BEng (Hons) Civil Engineering

This degree is accredited by the Joint Board of Moderators (JBM) comprising the Institution of Civil Engineers, Institution of Structural Engineers, Institute of Highway Engineers, the Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation and the Railway Engineering Institution on behalf of the Engineering Council for the purposes of fully meeting the academic requirement for registration as an Incorporated Engineer (IEng).

See www.jbm.org.uk for further information.

In developing countries, a large enough pool of high quality, accredited engineering graduates are needed as demand for engineers is significantly increasing which result to attract direct foreign investment, offshore outsourcing from developed country, multinational corporation organisations. A well systematic designed coverage of entrepreneurship should be included in engineering education as well. Developing country planners and government officials are reforming the effective economic development and job generation strategies in parallel with making the needed investments to enhance the quality and quantity of engineering graduates.

Civil engineering is a key area to support national development. This civil engineering course provides you with essential skills that the current industry is expecting from civil engineering graduates and instils a work ethic as well as transferable skills, and prepares the graduate to function within the civil engineering industry internationally, dealing with infrastructure, roads, large services networks and structures.

• The composition of this course is based upon the attributes that an effective employee, or a graduate, should ideally have:
• Developed personal skills with both the confidence and ability to express their creativity both individually and as part of a team;
• Gained the ability to promote a responsible, professional attitude towards the selection and use of data and skills within team based contexts;
• Had an in-depth understanding of engineering knowledge and to develop their critical awareness of new emerging solutions and technologies;
• Apply their civil engineering knowledge to key science/environmental principles, taking into account the use of natural resources through exploring hydrology and waste treatment, and creating sustainable infrastructure
• Developed a comprehensive awareness of the wider cultural, social, political, economic and ethical implications in the construction industry;
• Applied comprehensively their knowledge and skills to a piece of work on engineering through the Honours Project to reflect the programme being studied.
• the aptitude to solve problems within various settings;
• the competence to develop concepts and apply them in pragmatic ways;
• advanced analytical skills that can be used within organisations;
• a perceptive insight into engineering related issues;
• the ability to understand policies in local and global contexts and the capability to see legislation as emergent resultants;
• a good understanding of how the design of a construction project can impact on the success of the implementation of that project
• the aptitude to think and plan strategically in the design of construction projects;
• a good understanding of the societal implications of emerging technologies in construction;
• aptitude to analyse, synthesise, critique and evaluate various means of building technologies, deployment and leading edge ideas.