BSc (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 an extra 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 BSc.The course will give you a solid grounding in the design, construction, and management of civil engineering work.

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
• Engineering Materials
• Analytical Skills in Built Environment
• The Built Environment
• Engineering Mechanics
• Land and Construction Surveying

Year 2

• Mental Wealth: Professional Life
• 3D Data Modelling and Analysis
• Structures and Design
• Ground Engineering
• Engineering Surveying
• Advanced Sustainable Technology
• Tendering, Estimating, and Cost Control

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
• Capstone Project
• Advanced Construction Technology and Innovation
• Geotechnical Engineering
• Transport Infrastructure Engineering
• Project Management studies

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.