Build the future with civil engineering at Coventry. Gain hands-on experience, explore sustainable solutions and develop the technical and design skills to shape the world’s infrastructure and tackle global challenges. This course combines the development of technical, practical and managerial skills necessary to analyse, design and manage solutions for innovative and complex engineering problems as a basis for future leadership in the civil engineering profession.
Equip yourself with practical skills and hands-on experiences for a successful career in civil engineering. With a strong emphasis on hands-on learning in industry-standard facilities, develop your core competencies in planning, design and construction, underpinned by a commitment to sustainability.
Gain practical experience through project-based learning, fieldwork and access to industry-standard tools.
Covers core principles like structural design, geotechnics and construction management.
Benefit from guest lectures, mentoring and optional placement opportunities with leading civil engineering employers.
Gain from pathways to upgrade from BEng (Hons) to MEng (subject to meeting progression requirements), allowing you to reach your full potential.
You will have opportunities to draw on real-life case studies provided by companies such as Arcadis, CGL, Crossrail and Galliford Try.
Significant moments will be presented to apply for industrial placements* at companies, which have previously included: Atkins, Balfour Beatty, Interserve, Morgan Sindall, Mott MacDonald, Severn Trent Water and Warwickshire County Council.
Key Course Benefits
Comprehensive skills development: cultivate technical, practical, and managerial abilities to analyse, design and manage complex engineering challenges, preparing for leadership roles in the civil engineering sector.
Practical learning approach: engage in hands-on projects, fieldwork and simulations within a full-scale construction environment, enhancing real-world problem-solving skills.
Strong industry connections: leverage our strong links with civil engineering employers who contribute to course development, guest lectures, mentoring and optional placement opportunities.
Focus on sustainable development: emphasise on sustainable engineering practices and learn how to address global infrastructure needs while minimising environmental and climate impacts.
Exercises in the Simulation Centre (a full-scale simulated construction environment) to experience real challenges of construction management in a controlled environment and to develop professional and leadership skills
This course includes a sandwich (placement year) option. For the most update to date course details, please visit our website.
This course has a common first year.
In the first year, the curriculum is shared across related courses allowing you to gain a broad grounding in the discipline before going on, in the second and third years, to specialist modules in your chosen field.
We want your degree to fit around you, so upon successful completion of your first year, you could swap degrees with another course in your common first year (subject to meeting progression requirements).
Common first-year courses
Civil Engineering BSc (Hons)
Civil and Environmental Engineering BEng (Hons)
In the first year, the curriculum is shared across related courses allowing you to gain a broad grounding in the discipline before going on, in the second and third years, to specialist modules in your chosen field.
Modules
Year Two
In year two, you will develop more advanced knowledge and skills to do with: hydraulic and transportation engineering, engineering design, and soil mechanics, amongst others.
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Placement Year
There’s no better way to find out what you love doing than trying it out for yourself, which is why a work placement* can often be beneficial. Work placements usually occur between your second and final year of study. They’re a great way to help you explore your potential career path and gain valuable work experience, whilst developing transferable skills for the future.
If you choose to do a work placement year, you will pay a reduced tuition fee* of £1,250. For more information, please go to the fees and funding section. During this time you will receive guidance from your employer or partner institution, along with your assigned academic mentor who will ensure you have the support you need to complete your placement.
Final Year
Year three aims to bring you to the level to enter the world of work by consolidating your knowledge and skills from year one and two.
In year three you will develop more advanced knowledge and skills to do with: strategic construction project management, transport infrastructure, research dissertation, amongst others.
Modules:
Fourth Year
If you meet the criteria, you could choose to take an additional fourth year master’s option, which will deepen your knowledge and expertise.
Modules:
We regularly review our course content, to make it relevant and current for the benefit of our students. For these reasons, course modules may be updated. Before accepting any offers, please check the website for the most up to date course content. For full module details please check the course page on the Coventry University website.
Coventry University has participated in the Teaching Excellence Framework. These ratings were awarded in 2023, for four years.
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We have different schemes that recognise this context that may result in a reduced offer by up to 24 UCAS points or equivalent.
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| Location | Fee | Year |
|---|---|---|
| England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Channel Islands & Republic of Ireland | £9790* | |
| EU & International | £20800* |
* This is a provisional fee and subject to change.
Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website.
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