Civil Engineering with Industrial Placement Year

Civil engineering is essential to the sustainable future development of society, from planning and construction, to water supply and coastal defence.

You’ll develop the skills to design and build creative solutions to challenges in the built environment, infrastructure and cities, and the management and teamwork skills needed to succeed in industry.

In the first two years, you'll develop a solid grounding in the fundamental engineering science, as well as the basis of civil engineering. You'll be introduced to key design skills, such as sketching model-making and computing, through workshops and through design projects.

In your third year you'll explore highway and traffic engineering, and structural stability and geotechnics in more depth, and do an individual project. In your final year, you'll focus on design, management and teamwork and work on a master's level group design project.

The Industrial Placement Year is an additional year-long module that allows you to apply for a placement with an engineering-based organisation. During your year-long placement, you will fulfil the role of a trainee engineer on a full-time basis.