MEng Civil and Structural Engineering

Civil engineering at Manchester enables you to lay the right foundation for a career in civil engineering with this four-year course that leads to a Master of Engineering qualification (MEng) in Civil and Structural Engineering.  

During the first two years, the course is broad-based and you will study topics such as structural analysis, hydraulics, geotechnics, construction materials, engineering design, project management and mathematics.  

In later years, you have considerable flexibility to steer your degree towards your interests by taking optional subjects such as renewable energy systems, fire engineering, earthquake engineering and computational hydraulics. 

In year 3, you will undertake an individual research project on an emerging topic in civil engineering and, in year 4, you undertake an industry-supervised group design project and units on advanced structural analysis and design.

This degree will equip you to enter the civil engineering professions and fully satisfies the educational base for becoming a Chartered Engineer (CEng).

You will also benefit from our welcoming community, where you can join some of the Department's various student societies, such as The University of Manchester Civil Engineering Society, to meet like-minded people, make new friends and explore all things civil engineering.

The aims of this course are to provide you with:

• Provide you with a comprehensive knowledge and understanding of engineering science, analysis and management.
• Give you an in-depth understanding of design.
• Help you to learn important transferable skills, such as problem-solving, team working, creativity, IT skills and oral and written communication.
• Develop your understanding of the economic, social, ethical and environmental contexts that are relevant to becoming a professional civil engineer.
• Give you a strong base of practical skills (eg in surveying and specialist computer software).

Foundation Year available

You can prepare for the full degree course if you do not have the appropriate qualifications for direct entry by undertaking our  foundation course .

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Come to our Home of Engineering and Materials - a place like no other. This is where engineers, material scientists, and fashion students collaborate, innovate and make their mark on the world. Unleash your potential in our creative, academic playground that signals the evolution of a proud history of innovation spanning almost 200 years.

In this very special place, we’re ripping up the rule book, offering you a truly innovative teaching and learning experience. As well as our creative classrooms, you’ll also have access to world-leading sustainable research facilities in our new buildings.

Our variety of spaces allows for greater collaboration for all our students, and it is the place to connect and tackle real-life challenges together. So, a civil engineer designing futureproof buildings will bump into aerospace engineers researching satillites and drones, and a chemical engineer sat alongside a materials scientist working on clean water. It is a place like no other for interactions and one of the biggest communities of engineers and materials scientists in any University in the world.

Dive into a world of possibilities, whether you are interested in aerospace, robotics, or sustainable fashion, there’s a home for you here. 

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What's more, our strong, ever-growing links with industry not only help to inform our courses, but also boost our excellent teaching and research facilities. These include: 

• National Instruments Undergraduate Teaching Laboratory 
• Cocrete Labs
• Hydraulic Labs
• High Voltage Lab
• Rolls-Royce University Technology Centre 
• Oxford Instruments VG Semicon Molecular Beam Epitaxy facility 
• National Graphene Institute
• Dalton Nuclear Institute
• Computer Clusters equipped with industry-leading software

The University of Manchester also offers an extensive  library and online services , helping you get the most out of your studies.