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Civil engineering
Design, build and maintain the structures of our modern world
From bridges to motorways, airports to skyscrapers, civil engineering shapes the way cities and towns work
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
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Combining your creativity with technical expertise You’ll gain skills that help change the world and protect natural resources
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2nd in the UK Civil Engineering The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2025
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5th in Europe Civil and Structural Engineering QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025
Why Imperial?
Gain access to world-leading facilities, like our hydrodynamics laboratory with our wave basin and coastal flume
Learn from and alongside researchers paving the way in the field, to find solutions to modern-day problems
Courses
Our range of civil engineering courses allow you to focus on an area or specialism of interest to you
Civil Engineering
Learn to solve global challenges across the natural and built environment through a world-leading education on this integrated Master’s degree.
Start date
- 2026
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Advanced Materials for Sustainable Infrastructure
Learn about the behaviour and characteristics of civil engineering materials in depth.
Start date
- 2025
Concrete Structures
Learn to design, analyse and assess concrete structures such as bridges and buildings.
Start date
- 2025
Earthquake Engineering
Learn to analyse, design and assess structures under seismic action and extreme conditions.
Start date
- 2025
Engineering Fluid Mechanics for the Offshore, Coastal and Built Environments
Gain hands-on experience in fluid mechanics, as well as theoretical knowledge
Start date
- 2025
Environmental Engineering
Analyse the principles and practices needed to protect the environment and human health.
Start date
- 2025
Environmental Engineering with Data Science
Explore environmental engineering practices and the use of computational methods and statistical modelling techniques.
Start date
- 2025
General Structural Engineering
Explore the broad spectrum of structural engineering issues affecting civil engineering structures.
Start date
- 2025
General Structural Engineering with Data Science
Explore the broad spectrum of structural engineering issues affecting civil engineering structures.
Start date
- 2025
Geotechnical and Earthquake Engineering
Build your understanding of the theory of geomechanics and key concepts of engineering seismology
Start date
- 2025
Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
Obtain a solid technical basis in key areas of soil mechanics and apply that knowledge to aspects of environmental geotechnics.
Start date
- 2025
Geotechnical and Geological Engineering
Specialise in key aspects of engineering geology and explore the fundamentals of geomechanics.
Start date
- 2025
Geotechnical Engineering
Examine the theory of geomechanics and explore the properties of soils and soft rocks.
Start date
- 2025
Geotechnical Engineering with Data Science
Study key areas of geotechnical engineering and specialise in analysing large volumes of geotechnical data to provide efficient, sustainable, resilient geotechnical solutions.
Start date
- 2025
Geotechnical Engineering with Offshore Renewables
Specialise in the mechanics and engineering in the growing sector of offshore renewable energy
Start date
- 2025
Hydrology and Water Resources Management
Discover the theoretical background and practical design considerations of hydrology and water resources management.
Start date
- 2025
Security and Resilience: Science and Technology (MSc)
Deepen your understanding of the science and cutting-edge technologies that underpin global security.
Start date
- 2025
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Structural Steel Design
Understand the theory and practice of structural steel design.
Start date
- 2025
Transport with Data Science
Specialise in analysing large volumes of transport data and in developing models for efficient, sustainable, and resilient transport systems.
Start date
- 2025
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