Civil Engineering MEng Honours

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What is Clearing?

Each year, universities may have spaces left on their courses after the application window has closed in June.

UCAS Clearing is your opportunity to snap up one of these places, even if you didn't apply to the university prior to the June deadline.

It also gives you a second chance to go to university if you didn't get the grades you needed for your firm and insurance offers.

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Course overview

This four-year master's degree will prepare you for a rewarding career as a civil engineer with a strong understanding of our core infrastructure. You'll learn how we can address global challenges such as climate change, population growth, and resource scarcity.

With a practical, design-led focus running throughout the programme, you'll work in our specialist labs, using industry-standard equipment and techniques to gain real-world experience. This is supported by our industry links and team of world-class researchers.

You'll develop an in-depth knowledge of all five civil engineering disciplines, with the opportunity to specialise in environmental, geotechnical, transport, or water resource engineering in your final year.

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Your course and study experience - disclaimers and terms and conditions  
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 2024-25.

See our terms and conditions and student complaints information, which gives details of circumstances that may lead to changes to programmes, modules or University services.

Additional information

This degree allows you to explore several engineering disciplines in year one. This flexible route is taught across Civil, Electrical & Electronic and Mechanical Engineering.

You'll gain an understanding of engineering in a multidisciplinary context. You'll develop diverse skills relevant to the needs of industry and today’s global challenges.

After successfully completing Stage 1, you'll have the option of transferring on to one of the accredited Civil, Electrical & Electronic or Mechanical Engineering degrees. This is subject to the degree programme regulations and capacity of the degree you are transferring to.

Quality and ranking

Professional accreditation and recognition

All professional accreditations are reviewed regularly by their professional body.

Modules and learning

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

In Stage 1, you'll receive 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.

Modules

Compulsory Modules	Credits
Engineering Mathematics I	20
Electrical and Magnetic Systems	15
Electronics and Sensors	10
Thermofluid Mechanics	15
Properties & Behaviour of Engineering Materials	15
Mechanics I	15
Introduction to Programming Languages (C, Matlab and Python)	15
Sustainable Design, Creativity and Professionalism	15

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

Modules

Compulsory Modules	Credits
Statistics and Numerical Methods for Civil Engineers	10
Design of Sustainable Engineering Systems 2	20
Construction Management	10
Water Treatment Engineering for the 21st Century	10
Environmental Systems and Quantification	10
Geotechnics	10
Design of Building Elements	10
Land Traffic and Highways	10
Hydraulics	10
Engineering Surveying	10
Engineering Mechanics: Statics	10

Stage 3 covers topics such as spatial data modelling, geotechnical design, and engineering ethics and sustainability.

You'll also complete a sustainable engineering systems design project, allowing you to experience a major multidisciplinary design project. 

Modules

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

During Stage 4, you'll develop your skills further through an investigative research project, specialising in environmental, geotechnical, transport, or water resource engineering. 

You'll also have the opportunity to choose from modules such as Global Engineering, Business Enterprise in Science and Engineering, and Career Development. 

Modules

Compulsory Modules	Credits
Public Policy: Infrastructure and Climate Change	10
Digital Engineering and Analytics	10
Construction Project Management	10
Investigative Research Project	30

Optional Modules	Credits
Global Engineering - An International Design and Build Challenge	20
Bridge to Industry	20
Solid Waste and Resource Management	10
Environmental Engineering in Low and Middle Income Countries	10
Air Pollution	10
Remediation Technologies for Contaminated Environments	10
Ground Improvement Techniques	10
Soil Modelling and Numerical Methods	10
Assessment of slope stability; design of slopes and retaining structures	20
Road Safety	10
Connected, Automated & Intelligent Transport Systems	10
Technologies for Future Mobility	10
Human Systems Engineering for Transport	10
Climate Change: Vulnerability, Impacts and Adaptation	10
Computational Hydraulics	10
Modelling and Forecasting of Floods	10
Hydrosystems Modelling and Management	20
Design, Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Science and Engineering	20

Information about these graphs

We base these figures and graphs on the most up-to-date information available to us. They are based on the modules chosen by our students in 2023-24.

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

Teaching and assessment

Teaching methods

You'll learn through:

• lectures
• practical work
• site visits
• individual study
• group work

In a typical week, you'll have lectures each morning, followed by two or three lab or design sessions in the afternoons. In your final year, you'll work full time on a unit of study for one week, followed by a week of independent study. 

Assessment methods

You'll be assessed through a combination of:

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  Assessments

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  Assignments – written or fieldwork

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  Case studies

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  Coursework

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  Group work

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  Practical sessions

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  Presentations

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  Projects

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  Reports

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  Seminar tasks/exercises

Skills and experience

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.

Business skills

Real business skills are embedded throughout the course through design-focused modules. 

In your final year, you'll also have the option to study Global Engineering, a unique international design and build challenge, Business Enterprise in Science and Engineering where you'll learn how to set up and operate a business in the construction sector, or Career Development including a work placement. 

Research skills

You'll be exposed to cutting-edge research and be taught by some of the leading researchers in the field. 

You'll also undertake independent projects based around the latest industry developments, conducting your own research.

Opportunities

Study abroad

Experience life in another country by choosing to study abroad as part of your degree. You’ll be encouraged to embrace fun and challenging experiences, make connections with new communities and graduate as a globally aware professional, ready for your future.

You can choose to spend up to a year studying at a partner institution overseas.

If you choose to study abroad, it will extend your degree by a year. 

Find out more about study abroad

Work placement

This civil engineering degree is also available with a year's work placement, as a five-year programme.

You'll apply to spend 9 to 12 months working in any organisation in the world, and receive University support from our dedicated team to secure your dream placement. Work placements take place in Stage 3.

You'll gain first-hand experience of working in the sector, putting your learning into practice and developing your professional expertise.

Placements are subject to availability.

Find out more about work placements

Facilities and environment

Facilities

Our Civil Engineering courses are taught at our city-centre campus within the School of Engineering, and are based in the Cassie Building.

You'll benefit from world-class facilities and living labs, ranging from microbiology laboratories through to at-scale engineering equipment.

Each engineering discipline has its own specialist facilities, including:

• the Millennium Laboratory – home to a wide range of facilities and experimental rigs
• Merz Court Pilot Plant Laboratory – a pilot plant with 28 experimental rigs
• BE:WISE – Europe's largest wastewater treatment research facility
• the Urban Observatory – with sensors gathering over 50 types of data across the city
• Electronics Teaching Lab – home to state-of-the-art Agilent/Keysight digital test equipment
• Clean-Room Microfabrication Lab – home to two class 100-10000 clean rooms

Support

To support you in your studies, all new students entering year 1 or year 2 will receive:

• a tablet so you can download the online learning resources you'll need for your course (helping us to make our campus more sustainable)
• a start-up pack containing essential personal protective equipment

You'll receive comprehensive support from the moment you arrive at the University. You'll be supported by personal tutors, stage tutors, and degree tutors. You'll also benefit from the School's student buddies scheme.

Your future

Recent graduates have secured roles such as:

• graduate structural engineer
• chartered engineer
• graduate engineer

They've taken on these roles with companies such as:

• BT Bell Consulting Engineers
• Cundall
• Arup
• Atkins
• environmental agencies 

The practical, analytical, and problem-solving skills developed on the programme mean you'll also be highly employable in related sectors such as mining, nuclear, oil and gas, and renewable energy, as well as more diverse industries, including banking and management.

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Careers support

Our award-winning Careers Service is one of the largest and best in the country, and we have strong links with employers. We provide an extensive range of opportunities to all students through our ncl+ initiative.

Visit our Careers Service website

Recognition of professional qualifications outside of the UK

From 1 January 2021 there is an update to the way professional qualifications are recognised by countries outside of the UK

Additional information

Advice on maths and science requirements

If you don’t think you will have the exact mathematics and science qualifications referred to in our entry requirements by the time you need them, you may not be sure what to do.

• If you have a maths qualification but will not have it at A Level (or equivalent) when you start your degree, you should apply for the relevant degree with Foundation Year. We may give you the opportunity to take the Newcastle University Pre-Entry Maths Course* and the option to start in Year 1 if we think that this will be the best route for you.
• If you have A Level Maths (or equivalent) already but not at the required grade, you should contact us for advice. We may decide that you could be considered for Foundation Year entry, or it may be that this course is not the best option for you.
• If you will not have the equivalent of an A Level in the science subject (if any) required, you should apply for the relevant degree with Foundation Year.

If you are still not sure, don’t worry. Whatever you apply for, our Admissions Tutors will help you decide which is the best route for you. They may, therefore, make you an offer for a different course from the one you apply for (eg Foundation Year entry instead of Year 1 entry).

*The Newcastle University Pre-Entry Maths Course aims to provide the requisite mathematical skills and concepts needed on our engineering, maths and physics degree courses and to prepare students for the modes of learning they will encounter. The materials for the course are delivered electronically and include opportunities to practise your skills. You study the materials in your own time and, when you are ready, you book your exam with the Engineering School to which you have applied. A fee of £150 is payable at the time of booking the exam or shortly before the date set for examination.

Tuition fees and scholarships

Tuition fees for 2025 entry (per year)

The 2025 home fees have not yet been confirmed (see ‘Home Fee Students’ information below).

Qualification: MEng Honours
Home students full time 4 years	Tuition fees (per year) Not set
International students full time 4 years	Tuition fees (per year) 29850

Home Fee Students

Home students starting in 2024 entry
£9,250 is the maximum fee that we are currently permitted to charge for home fee-paying students. This is set by the UK government.

As a general principle, you should expect the tuition fee to increase in each subsequent academic year of your course, subject to government regulations on fee increases and in line with inflation.

Home students starting in 2025 entry
The 2025 home fees have not yet been confirmed. In November 2024 the government increased the maximum fee level to £9,535 for 2025/26. We expect to confirm our Undergraduate Home fees for 2025/26 in December 2024.

As a general principle, you should expect the tuition fee to increase in each subsequent academic year of your course, subject to government regulations on fee increases and in line with inflation.

Read more about fees and funding

International Fee Students

Depending on your residency history, if you’re a student from the EU, other EEA or a Swiss national, with settled or pre-settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme, you’ll normally pay the ‘Home’ tuition fee rate and may be eligible for Student Finance England support.

EU students without settled or pre-settled status will normally be charged fees at the ‘International’ rate and will not be eligible for Student Finance England support.

If you are unsure of your fee status, check out the latest guidance here.

As a general principle, you should expect the tuition fee to increase in each subsequent academic year of your course, subject to government regulations on fee increases and in line with inflation.

Read more about fees and funding

Scholarships

We support our EU and international students by providing a generous range of Vice-Chancellor's automatic and merit-based scholarships. See our undergraduate scholarship page for more information.

Year abroad and additional costs

For programmes where you can spend a year on a work placement or studying abroad, you will receive a significant fee reduction for that year. 

Some of our degrees involve additional costs which are not covered by your tuition fees.

Scholarships

Find out more about:

• scholarships for UK, EU and international students
• Student Loans and Government financial support for UK and EU students

How to apply

Apply through UCAS

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• the UCAS name and institution codes for Newcastle University (NEWC/N21)
• the UCAS code for the course you want to apply for
• the UCAS 'buzzword' for your school or college

If you are applying independently, or are applying from a school or college which is not registered to manage applications, you will still use the Apply system. You will not need a buzzword.

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