About Us
Welcome to the web pages for the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
We offer BEng and MEng Degrees in Civil Engineering, together with a wide range of postgraduate Masters Degrees, ranging from Bridge Engineering to Water & Environmental Engineering. All of the taught courses are fully accredited by the relevant Professional Institutions notably the Institution of Civil Engineers, the Institution of Structural Engineers, the Chartered Institution of Highways & Transportation and the Institute of Highway Engineers.
Since the introduction of the National Student Survey, we have achieved high scores across the board, with Overall Satisfaction being consistently above the 90% mark. We have excellent links with industry exemplified by the strong support of our undergraduate Scholarship Scheme, with close to 100 scholars receiving funding and outstanding training opportunities provided by a range of top Civil Engineering companies. It is hardly surprising that our graduates enjoy excellent employment prospects in the construction, energy and process engineering sectors, amongst many others.
The research undertaken by our staff is industrially relevant and internationally excellent, achieving a top ten ranking in the 2008 RAE. The research themes are both numerous and diverse covering areas from geomechanics, structural engineering and infrastructure asset management through to water engineering, pollution control and waste management. Over the past ten years, very strong cross-disciplinary research themes have developed, particularly in sustainability, air quality and water, linking our staff with researchers in the Department of Mechanical Engineering Sciences and the Centre for Environmental Strategy, as well as in other parts of the Faculty and the University. The Department hosts the Centre for Environmental and Health Engineering and the Robens Centre for Public and Environmental Health, jointly designated as a World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre for the Protection of Water Quality and Human Health. We were proud to be part of the University submission that was awarded a Queen’s Anniversary Award for water research in 2011.
Since the introduction of the National Student Survey, we have achieved high scores across the board, with Overall Satisfaction being consistently above the 90% mark. We have excellent links with industry exemplified by the strong support of our undergraduate Scholarship Scheme, with close to 100 scholars receiving funding and outstanding training opportunities provided by a range of top Civil Engineering companies. It is hardly surprising that our graduates enjoy excellent employment prospects in the construction, energy and process engineering sectors, amongst many others.
The research undertaken by our staff is industrially relevant and internationally excellent, achieving a top ten ranking in the 2008 RAE. The research themes are both numerous and diverse covering areas from geomechanics, structural engineering and infrastructure asset management through to water engineering, pollution control and waste management. Over the past ten years, very strong cross-disciplinary research themes have developed, particularly in sustainability, air quality and water, linking our staff with researchers in the Department of Mechanical Engineering Sciences and the Centre for Environmental Strategy, as well as in other parts of the Faculty and the University. The Department hosts the Centre for Environmental and Health Engineering and the Robens Centre for Public and Environmental Health, jointly designated as a World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre for the Protection of Water Quality and Human Health. We were proud to be part of the University submission that was awarded a Queen’s Anniversary Award for water research in 2011.
Our Reputation
The Department is ranked third nationally by The Guardian University Guide 2013. The Complete University Guide 2013 also ranks us in the top ten and The Times Good University Guide 2013 ranks us eleventh.
League topping student satisfaction ratings out of the 1994 and Russell Group Universities with a 94% score in the 2012 National Student Survey (NSS)
Research in our Department was ranked 8th nationally in the 2008 RAE (submission under General Engineering).
