Civil and environmental engineering

Civil engineers design, build and maintain the physical world around us. They ensure we’re supplied with electricity, clean water and energy, and keep us moving with roads, bridges and airports. Become a civil engineer and you’ll be advancing and protecting the very fabric of modern society.

13th

In the UK for civil engineering in The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2024

14th

In the UK for civil engineering in the Complete University Guide 2024

18th

In the UK for civil engineering in the Guardian University Guide 2024

Scholarship scheme

We are offering a bursary of £1,950 every year, with salaried training in industry, for up to 25 civil engineering students.

We match successful applicants with a suitable company mid-way through the first year, and the company provides training throughout the course, as well as paid training through the summer vacation. This scheme will enhance your career potential after graduation and is thoroughly recommended by our scholarship students.

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Developing your employability

96 per cent of our undergraduate graduates go on to employment or further study*

Chartered engineer status

Our BEng and MEng courses are accredited routes to chartered engineer status

*Graduate Outcomes 2023, HESA.

Design, assemble and dismantle (DAD) project

DAD project

We offer a tailor made design, assemble and dismantle (DAD) project every year, for civil engineering students at all levels, which is about the design, assembly and dismantling of a full scale lattice structure. Each team designs a structure based on the materials that are available, and then another team will use these designs to build the structure within a two-hour time frame.

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What our students say

Research excellence

The Research Excellence Framework (REF 2021) ranked engineering 15th in the UK for *research power

Developing your employability

96 per cent of our research graduates go on to employment or further study**

*Research power is the overall quality of submissions, calculated by grade point average and multiplied by the full-time equivalent number of staff submitted.

**Graduate Outcomes 2023, HESA.

Studentships

Bi-metallic connections in steel frames for enhanced structural resilience

Funding information:

We are offering the UKRI standard stipend (currently £18,622 per year) with an additional bursary of £1,700 per year for full 3.5 years for exceptional candidates. In addition, a research, training and support grant of £3,000 over the project is also offered. Full home or overseas tuition fees (as applicable) will be covered.

Influence of sinkhole formation on robustness of building structures

Funding information:

We are offering the UKRI standard stipend (currently £18,622 per year) with an additional bursary of £1,700 per year for full 3.5 years for exceptional candidates. In addition, a research, training and support grant of £3,000 over the project is also offered. Full home or overseas tuition fees (as applicable) will be covered.

Climate resilience of thermo-active roads with ground-source heat pump systems

Funding information:

We are offering the UKRI standard stipend (currently £18,622 per year) with an additional bursary of £1,700 per year for full 3.5 years for exceptional candidates. In addition, a research, training and support grant of £3,000 over the project is also offered. Full home or overseas tuition fees (as applicable) will be covered.

What our students say

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