Civil Engineering with Year in Industry BEng Honours

Program Overview

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Course overview

This four-year Civil Engineering degree includes a year working in industry and focuses on developing your practical and professional skills. You'll gain a wide-ranging knowledge of engineering topics so you graduate equipped for a career in the civil engineering sector.

You'll develop real-world experience – both at University and while on placement in Stage 3 – through our design-intensive programme, hands-on work in our specialist facilities and experience working directly in the sector.

You'll become a well-rounded engineer, with knowledge and skills across all five civil engineering disciplines – infrastructure, modelling and informatics, environmental systems, human and management systems, and surveying.

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BEng or MEng?

Both our BEng and MEng degrees provide a pathway to becoming a Chartered Engineer. This is one of the most recognisable international engineering qualifications.

Our MEng degrees are a direct route to becoming a Chartered Engineer (CEng). You don’t need to study any more qualifications after your degree to work towards chartered status.

Our three-year BEng degree can also lead to Chartered Engineer status. However, you’ll need to complete further study, such as an approved master’s degree.

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Please rest assured we make all reasonable efforts to provide you with the programmes, services and facilities described. However, it may be necessary to make changes due to significant disruption, for example in response to Covid-19.

View our Academic experience page, which gives information about your Newcastle University study experience for the academic year 2022-23.

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Program Outline

Modules and learning

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Modules

The information below is intended to provide an example of what you will study.

Most degrees are divided into stages. Each stage lasts for one academic year, and you'll complete modules totalling 120 credits by the end of each stage.

Our teaching is informed by research. Course content may change periodically to reflect developments in the discipline, the requirements of external bodies and partners, and student feedback.

Optional module availability

Student demand for optional modules may affect availability.

Full details of the modules on offer will be published through the Programme Regulations and Specifications ahead of each academic year. This usually happens in May.

To find out more please see our terms and conditions.

Stage 1

Stage 2

Stage 3

Stage 4

Stage 1 will provide a broad introduction to the principles of engineering. You'll get involved in practical work from day one, with a residential field trip to the Yorkshire Dales.

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Modules

Compulsory Modules	Credits
Engineering Mathematics I	20
Sustainable Design, Creativity, and Professionalism	30
Electrical and Magnetic Systems	15
Electronics and Sensors	10
Thermofluid Mechanics	15
Properties & Behaviour of Engineering Materials	15
Mechanics I	15

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How you'll learn

Teaching Time

Independent Study

46 54 Learning methods used over the year (estimated % of time)

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How you'll be assessed

Written Exams

Coursework

30 70 Assessment methods used over the year (estimated % of time)

In Stage 2, you'll delve further into key topics, with modules such as design of sustainable engineering systems, structural analysis, land traffic and highways, and hydraulics.

You'll also take part in a site visit to Edinburgh.

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Modules

Compulsory Modules	Credits
Statistics and Numerical Methods for Civil Engineers	10
Design of Sustainable Engineering Systems 2	20
Treatment of Waste Water	10
Environmental Systems and Quantification	10
Land Traffic and Highways	10
Mechanics II	20
Geotechnics	10
Hydraulics	10
Design of Building Elements	10
Engineering Surveying	10

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How you'll learn

Teaching Time

Independent Study

33 67 Learning methods used over the year (estimated % of time)

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How you'll be assessed

Written Exams

Coursework

18 82 Assessment methods used over the year (estimated % of time)

You will spend the year on a work placement in the UK or abroad. You’ll gain valuable practical experience in the sector.

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How you'll learn

Teaching Time

Independent Study

23 77 Learning methods used over the year (estimated % of time)

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How you'll be assessed

Written Exams

Coursework

5 95 Assessment methods used over the year (estimated % of time)

Your final year will involve an in-depth project, allowing you to carry out a substantial, individual piece of work addressing current and future issues in civil engineering.

Alongside this project, you'll also complete modules covering areas such as construction management, engineering ethics and sustainability, geotechnical design, and design of transport infrastructure.

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Modules

Compulsory Modules	Credits
Design of Sustainable Engineering Systems 3	20
Construction Management	10
Engineering Ethics and Sustainability	10
The Data-Centric Urban Environment	10
Individual Project	20
Foundation Design	10
Design of Building Systems	10
Design of Transport Infrastructure	10
Hydrosystems Engineering	10
Spatial Data Processing and BIM	10

Information about these graphs

We base these figures and graphs on the most up-to-date information available to us. They combine data on the planned delivery and assessments of our courses in 2021-22 with data on the modules chosen by our students in 2020-21.

Teaching time is made up of:

scheduled learning and teaching activities. These are timetabled activities with a member of staff present

structured guided learning. These are activities developed by staff to support engagement with module learning. Students or groups of students undertake these activities without direct staff participation or supervision

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Teaching and assessment

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Teaching methods

You'll learn through:

lectures

practical work

site visits

individual study

group work

tutorials

lab work

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Assessment methods

You'll be assessed through a combination of:

Assessments

Assignments – written or fieldwork

Case studies

Coursework

Group work

Practical sessions

Presentations

Projects

Seminar tasks/exercises

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Skills and experience

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Practical skills

You'll carry out practical work in our specialist labs, including testing your design decisions, learning how different materials behave, and carrying out experimental work in the structures labs.

You'll also have access to our new multidisciplinary environmental lab, as well as full-scale field facilities off campus, including flood defence schemes, electric vehicles, and an engineering embankment.

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Business skills

You'll study design-focused modules, where you will develop your professional skills, carry out critical reviews, and reflective logs that mirror those used in industry.

You'll also take part in a number of site visits, where you'll observe professional engineers at work.

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Research skills

You'll be taught by world-class researchers and cutting-edge research will be at the forefront of your learning. You'll undertake independent projects based around the latest industry developments, conducting your own research.

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Chat to a student

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Newcastle is a great university to study at. Everyone is friendly and helpful and you feel welcomed from the beginning. It’s in a great city, full of life at any time of the day and night.

Lorena, Civil Engineering student