StudyQA — Master: Civil Engineering with Seismic Design

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The Civil Engineering MSc at UCL now offers five additional specialist routes which reflect the expertise within the department and expanding career paths of civil engineers. This programme is for those students who wish to combine a general MSc in the subject with the related discipline of seismic design.

The programme provides students with a strong academic background in a broad range of civil engineering topics and advanced skills in problem-solving 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 seismic design 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.

Core modules

Seismic Design of Structures
Structural Dynamics
Seismic Risk Assessment
Project Management (Professional Development Module)

Optional modules

Students choose four from the following:

Advanced Soil Mechanics
Advanced Structures
Anatomy of a Railway
Applied Building Information Modelling
Building Engineering Physics
Coastal Engineering
Data Analysis
Engineering and International Development
Environmental Modelling
Environmental Systems
GIS Principles and Technology
Introduction to Seismic Design of Structures
Natural and Environmental Disasters
Principles and Practices of Surveying
Roads and Underground Infrastructure
Systems, Society and Sustainability
Urban Flooding and Drainage

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

Dissertation/report

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

Teaching and learning

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.

A minimum of an upper second-class UK Bachelor's degree in civil or structural engineering or a closely related subject, or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard. Applicants who do not meet the standard entry criteria may be asked to provide a portfolio demonstrating existing engineering and design skills. For non-civil or structural engineering candidates we offer a Graduate Diploma in Civil Engineering, recognised by our accrediting body (the Joint Board of Moderators), which can be used as a pre-qualifying year for the Civil Engineering MSc and its specialist routes.