BEng (Hons) Civil Engineering(with Foundation Year)

This extended course is perfect if you want a degree in Civil Engineering but you don’t have the standard entry requirements. First, we prepare you for your degree during your Foundation year, bringing you up to speed with academic skills and a firm grounding in the subject. Then you can go on to do the full undergraduate degree, which is a three-year course. You also have the option of adding a year-long placement working in the industry. Your degree is accredited by the Joint Board of Moderators. As well as completing numerous practical projects, you’ll benefit from visits from top professionals who’ll offer you advice – and, often, work opportunities.

Foundation Year( If Required)

• Mental wealth; professional life
• Analytical Mathematics
• Engineering Sciences
• Mathematical Applications
• Physical Sciences
• Introduction to Computing

Year 1

• Mental Wealth: Professional Life 1 (core)
• Engineering Materials (core)
• Applied Mathematics & Computing (core)
• Thermofluids (core)
• Engineering Mechanics (core)
• Land Construction & Surveying (core)

Year 2

• Mental Wealth: Professional Life 2 (core)
• Advanced Mathematics and Modelling (core)
• Structural Analysis and Element Design (core)
• Ground Engineering (core)
• Engineering Surveying (core)
• Water Engineering (core)

This course offers the opportunity of year-long placement between years two and three. If you choose to take this option, you’ll spend your third year on a placement with a relevant company or organization, adding valuable practical experience to your growing academic knowledge. The extra placement year means it will take four years to complete your studies, instead of three.

Year 3

• Mental Wealth: Professional Life 3 (core)
• Capstone Project (core)
• Structural Engineering (core)
• Geotechnical Engineering (core)
• Transport Infrastructure Engineering (core)

Employability:

With a degree in civil engineering from UEL, you’ll be well placed to secure a stimulating and rewarding career. The high quality of our teaching on the course is widely recognized, and the constant input from industry professionals ensures your studies will be highly relevant to employers once you graduate. You might decide to specialize as a structural engineer, a hydraulic engineer, a highway engineer, or a geotechnical engineer. Your decision may be prompted by how your career develops in your first job and you start on the process known as Initial Professional Development, which takes between three and five years.