
• CEG3201 Geotechnical Design
• CEG3301 Design of Building Systems
• CEG3305 Computational Engineering Analysis
• CEG3401 Design of Transport Infrastructure
• CEG3503 Hydrosystems Engineering

Stage 4

Compulsory modules

• CEG8002 Construction Project Management
• CEG8003 Public Policy and Sustainability
• CEG8099 Investigative Research Project

Optional modules

You take 20 credits of optional modules from the following list:

• CEG8004 Enterprise for Construction
• CEG8005 Global Engineering - An International Design and Build Challenge
• NCL8007 Career Development for Masters Level Students

You take modules from one of the following subject areas:

Environmental Engineering

• CEG8105 Solid Waste Management
• CEG8107 Environmental Engineering for Developing Countries
• CEG8405 Air Pollution
• CEG8608 Contaminated Land

Geotechnical Engineering

• CEG8202 Ground Investigation
• CEG8204 Ground Improvement Techniques
• CEG8205 Soil Modelling and Numerical Methods
• CEG8608 Contaminated Land

Transport Engineering

• CEG8409 Traffic and Environment Management for Sustainability
• CEG8410 Road Safety
• CEG8421 Traffic Flow and Control
• CEG8422 Intelligent Transport Systems

Water Resources Engineering

• CEG8505 Climate Change: Earth System, Future Scenarios and Threats
• CEG8511 Groundwater Assessment
• CEG8512 Integrated River Basin Management
• CEG8515 Modelling of Floods

English Language Requirements

IELTS band : 6 TOEFL iBT® test : 90

To study at this university, you have to speak English. We advice you to

take an IELTS test. More About IELTS

Requirements

All candidates are considered on an individual basis.

If your qualifications are not listed here, please see our additional entry requirements pages to find out which other qualifications are considered.

If you dont have the right mathematics and/or science qualifications for direct entry, please see our Foundation Year information below.

- A Levels

AAB including Mathematics and preferably Physics or other scientific subjects, but excluding General Studies and Critical Thinking. GCSE Physics or Dual Award Science (minimum grade B) required if not offered at A or AS level.

- Scottish Qualifications

AAB at Advanced Higher including Mathematics and preferably Physics or other scientific subjects. Higher Physics required at grade B if not offered at Advanced Higher.

- International Baccalaureate

35 points with Mathematics and preferably Physics at Higher Level grade 6 or above. Physics required at Standard Level grade 6 or above if not offered at Higher Level.

- Irish Leaving Certificate

Candidates will normally only be considered for Foundation Year entry. All applications will be considered on an individual basis.

- Access Qualifications

Please see BEng entrance requirements. Accrediting body requirements will sometimes mean that students may only be considered for entry to BEng.

- BTEC Level 5 HND

Overall Distinction grades with Distinctions in mathematics and science units. Units must include both Analytical Methods and Further Analytical Methods or equivalent. Students studying the HND outside of the UK, and who have studied subjects corresponding in syllabus and level to Stage 1 of the degree and with Distinction in Mathematics and other engineering subjects, may be considered for Stage 2 entry.

- BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma (formerly BTEC National Diploma)

Candidates will be considered for Foundation Year entry only. Please see Engineering with Foundation Year for specific entrance requirements.

- Cambridge Pre-U

D3, D3, M2 in Principal Subjects including Mathematics and preferably Physics. GCSE Physics or Dual Award Science (minimum grade B) required if not offered at a higher level.

- PARTNERS - A Levels

ABB-BBB including Mathematics and preferably Physics, but excluding General Studies and Critical Thinking. Preference will be given to applicants with mathematical or science-based A levels. GCSE Physics or Dual Award Science (minimum grade B) required if not offered at A or AS level.

The PARTNERS Programme is Newcastle Universitys supported entry route for students from identified schools and colleges. Find out more about the PARTNERS Programme.

- PARTNERS - BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma (formerly BTEC National Diploma)

Candidates will be considered for Foundation Year entry only. Please see Engineering with Foundation Year for specific entrance requirements.

The PARTNERS Programme is Newcastle Universitys supported entry route for students from identified schools and colleges. Find out more about the PARTNERS Programme.

- Foundation Year

If you dont have the right mathematics and/or science qualifications for direct entry, you can take a Civil Engineering Foundation Year:

• Civil Engineering with Foundation Year BEng Honours (H201)
• Civil Engineering with Foundation Year MEng Honours (H291)

This will provide you with the knowledge you need to progress to one of our three- or four-year Civil Engineering degrees.

- English Language Requirements

For this degree you will need a minimum score of IELTS 6.5 or equivalent.

Visit our International Students webpages to find out more about our English language admission requirements and English language support courses offered by INTO Newcastle University.

- International Foundation Programmes

If you are an international student and you do not meet the academic and English language requirements specified above, you should consider a preparation course at INTO Newcastle University, which will help to prepare you for study on this degree course. INTO Newcastle University is based on the University campus and offers a range of courses including the International Foundation in Physical Sciences and Engineering.

Work Experience

No work experience is required.

Related Scholarships*

• Academic Excellence Scholarship

  "The Academic Excellence Scholarship can provide up to a 50 % reduction in tuition per semester. These scholarships will be renewed if the student maintains superior academic performance during each semester of their 3-year Bachelor programme. The scholarship will be directly applied to the student’s tuition fees."

• Access Bursary

  Bursary for UK students all subjects where the variable tuition fee rate is payable.

• Alumni Bursary

  Alumni Bursary for UK Undergraduate students

* The scholarships shown on this page are suggestions first and foremost. They could be offered by other organisations than Newcastle University.

Accreditation

This degree is accredited by the Joint Board of Moderators (JBM), which is made up of the following four professional bodies:

• Institution of Civil Engineers
• Institution of Structural Engineers
• Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation
• Institute of Highway Engineers