Civil Engineering
Entry requirements
A level
Including Maths. GCSE Grade C/4 in English.
Access to HE Diploma
Pass Access to HE Diploma in a related subject with 45 credits overall with minimum 33 Credits at Merit & 12 Distinction to include Maths at Level 3. English required at Level 2 or equivalent.
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
Award of Diploma with 28 points overall with three HL subjects at grades 6, 5, 4. SL Maths at 5 points SL English at 4 points.
Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017)
Pre-2017 Grading System: B1, B3, B3, B3 at HL including Maths + OL English at C2 New Grading System: H2, H3, H3, H3 at Higher Level to include Maths. Grade O4 at Ordinary Level in English.
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
MM (Merit, Merit) in a related subject plus A-Level grade C. BTEC must include Maths but if not we would accept A-Level Maths at Grade C as an alternative. GCSE Grade C/4 in English.
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
MMM (Merit, Merit, Merit) in a related subject. BTEC must include Maths but if not we would accept A-Level Maths at Grade C as an alternative. GCSE Grade C/4 in English.
Scottish Higher
Including Higher Maths (Higher Applications of Maths is not accepted). National 5 grade C in English also required. If you are eligible for an adjusted offer under our Contextual Admissions Policy, please see the ‘Minimum Qualification Requirements’ below.
T Level
T Level must be completed in a Maths subject or A Level Maths may be required. Please contact [email protected] to check if you meet the subject specific requirements. GCSE Grade C/4 in English.
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About this course
Study a course that has 100% student satisfaction - (NSS 2017).
The profession of civil engineering covers many branches, allowing graduates to choose from a wide area of careers once they graduate including; geo techniques, water engineering, hydraulic structural engineering, environmental engineering and transportation.
This course will give you an advanced introduction to each of these areas allowing you to decide on your specialism. Once specialised, you are not limited to your chosen filed, but also have an understanding of how these other specialism fit into the wider context.
You will learn the fundamentals of civil engineering and the specifics of structural analysis, construction surveying, geotechnical engineering and relevant computer applications. Combining mathematical and design skills, as well as communication and management abilities, our Civil Engineering course will appeal if you have an enquiring, technical mind and love problem solving.
Please visit our website for full course and module details.
This course is accredited by:
CEng - Chartered Engineer
CIHT - Chartered Institution of Highways & Transportation
ICE - Institution of Civil Engineers
IHE - Institute of Highway Engineers
The Institution of Structural Engineers
JBM - Joint Board of Moderators
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Do you want to be in demand? This might be the degree for you! We are officially short of civil engineers, and so around two thirds of civil engineering graduates start jobs specifically as civil engineers, and starting salaries are well over £25k last year. Demand for civil engineers and related jobs - we're short of all of them - means that good graduates have plenty of options directly related to their degree when they graduate. This is a subject where work experience can be very helpful in getting a job and many students do work for engineering companies while they take their degrees.
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