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Design, build and maintain the structures of our modern world

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What is civil engineering?

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  • Create solutions You’ll learn about infrastructure on a large scale, designing and creating solutions to modern-day problems
  • Combining your creativity with technical expertise You’ll gain skills that help change the world and protect natural resources
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Gain access to world-leading facilities, like our hydrodynamics laboratory with our wave basin and coastal flume

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Learn from and alongside researchers paving the way in the field, to find solutions to modern-day problems

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Learn to solve global challenges across the natural and built environment through a world-leading education on this integrated Master’s degree.

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Enhance your understanding of materials science and the management needs of business organisations

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Learn about the behaviour and characteristics of civil engineering materials in depth.

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Learn to design, analyse and assess concrete structures such as bridges and buildings.

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Gain hands-on experience in fluid mechanics, as well as theoretical knowledge

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Analyse the principles and practices needed to protect the environment and human health.

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Explore environmental engineering practices and the use of computational methods and statistical modelling techniques.

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Explore the broad spectrum of structural engineering issues affecting civil engineering structures.

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Discover the theoretical background and practical design considerations of hydrology and water resources management.

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Security and Resilience: Science and Technology

Deepen your understanding of the science and cutting-edge technologies that underpin global security.

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Soil Mechanics

Examine the theory of geomechanics and explore the properties of solids and soft rocks.

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  • 2023
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Specialise in key aspects of engineering geology and explore the fundamentals of geomechanics.

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Build your understanding of the theory of geomechanics and key concepts of engineering seismology

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Obtain a solid technical basis in key areas of soil mechanics and apply that knowledge to aspects of environmental geotechnics.

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Study key areas of geotechnical engineering and specialise in analysing large volumes of geotechnical data to provide efficient, sustainable, resilient geotechnical solutions.

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Structural Steel Design

Understand the theory and practice of structural steel design.

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Transport

Explore the movement of people and goods to prepare for a career in operations, engineering or transport planning.

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Transport with Data Science and Mathematical Optimisation

Specialise in analysing large volumes of transport data and in developing models for efficient, sustainable, and resilient transport systems.

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