Bridge Engineering (Taught)

Why choose this course
Our Bridge Engineering MSc is the only masters course that specialises in this area in Europe – and one of the few around the world. Running since the early 1970s, our fully accredited course provides you with the opportunity to develop your knowledge and skills in specialist aspects of bridge engineering, including designing new bridges and managing existing bridges.

This MSc will help you pursue an exciting career as a bridge engineer, which can include working for consultancies involved in bridge design or bridge contractors involved in construction.

Our course is fully aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations, and covers sustainability and resilience in civil engineering infrastructure design and assessment.

You'll also have the opportunity to undertake a postgraduate placement year if you choose our placement pathway, allowing you to gain crucial workplace experience. We’ll support you in finding a placement with a company most suited to your career goals.

What you will study
Our MSc in Bridge Engineering is designed to provide you with a thorough understanding of bridge analysis, design and management. If you’re a practising bridge engineer, it will enable you to improve your existing knowledge and skills and familiarise yourself with the latest industry trends and techniques.

This masters in bridge engineering covers a wide range of modules that address the whole life analysis of bridges from design through to end-of-life. You’ll also have a choice of optional modules from the areas of:

• Geotechnical engineering

• Infrastructure engineering and management

• Structural engineering

• Water/environmental engineering.

During your studies, you’ll have the chance to visit a bridge site on a field trip (subject to availability), allowing you to experience how your knowledge can be applied in practice.

Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.

• The Chartered Institution of Highways & Transportation
• Accreditation of European Engineering Programmes (EUR-ACE)
• The Joint Board of Moderators
• Civil Engineers, Institution of
• Structural Engineers, Institution of
• Highway Engineers, Institute of (IHE)
• Permanent Way Institution