Civil Engineering with Architectural Design University of Southampton

Overview

The first 2 years of this Civil Engineering with Architectural Design MEng course offered by the University of Southampton  are the same as our other civil engineering courses. You'll cover mechanics, materials, thermofluids and construction management. In the third year you’ll specialise in civil engineering with a focus on urban design.

You'll put architectural principles into practice through design projects. These are taught by structural engineers and architects, and include:

• an architectural group project, to design a complex building in an urban area
• an individual architectural engineering project of your choice

The Design Show blog has examples of our students’ design work.

You'll have access to our extensive facilities, including:

• National Infrastructure Laboratory
• professional manufacturing centre
• hydraulics and geotechnics labs
• heavy structures facilities

As part of this course you can:

• apply analytical techniques and problem-solving skills to engineering problems
• develop technical skills, such as computer-aided design (CAD), model-making, surveying and computer programming
• take part in the Constructionarium challenge, where teams build scaled-down versions of famous structure
• showcase your work in our annual Engineering Design Show

You can take this course with an additional year-long, paid placement. Apply with UCAS code K21K for the Industrial Placement Year option.

Career Opportunities

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

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)