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Civil Engineering (with Placement Year)
1656 PointsProgram Description
You will study the traditional elements of civil engineering including design, structures, materials, fluid mechanics, geotechnics and maths. You’ll be introduced to a range of construction topics and then progress to specialist subjects such as structural analysis and computational mechanics. You will then move on to advanced topics including project management, and structural design and FEA.
Access is available to custom-designed technical facilities to work on your laboratory experiments. These include fluids and hydraulics laboratories, and structures, materials and geotechnics labs. The latest industry standard engineering software packages are available for you to use in dedicated computer clusters.
The placement year costs £1,385. £3,000 fee reduction in final year
Entry Requirements
Information about requirements:
- Grade 17 as a Pan-Hellianic exams is required in any specific subjects that are stated in GCE A-level entry requirements above.
Other accepted qualifications:
- DDD and A-level Maths at grade A. (BTEC)
- BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma (QCF) DDD in Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Electrical/Electronic Engineering, with Distinctions in Further Mathematics for Technicians and Further Mechanical or Further Electronic/Electrical Principles modules and grade A in A Level Maths (Use of Maths not accepted).
- BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (RQF) D*DD in Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Electrical/Electronic Engineering, with Distinctions Engineering Principles and Calculus to Solve Engineering Problems, AND Grade A in A Level Maths (Use of Maths not accepted).
- BTEC Level 3 Diploma (QCF)/BTEC Level 3 National Diploma (RQF) DD in Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical/Electronic Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, with Distinction in Further Mechanical or Further Electrical Principles (QCF), Engineering Principles & Calculus to Solve Engineering Problems (RQF), AND A Level Maths at grade A (Use of Maths not accepted).
- BTEC Level 3 Subsidiary Diploma (QCF)/BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificate (RQF) D in Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Electrical/Electronic Engineering, with A Levels grades AB to include grade A in Maths and grade B in one of the following subjects; Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Geography, Geology, Environmental Science, Environment Studies, Computer Science, Electronics, or Design and Technology (Use of Maths, Critical Thinking, and General Studies not accepted).
Other accepted English qualifications:
- BrunELT (Brunel English Language Test): 60% (min 55% in all areas)
- Trinity ISE
- Michigan English Test - Examination for the Certificate of Proficiency in English
- Duolingo
Course Content
Course delivery is a combination of theory and practical sessions. In your first two years, you will gain solid knowledge and understanding of mainstream civil engineering. You’ll also develop your reflective skills and professional development planning through the ‘Professional Skills’ module and your personal development log.
In later years, you move on to modern topics such as innovative construction materials as well as advanced subjects including water infrastructure engineering and risk and financial management. You will work on your individual research project in your third year and your group design project in your MEng final year.
Teaching and Learning
Our civil engineering degrees are delivered by a diverse team of academic staff. This means you’ll be learning from a teaching team with both scientific knowledge and industrial experience. There will also be guest lectures from our industry partners and civil engineering site visits.
Study will combine lectures, tutorials and seminars, laboratory work, computer modelling, field work, self-study, research reports and project work.
Curriculum
Careers
Many of our civil engineering graduates begin their careers with contractors and consultants working on large infrastructure projects such as:
- bridges
- high-rise buildings
- tunnels
- flood and coastal defence schemes
- transport
- highways
- water treatment
- modern methods of construction
Some go on to jobs with multinational and local government agencies or major firms of consulting engineers. Others specialise in:
- construction
- sustainability
- innovative materials
- foundation engineering
- tunnelling
- geotechnical exploration
- highway engineering
Opting for the year in industry during your civil engineering degree may lead to a job offer from your placement company.
A civil engineer has a rewarding and varied career. A degree in civil engineering will set you up with innovative and transferable knowledge and you will be ready to face the engineering challenges of the modern world.
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