Civil Engineering University of Southampton

Overview

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. 

This  Civil Engineering MEng course offered by the University of Southampton  follows the BEng degree for the first 3 years. In your fourth year, you can choose to focus on specialist topics related to the latest research and needs of society, including:

• coastal and maritime engineering

• earthquake engineering and seismic design

• bioenergy

• transport modelling

• waste resource management

• flood modelling and mitigation

Design is integral to civil engineering, you’ll take part in laboratory sessions and design projects throughout your degree to put your knowledge into practice. These are often based on the requirements of a real site and a real client.

Career 

This degree will allow you to develop and evidence subject-specific and targeted employability skills. This includes the required skill set for a range of future careers, further study, or starting your own business.

The skills you can expect to focus on and gain from this course include:

• Research

• Critical thinking

• Commercial awareness

• Self-management

• Confidence

• Communication

• Teamwork

• Creativity

• Problem solving

• Resilience

Accreditation

This course is accredited by:

• Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE)
• Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE)
• Chartered Institute of Highways & Transportation (CIHT)
• Institute of Highway Engineers (IHE)
• European Accreditation of Engineering Programmes (EAEP)