CIVIL ENGINEERING
BEng(Hons)
Brighton: Moulsecoomb
Become a highly skilled civil engineer with the ability to manage the design, construction and maintenance of infrastructures. When you study civil engineering at Brighton, you will graduate with detailed scientific knowledge, strong leadership and teamwork skills. Our accredited Civil Engineering BEng(Hons) combines theory and practice through fieldwork, site visits, and individual and group projects run in collaboration with our industry partners. You will work alongside students from related courses, such as construction management and architectural technology, in a way that mirrors what you will experience in industry. You will learn with staff active in research and consultancy, who have strong links to some of the UK’s most prestigious employers. Real-life case studies of civil engineering projects give you a professional perspective. You will have access to specialist facilities including a concrete lab, hydraulics lab, soils lab, geotechnical centrifuge, dynamics lab and computer suite with specialist software. The opportunity of a placement year in industry will give you valuable work experience and mock interviews are conducted with industry partners to help prepare you for employment. You also have the option to study abroad as part of the Erasmus programme.
What you’ll learn* Year 1 You will explore the fundamental elements of civil engineering, studying topics including land and construction surveying, structural analysis, construction materials, engineering geology, soil mechanics, and mathematics. You will also undertake a group project linked to the Engineering for People Design Challenge. Year 2 You will build on knowledge and skills gained in your first year and study topics including hydraulics, construction methods and technology, computational mechanics, and design of steel structures. Group project work will include working on the design of a simplified structure. 66
WHY US
®® Professional
accreditation from the Joint Board of Moderators (JBM) ®® Strong links with employers providing work experience opportunities ®® Projects run in collaboration with industry partners
SUBJECT AREA Civil engineering UCAS CODE H201 DURATION Full-time 3 years With placement year 4 years ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
Optional placement year Our students have been on placement in organisations including: Mackley, Laing O’Rourke, Balfour Beatty, Mott MacDonald, and South East Water. Final year You will embark on an individual project, and choose from option modules that give you the opportunity to explore areas including Building Information Modelling (BIM). Projects include a multidisciplinary group design project as well as the design and build of a simple small-scale structure which you test in the lab.
How you’ll learn
You will learn through lectures, tutorials, multidisciplinary project work, design weeks, fieldwork and laboratory work. Visiting lecturers from industry give an introduction to professional practice, sharing their experience with you.
Where could your degree take you?
Our graduates are now working in organisations including the Environment Agency, Halcrow, HR Wallingford, WS Atkins, Mott-Macdonald, Ove Arup, Hemsley Orrell Partnership, Southern Water. If you achieve the required standard in year 2, you can choose to progress directly to the third year of the Civil Engineering MEng and study towards a masters-level qualification.
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Courses are reviewed regularly and may be enhanced and updated. Get the most up-to-date information at www.brighton.ac.uk/courses.
A-levels and BTEC Entry requirements are in the range of A-level BBC–CCC (120–104 UCAS Tariff points), or BTEC Extended Diploma DDM– DMM. You will be considered if your predicted grades fall within this range. A-levels must include maths, and preferably physics or chemistry. BTEC should include at least an M in further maths. We will generally make you an offer if your predicted grades are at the top of this range. If your predicted grades are towards the lower end of this range we may still make you an offer if you have a good GCSE (or equivalent) profile or relevant non-academic achievements. IB 28 points, with three subjects at Higher level including maths at grade 5. Access to HE diploma Pass with 60 credits overall in engineering or science diploma. At least 45 credits at level 3, with 24 credits at merit or above with overall distinction profile. Must achieve maths level 3 units at distinction. GCSE (minimum grade C or grade 4) Subjects must include English language, maths and science. English language requirements see page 235. Fees and funding page 232–333
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