BEng (Hons) Civil Engineering

Where changes are made to material information contained in this course description or a decision is taken to suspend a course between the offer of admissions and enrolment, we will inform applicants at the earliest possible opportunity and will outline the various options available to the applicant.

The course is designed to help you achieve the technical knowledge to support a career as a civil, structural, geotechnical, hydraulic, or highway and transportation engineer – pretty much anywhere in the world. You have the chance to develop your understanding of designing, creating and building structures efficiently and for making the best use of available resources and techniques.

In addition to subject-specific knowledge and skills, you’ll have the opportunity to develop employability skills that include problem-solving, analytical and research skills, critical thinking, creativity, communication, teamwork, commercial awareness, and health and safety.

What can I do with this qualification?

Alternative career options

Graduates can use the qualification as a stepping-stone into a range of other careers. For some of these roles, relevant experience and/or postgraduate study may be required. Potential roles include:

• Building services engineering
• Geology
• Environmental consultancy
• Quantity surveying
• Logistics
• Operation management
• Patent law and intellectual property
• Teaching
• Research and development
• Procurement, purchasing and buying
• Supply chain management
• Technical sales and consultancy

This degree is accredited as:
1) fully satisfying the educational base for an Incorporated Engineer (IEng), and
2) partially satisfying the educational base for a Chartered Engineer (CEng). A programme of accredited further learning will be required to complete the educational base for CEng.
See www.jbm.org.uk for further information and details of further learning programmes for CEng.

BEng (Hons) graduates can apply for Incorporated Engineer (IEng) professional status after the necessary practice in industry.

You’ll be encouraged to become a student member of the relevant Institution(s) and participate in local and regional activities, enabling you to network with potential employers.

Home/EU Fees

	Year of study				Total
Entry Year	2026/27	2027/28	2028/29	2029/30
2026-27	£9,790	£9,790	£9,790	-	£29,370
2027-28	-

International Fees

	Year of study				Total
Entry Year	2026/27	2027/28	2028/29	2029/30
2026-27	£17,500	£17,500	£17,500	-	£52,500
2026-27	-

Bursaries

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Important note regarding tuition fees: EU nationals who meet residency requirements (have settled or pre-settled status) may be eligible for 'Home' fee status. If you do not meet these residency requirements, overseas fees will apply. Irish citizens living in the UK or Ireland will be eligible for 'Home' fee status under the Common Travel Area arrangement. Please read the student finance for EU students web page on www.gov.uk for information.

Home Undergraduate Tuition Fee Adjustment

The tuition fee applicable to the first year of your programme of study is confirmed in your offer letter. The tuition fee set is based on the regulations and guidance in force at the time of offer but remains subject to adjustment in accordance with any government-approved inflationary increase. The University reserves the right to amend tuition fees for all years of study, including the first year, by no more than the maximum increase permitted under legislation and regulatory guidance issued by the UK Government and the Office for Students.

Where such increases are approved, they will not exceed the rate of inflation, as measured by an appropriate index such as the Consumer Prices Index (CPI), or any successor measure specified by government. The University will apply any adjustment consistently across affected student cohorts and will give reasonable notice to students of any confirmed change to the published fee before the start of the relevant academic year.

This approach ensures that tuition fees remain compliant with applicable legislation, proportionate to inflationary changes, and consistent with government policy linking permitted fee uplifts to the maintenance of high-quality education and outcomes. For more information, please refer to the government guidance at: gov.uk – Universities to deliver better outcomes in return for full fees.

Postgraduate and International Tuition Fee Adjustment

The tuition fee applicable to the first year of your programme of study is confirmed in your offer letter. The University reserves the right to amend tuition fees for subsequent years of study in accordance with its Course Fees Policy. Where such increases are approved, they will not exceed the rate of inflation, as measured by an appropriate index such as the Consumer Prices Index (CPI), or any successor measure specified by government. The University will apply any adjustment consistently across affected student cohorts and will give reasonable notice to students of any confirmed change to the published fee before the start of the relevant academic year.

A significant proportion of your study experiences will mirror industry scenarios and conditions. For example, you’ll take on an interdisciplinary group project in your final year, designed to simulate a construction project from inception to completion. Throughout the project, you’ll effectively be a civil engineer, working within a team of other construction specialists.

Civil engineering is a diverse and multi-faceted industry, so we’ve made sure we use a wide range of teaching and learning methods to help you acquire the appropriate concepts, knowledge and skills for success. While you’ll have plenty of opportunities to learn directly from tutors and technicians during timetabled classes, practical work and tutorials, you’ll also be expected to allocate significant time to independent and self-directed studies. For example, we recommend you plan and commit to background reading, revisiting practical work, attending lectures and technical reviews provided by professional bodies, preparing for seminars, working on assignments and revising for exams. That said, we’re here to guide and support you, so we’ll gladly help you devise an independent study regime to aid your success.

The course offers site visits, which provide an excellent opportunity to view state-of-the-art projects and see how your newly discovered insights and knowledge can be applied in practice. You'll also benefit from individual and small-group tutorials and group study sessions, where you can share and develop ideas and consolidate your learning.

We assess your individual performance through a strategic blend of practical work, exams, essays, presentations, laboratory write-ups and other assignments. Course assessments are formative and summative. Formative assessments comprise tailored feedback to support your individual learning and development needs. They do not contribute directly to your marks for each module in the way that summative assessments do. However, they do help you build on your strengths, overcome any weaknesses, and contribute to your overall success.

Modules

The modules listed below may be a mixture of compulsory and optional. You may not have the opportunity to study all the modules shown as part of the course.

• Digital Technologies and Professional Skills
• Sustainable Construction and Materials 1
• Soil Mechanics and Hydraulics
• Geospatial Surveying
• Mathematical Methods for Civil Engineering
• Structural Analysis and Conceptual Design
• Construction Management and Digital Skills
• Transport Engineering and Materials II
• Structural Analysis and Detailed Design
• Hydrology and Environmental Engineering
• Geotechnics and Geo-Mapping
• Research Methods and Professional Practice
• Advanced Structural Analysis and Design
• Dissertation
• Geotechnical Engineering
• Group Project
• Applied Water Engineering
• Advanced Materials Technology and Practice
• Project and Environmental Managememnt
• Advanced Construction Management and BIM
• Advanced Conceptual Design and Structural Planning

Assessment methods

Level	Assessment method
Level 1	Coursework 40% Practical exams 30% Written exams 30%
Level 2	Coursework 35% Practical exams 40% Written exams 25%
Level 3	Coursework 50% Practical exams 25% Written exams 25%

Learning Activities

Level	Activity
Level 1	Guided independent study 77% Scheduled learning and teaching activities 23%
Level 2	Guided independent study 77% Scheduled learning and teaching activities 23%
Level 3	Guided independent study 80% Scheduled learning and teaching activities 20%

The university will use all reasonable endeavours to deliver your course as described in its published material and the programme specification for the academic year in which you begin your course. The university considers changes to courses very carefully and the university will minimise any changes. Please be aware that our courses are subject to review on an ongoing basis and changes may be necessary due to legitimate staffing, financial, regulatory and academic reasons. The content of course modules and mode of associated assessments may be updated on an annual basis. This is to ensure that all modules are up-to-date and responsive to employment and sector needs. The published course material and the programme specification contain indicative ‘optional modules’ that may be subject to change due to circumstances outside of our control. For this reason, we cannot guarantee to run any specific optional module.