MEng Civil Engineering

In recent years, there have been considerable concerns raised about whether our current infrastructure systems are sufficiently resilient to environmental change, and how to minimize their impact on the climate and the environment. We will depend on existing infrastructural assets for decades to come, meanwhile decarbonisation, digitalisation and decentralisation promise to transform infrastructure systems, with potential to solve the problems of existing systems and create new ones.

This unit draws on the School of Engineering’s interdisciplinary expertise to highlight national and global challenges that need the input of civil engineers. We hope to inspire students by introducing the key challenges that face critical infrastructures, and possibilities to increase sustainability and resilience of waste, energy, transport and water systems.

The unit aims to enable students to develop knowledge and skills they will use throughout their career to improve the sustainability and resilience of Engineering projects. Specifically, students will learn about:
      - what the concepts of sustainability and resilience mean, and the main implications for infrastructure systems
      - key challenges and ways to manage these in critical infrastructure sectors (waste, energy, transport and water)
      - to critically and creatively reflect on how to best manage long-lasting infrastructure projects in the face of evolving and intersecting environmental challenges. 

• Introduction to sustainability and resilience in context of infrastructure (including vulnerability, risk and climate change adaptation). 

• Sustainable and Resilient Waste Systems: Circular economy principals and infrastructural challenges associated with waste management.

• Sustainable and Resilient Water Systems: Introduction to water systems, climate-related risks (drought, water scarcity and flooding), and water resource management.

• Sustainable and Resilient Energy Systems: Existing/new technologies, Socio-political factors, Interactions between sectors and integrated solutions. Multidimensional aspects of large, infrastructure systems.

• Sustainable and Resilient Transport Systems: Road, shipping, rail, aviation.

• Future of sustainable and resilient infrastructures: Introducing socio-technical developments (digitalisation, decarbonisation, and decentralisation), exploring the implication for the future of infrastructure systems, and understanding how decisions are made in conditions of uncertainty.

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Tuition fees for home students will be £10,050 for the 2027/28 academic year. In England and Wales, tuition fees for home undergraduate students are subject to the Government fee cap, which the Government has announced will be £10,050 for the 2027/28 academic year.

Government policy is to increase the fee cap on an annual basis to reflect inflation (i.e. increasing costs), and the tuition fee home students pay in subsequent academic years will reflect any increases in the Government fee cap (which we will communicate to you as soon as we can in advance of the relevant academic year).

Tuition fees for international students will be £37,500 for the 2027/28 academic year. For subsequent academic years, the University reserves the right to increase the tuition fee by up to 7% each year, including to reflect rising costs associated with delivering our education and wider student experience.

For general information please see the undergraduate finance pages.

There is acompulsory field course for Civil Engineering students which incurs a subsidised fee* (approx. £100) that contributes to travel, accommodation, and subsistence. You are expected to bring your own wet weather clothing and footwear.

The exact cost and dates of the trip are confirmed at the start of your second year.

*In accordance with current university policy, this fee is restricted to be not more than 1% of the annual tuition fee of the course.

All students should normally be able to complete their programme of study without incurring additional study costs over and above the tuition fee for that programme. Any unavoidable additional compulsory costs totalling more than 1% of the annual home undergraduate fee per annum, regardless of whether the programme in question is undergraduate or postgraduate taught, will be made clear to you at the point of application. Further information can be found in the University's Policy on additional costs incurred by students on undergraduate and postgraduate taught programmes (PDF document, 91KB).

The University of Manchester is committed to attracting and supporting the very best students. We have a focus on nurturing talent and ability and we want to make sure that you have the opportunity to study here, regardless of your financial circumstances.

For information about fees and funding, please see our undergraduate fees pages and check the scholarships and bursaries page.