Program Overview

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BEng (Honours) Civil Engineering (2 year top-up)

Course summary

This course prepares you for a dynamic career in the civil engineering sector. You’ll explore the planning and design of construction and transportation systems – from roads and highways to railways and broader infrastructure projects. You’ll consider sustainability and environmental factors, emerging as a highly skilled civil engineer ready to navigate the future challenges of the industry.

How you learn

On this course you’ll benefit from the latest academic research and industrial practice – your course material is regularly updated to the latest standards and needs of the industry. You’ll learn from industry experts with research experience in their relevant fields.

You learn through:

• Diverse lectures emphasising peer collaboration
• Tutorials to practise and apply your knowledge ahead of assessments
• Hands-on lab experience in computational modelling and simulation
• Q&A and discussions for self-assessment and understanding
• Support sessions for receiving feedback and preparing for assessments
• Teamwork activities for collaboration in an innovative environment
• Project-based learning to apply knowledge, creativity, design, critical analysis and professional skills to real-world projects

Modules

Year 1

Final year

Compulsory modules

Module | Credits | Assessment ------|---------|----------- Structural Engineering And Foundation Design | 40 | Coursework 40% Exam 60% Water And Transportation Engineering | 40 | Coursework 100%

Compulsory modules

Module | Credits | Assessment ------|---------|----------- Project: Implementation | 20 | Coursework 100% Project: Management And Scoping | 20 | Coursework 100%

Future careers

The course builds on your existing engineering skills and knowledge, allowing you to advance from qualifications such as FdEng or HND to a BEng (Hons).

This course prepares you for a career in:

• The construction industry
• Transportation planning
• Government agencies and local councils
• Geotechnical engineering
• Structural engineering
• Water engineering
• Research and development

Equipment and facilities

On this course you’ll work with researchers and projects using facilities and equipment from our Materials and Engineering Research Institute (MERI) and our Hertha Ayrton STEM Centre.

You’ll have access to:

• Modern teaching rooms and collaborative spaces
• Laptops in teaching rooms for seminars and desktops in labs where required
• Labs with material characterisation equipment, light and heavy structures testing frames, hydraulic flume, CBR testing and shear box
• Industry-standard software and tools
• Finite Element Analysis software such as Ansys, Abaqus and OpenSEES
• Computational Fluid Dynamics software

Where will I study?

You study at City Campus through a structured mix of lectures, seminars and practical sessions as well as access to digital and online resources to support your learning.

City Campus

City Campus is located in the heart of Sheffield, within minutes of the train and bus stations.

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Location

Howard Street Sheffield S1 1WB

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Adsetts library

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Entry requirements

All students

Foundation degree or HND in a relevant discipline and aiming to develop your qualification to degree level.

If English is not your first language you must have an IELTS score of 6.0 with a minimum of 5.5 in all skills or equivalent. If your English language skill is currently below IELTS 6.0 we recommend you consider a Sheffield Hallam University Pre-sessional English course which will enable you to achieve an equivalent English score.

Additional information for EU/International students

This course is not open to international students who require a student visa to study in the UK. If you are an international applicant but do not require a student visa, email our Admissions Team to find out whether you’re eligible to apply.

Fees and funding

Home students

Tuition fees for 2026/27 are not yet confirmed. Our tuition fee for UK students on part-time undergraduate courses in 2025/26 is £4,770 per year (based on studying 60 credits per year). These fees are regulated by the UK government and therefore subject to change in future years.

If you are studying an undergraduate course, postgraduate pre-registration course or postgraduate research course over more than one academic year then your tuition fees may increase in subsequent years in line with Government regulations or UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) published fees. More information can be found in our terms and conditions under student fees regulations.

Financial support for home/EU students

How tuition fees work, student loans and other financial support available.

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Additional course costs

The links below allow you to view estimated general course additional costs, as well as costs associated with key activities on specific courses. These are estimates and are intended only as an indication of potential additional expenses. Actual costs can vary greatly depending on the choices you make during your course.

General course additional costs

Additional costs for School of Engineering and Built Environment (PDF, 607KB)

Legal information

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