Program Overview

Civil Engineering including an Industrial Year MEng

Overview

Civil engineering combines creativity with technological and scientific knowledge to change the world. This course will teach you how to design and manage high-profile projects, studying the key components of civil engineering theory and learning the skills necessary to become a civil engineer.

Course Details

Qualification

MEng Hons

Entry Requirements

AAA

UCAS Code

H20B

Duration

5 years full-time

Fees

£9,535

Study Abroad

On this course, you can apply to study abroad at one of our partner institutions or at University of Nottingham China or University of Nottingham Malaysia.

Placements

If your course does not have a compulsory placement, integrated year in industry or compulsory year abroad where there is already an opportunity to undertake a work placement as part of that experience, you may be able to apply to undertake an optional placement year.

Year in Industry

On this course you may be able to spend a year working in industry where you could gain first-hand experience of the exciting challenges that are faced by engineers and refine the skills you have built so far in the course.

Course Structure

Year One

• Hydraulics 1
• Group Project
• Portfolio of Civil Engineering Studies 1
• Structural Analysis 1
• Mathematical Methods for Civil Engineering
• Geotechnics 1

Year Two

• Hydraulics 2
• Fundamentals of Materials
• Civil and Structural Steel Design Project
• Portfolio of Civil Engineering Studies 2
• Structural Analysis 2
• Geotechnics 2
• Advanced Mathematical Methods for Civil Engineering

Year Three

• Structural Concrete Design
• Geotechnics 3
• Building Information Modelling (BIM) Group Design Project
• Hydraulic Design
• Engineering Risk Assessment
• Traffic Engineering
• Advanced Mathematical Techniques in Ordinary Differential Equations for Engineers
• Advanced Site Surveying
• Machine Learning for Engineers
• Construction Practice

Year Four

• Year four - Industrial Year

Year Five

• MEng Individual Investigative Project
• Group Design Project
• Sustainable Construction and Life Cycle Assessment
• Railway Technology
• Highway and Pavement Design
• Dynamics and Wind Engineering
• Coastal Engineering
• Managing Infrastructure and Systems
• Advanced Structural Analysis
• Geotechnical Modelling
• Advanced Structural Design
• Environmental Fluid Mechanics

Assessment

• Coursework
• Group coursework
• Dissertation
• Examinations
• Presentation
• Research project
• Practical assessment

Careers

• Civil engineering consultancy
• Civil engineering contracting
• Civil engineering management
• Finance
• Surveying

Job Prospects

• 90.4% of undergraduates from the Faculty of Engineering secured graduate level employment or further study within 15 months of graduation.
• The average annual starting salary for these graduates was £28,123.

Additional Information

• The University of Nottingham is consistently named as one of the most targeted universities by Britain’s leading graduate employers.
• The University offers a wide range of bursaries and scholarships.
• Engineering students may be eligible for faculty-specific or industry scholarships.