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.

Advanced Geotechnical Engineering MSc
Bridge Engineering MSc
Civil Engineering MSc
Engineering Business Management MSc
Infrastructure Engineering and Management MSc
Structural Engineering MSc
Water and Environmental Engineering MSc

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Students and graduates

Ian Sandle

Bridge Engineering

Surrey has given me the technical background and specialist knowledge I need to carry out my current role in bridge engineering.

Surrey has given me the technical background and specialist knowledge I need to carry out my current role in bridge engineering.

Mina Giagia

Structural Engineering MSc

This course provides an attractive programme structure with a good variety of interesting modules.

This course provides an attractive programme structure with a good variety of interesting modules.

Civil and Environmental Engineering PhD

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Pam Billy Fom

Civil and Environmental Engineering

“My supervisors are academics with a solid interest and capability in my area of research. I’ve found them outstanding.”

“My supervisors are academics with a solid interest and capability in my area of research. I’ve found them outstanding.”

Studentships

SCENARIO: a holistic framework for assessing co-benefits of street-scale green infrastructure interventions

Funding information:
This research project is one of a number of projects at this institution. It is in competition for funding with one or more of these projects. Usually the project which receives the best applicant will be awarded the funding.This project is potentially funded by the Scenario NERC Doctoral Training Partnership, subject to a competition to identify the strongest applicants. Due to UKRI rules, the DTP can only fund a very limited number of international students. We will only consider applications from international students with an outstanding academic background placing them in the top 10% of their cohort.This studentship covers both fees and stipend – a tax-free maintenance grant which was £15,609 per year in 2021-22. You will also receive a Research Training and Support budget to cover costs such as conferences, workshops and equipment.
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SCENARIO: coatings of anammox bacteria for nitrogen removal from contaminated water

Funding information:
This research project is one of a number of projects at this institution. It is in competition for funding with one or more of these projects. Usually the project which receives the best applicant will be awarded the funding.This project is potentially funded by the Scenario NERC Doctoral Training Partnership, subject to a competition to identify the strongest applicants. Due to UKRI rules, the DTP can only fund a very limited number of international students. We will only consider applications from international students with an outstanding academic background placing them in the top 10% of their cohort.This studentship covers both fees and stipend – a tax-free maintenance grant which was £15,609 per year in 2021-22. You will also receive a Research Training and Support budget to cover costs such as conferences, workshops and equipment.
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SCENARIO: space-based quantification of soil organic carbon: enabling carbon credits and regenerative agriculture

Funding information:
This research project is one of a number of projects at this institution. It is in competition for funding with one or more of these projects. Usually the project which receives the best applicant will be awarded the funding.This project is potentially funded by the Scenario NERC Doctoral Training Partnership, subject to a competition to identify the strongest applicants. The project has CASE funding from Mantle Labs. Due to UKRI rules, the DTP can only fund a very limited number of international students. We will only consider applications from international students with an outstanding academic background placing them in the top 10% of their cohort.This studentship covers both fees and stipend – a tax-free maintenance grant which was £15,609 per year in 2021-22. You will also receive a Research Training and Support budget to cover costs such as conferences, workshops and equipment.
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