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Brunel University London
You will study the traditional elements of civil engineering including design, structures, materials, fluid mechanics, geotechnics and maths. You’ll be introduced to a range of construction topics and then progress to specialist subjects such as structural analysis and computational mechanics.
Access is available to custom-designed technical facilities to work on your laboratory experiments. These include fluids and hydraulics laboratories, and structures, materials and geotechnics labs. The latest industry standard engineering software packages are available for you to use in dedicated computer clusters.
Computer Science, Electronics or Design and Technology (Use of Maths and General Studies not accepted).
Technicians and Further Mechanical or Further Electronic/Electrical Principles modules.
Principles and Calculus to Solve Engineering Problems.
A civil engineering degree from Brunel will equip you with the knowledge and skills ready for your future career in the civil engineering and construction industry.
Many of our civil engineering graduates begin their careers with contractors and consultants working on large infrastructure projects such as bridges, high-rise buildings, tunnels, flood and coastal defence schemes, transport, highways, water treatment, and modern methods of construction.
Some go on to jobs with multinational and local government agencies or major firms of consulting engineers. Others specialise in construction, sustainability, innovative materials, foundation engineering, tunnelling, geotechnical exploration or highway engineering.
Opting for the year in industry during your civil engineering degree may lead to a job offer from your placement company.
A civil engineer has a rewarding and varied career. A degree in civil engineering will set you up with innovative and transferable knowledge and you will be ready to face the engineering challenges of the modern world.