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Master of Engineering (with Honours) - MEng (Hon)
Civil Engineering with Foundation Year
University of Oxford
Entry requirements
Here's what you will need to get a place on the Civil Engineering with Foundation Year course at University of Oxford.
Select a qualification to see required grades
A level
A,A,B
Including Physics and Mathematics, with both As in science subjects and/or Maths. Excluding General Studies (if taken)
You may also need to
Attend an interview
Course summary
What this course is about
UCAS code: H20F
Here's what University of Oxford says about its Civil Engineering with Foundation Year course.
Are you a student from the UK interested in studying Civil Engineering but your personal or educational circumstances have meant you are unlikely to achieve the grades typically required for Oxford courses? If so, then Civil Engineering with Foundation Year might be the course for you.
The Foundation Year is completely free for UK students and is designed to be a one-year intensive academic course which will bridge any gap between school and our academically challenging undergraduate courses. The programme is carefully designed to build and develop your study skills, subject knowledge and capacity for independent study. Students that pass the course will be awarded a nationally recognised Certificate in Higher Education (CertHE) qualification. If you pass the course at the required level, you will be automatically admitted into Oxford as an undergraduate student if you wish to be, without the need to re-apply. For more information on this course please visit www.ox.ac.uk/fyps
Engineering Science encompasses a vast range of subjects, from microelectronics to offshore oil platforms, and involves the application of creative reasoning, science, mathematics (and of course experience and common sense) to real problems. The Department of Engineering Science at Oxford has a top-level quality assessment rating for teaching and a world-class reputation for research. Because we believe that future engineering innovation will benefit from broad foundations as well as specialised knowledge, undergraduate teaching is based on a unified course in Engineering Science, which integrates study of the subject across the traditional boundaries of engineering disciplines. Links between topics in apparently diverse fields of engineering provide well-structured fundamental understanding, and can be exploited to give efficient teaching. For more information on this course please visit ox.ac.uk/uges.
This course is for UK state school students who meet the eligibility criteria. For more information about the eligibility criteria please visit foundationyear.ox.ac.uk/eligibility.
International students are not eligible to apply.
Source: University of Oxford
Course details
Qualification
Master of Engineering (with Honours) - MEng (Hon)
Department
Engineering Science
Location
Open Application | Oxford
Duration
5 Years
Study mode
Full-time including foundation year
Subjects
• General or integrated engineering
Start date
4 October 2026
Application deadline
14 January 2026
University of Oxford reviews
Showing 173 reviews
4th year
Physics
Not really ever impacted by it to be honest. Not sure what it stands for.
5 months ago
4th year
Physics
It's great really, lots to do. The only problem is the night scene is not that fun.
5 months ago
4th year
Physics
It has been fine. Oxford is expensive, and my college is bad for rent and food prices.
5 months ago
4th year
Physics
Support is available if you need it, although is not always the best. I have had mixed experiences, and had a particularly bad experience when seeking financial support/advice in which an advisor offered unfortunately completely out of touch advice. Other times, people have been extremely helpful.
5 months ago
4th year
Physics
Great facilities although the sports centre is a little far. The libraries here are the highlight to me.
5 months ago
4th year
Physics
The course had a good level of choice and was very indepth. I felt that the 4th year project was lacking, and would have preferred it be a more prominent part of the degree especially considering most people in this course are interested in further research after graduating. I don't feel particularl...
5 months ago
National Student Survey (NSS) scores
The NSS is an annual survey where final-year students are asked to rate different aspects of their course and university experience.
Here you can see ratings from University of Oxford students who took the Civil Engineering with Foundation Year course - or another course in the same subject area.
Select an option to see a detailed breakdown
Teaching on my course
84%
med
Teaching on my course
84%
med
How often does your course challenge you to achieve your best work?
91%
med
How good are teaching staff at explaining things?
85%
med
How often do teaching staff make the subject engaging?
69%
low
How often is the course intellectually stimulating?
89%
med
Learning opportunities
82%
med
Learning opportunities
82%
med
To what extent have you had the chance to bring together information and ideas from different topics?
91%
med
How well does your course introduce subjects and skills in a way that builds on what you have already learned?
82%
med
How well has your course developed your knowledge and skills that you think you will need for your future?
79%
med
To what extent have you had the chance to explore ideas and concepts in depth?
84%
med
To what extent does your course have the right balance of directed and independent study?
75%
med
Assessment and feedback
71%
low
Assessment and feedback
71%
low
How well have assessments allowed you to demonstrate what you have learned?
67%
low
How fair has the marking and assessment been on your course?
81%
med
How often does feedback help you to improve your work?
60%
med
How often have you received assessment feedback on time?
73%
med
How clear were the marking criteria used to assess your work?
75%
med
Academic support
85%
low
Academic support
85%
low
How easy was it to contact teaching staff when you needed to?
91%
med
How well have teaching staff supported your learning?
79%
low
Organisation and management
71%
med
Organisation and management
71%
med
How well were any changes to teaching on your course communicated?
75%
med
How well organised is your course?
66%
med
Learning resources
91%
med
Learning resources
91%
med
How well have the IT resources and facilities supported your learning?
88%
med
How well have the library resources (e.g., books, online services and learning spaces) supported your learning?
90%
med
How easy is it to access subject specific resources (e.g., equipment, facilities, software) when you need them?
95%
high
Student voice
70%
med
Student voice
70%
med
How clear is it that students' feedback on the course is acted on?
48%
med
To what extent do you get the right opportunities to give feedback on your course?
87%
med
To what extent are students' opinions about the course valued by staff?
74%
med
How well does the students' union (association or guild) represent students' academic interests?
42%
low
Other NSS questions
Other NSS questions
During your studies, how free did you feel to express your ideas, opinions, and beliefs?
90%
med
How well communicated was information about your university/college's mental wellbeing support services?
88%
med
Student information
See who's studying at University of Oxford. These students are taking Civil Engineering with Foundation Year or another course from the same subject area.
| Most popular A-levels studied | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Grade | |||||
| Mathematics | A* | |||||
| Physics | A* | |||||
| Further Mathematics | A* | |||||
| Chemistry | A* | |||||
| Computer Science | A* | |||||
Graduate prospects
What graduates do next
We have no information about graduates who took Civil Engineering with Foundation Year at University of Oxford.
Earnings after graduation
Earnings from University of Oxford graduates who took Civil Engineering with Foundation Year - or another course in the same subject area.
Earnings
£36.7k
First year after graduation
£52.2k
Third year after graduation
£67.9k
Fifth year after graduation
Shown here are the median earnings of graduates at one, three and five years after they completed a course related to Civil Engineering with Foundation Year.
Note: this data only looks at employees (and not those who are self-employed or also studying) and covers a broad sample of graduates and the various paths they've taken, which might not always be a direct result of their degree
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