**Overview** Look up at skyscrapers you’ve designed, drive on roads you’ve engineered and lead on global infrastructure projects. Learn to design, construct, operate and maintain infrastructure that supports everything from buildings, transportation, and flood defences to providing safe drinking water and sanitation. Study this accredited BEng (Hons) Civil Engineering degree in the city that gave the world Isambard Kingdom Brunel and step into a career that could shape the world. **Course highlights** - Study practical diving and underwater engineering and infrastructure, due to our coastal location, and get a recognised PADI diving qualification - Visit constructions sites across the city, such as the new Ravelin Sports Centre or the upcoming Southsea Coastal Scheme - Explore soil types and rock formations on visits to the Isle of Wight and take a field trip to the National Construction College - Enter a global design competition, run by Engineers Without Borders - Learn from industry specialists – recent guest speakers have come from the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE), Atkins, Portsmouth Water, Mott MacDonald, Portsmouth City Council, Colas and WSP **Careers and opportunities** All civil engineering roles are listed in the UK Government’s 'skills shortage list' and you can expect an average salary from £30,000 up to £70,000. Our graduates have worked for companies such as: - Sir Robert McAlpine – a civil engineering company that’s contributed to the construction of the NHS Nightingale Hospitals and the expansion of the Royal Albert Hall - Skanska – a recent project, Haymarket Edinburgh, provides more than 380,000 sq. ft designed to benefit the local residential and business community - Multiplex Construction Europe – with offices in Australia, the Middle East, United Kingdom and Canada, this company has completed more than 1,000 projects globally - Balfour Beatty – a leading international infrastructure group developing projects from the UK to the United States and Hong Kong - Gallagher Group – a UK company delivering civil engineering contracts ranging in value from £100,000 to £15 million Roles you could go into include: - materials engineer - geotechnical engineer - civil engineer - construction manager - transport planner - structural engineer **Placement year (optional)** Taking an optional placement year will give you the experience you need to increase your chances of landing your perfect role after graduation. Our students earn an average salary of £19,000 during their placements. We'll give you all the support you need to find a placement that prepares you for your career, and we'll continue to mentor you throughout your placement. Previous students have taken placement roles such as: - service auditor - trainee civil engineer - student site engineer They've completed placements at organisations including: - Osborne - Network Rail - Francis Jackson Homes - Wentworth House Partnership (Keltbray) - Cappagh - Dyer and Butler

Year 1 Core modules in this year include: - Construction Management and Practice - Engineering Analysis - Professional Development 1 - Soils and Materials 1 - Understanding Structures - Analysis and Design - Water and Environmental Engineering There are no optional modules in this year. Year 2 Core modules in this year include: - Behaviour of Structures - Design of Structural Elements - Numerical Skills and Economics - Professional Development 2 - Soils and Materials 2 Optional modules in this year currently include: - Applied Building Information Modelling (BIM) - Diving and Underwater Engineering A - Diving and Underwater Engineering B - Energy Resources and Infrastructure - Fieldwork for Civil Engineers - Heritage Property - Introduction to Project Management Principles - International Built Environment Fieldwork - Modern Foreign Language Placement year (optional) After your second year, you can take a salaried placement year working in the industry, gaining valuable experience, and putting your studies to the test. Previous students have taken placements at large-scale civil engineering organisations such as: Dyer & Butler, Fluor, Kier, Portsmouth Water, Mott MacDonald, AECOM, WSP. We’ll help you secure a placement that fits your workplace ambitions. You’ll get mentoring and support to get the most out of the year. Year 3 Core modules in this year include: - Individual Project - Integrated Civil Engineering Design Project - Professional Development 3 - Soils and Materials 3 - Transportation Engineering - Water Infrastructure There are no optional modules in this year. We use the best and most current research and professional practice alongside feedback from our students to make sure course content is relevant to your future career or further studies. Therefore, some course content may change over time to reflect changes in the discipline or industry and some optional modules may not run every year. If a module doesn’t run, we’ll let you know as soon as possible and help you choose an alternative module.

You’ll be assessed through: - written exams - web assessments - essays and reports - project presentations - a dissertation You’ll be able to test your skills and knowledge informally before you do assessments that count towards your final mark. You can get feedback on all practice and formal assessments so you can improve in the future. The way you’re assessed may depend on the modules you select. As a guide, students on this course last year were typically assessed as follows: - Year 1 students: 68% by written exams, 4% by practical exams and 28% by coursework - Year 2 students: 63% by written exams, 4% by practical exams and 33% by coursework - Year 3 students: 20% by written exams, 12% by practical exams and 68% by coursework

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26 January This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.

Course code: H200

Institution code: P80

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The following entry points are available for this course:

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Year 2

Year 3

We welcome applications for advanced entry. If you’d like to apply for advanced entry, you need to select the required year when you complete your UCAS application.

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Test	Grade	AdditionalDetails
IELTS (Academic)	6.0	English language proficiency at a minimum of IELTS band 6.0 with no component score below 5.5.
PTE Academic	54.0	An overall score of 54 with a minimum of 51 in each skill.
TOEFL (iBT)	79.0	79 with a minimum of 18 in Reading, 17 in Listening, 20 in Speaking and 17 in Writing.
Cambridge English Advanced		Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE) taken after January 2015. An overall score of 169 with no component score less than 162.
Cambridge English Proficiency		Cambridge English: Proficiency (CPE) taken after January 2015. An overall score of 169 with no component score less than 162.
Trinity ISE		Trinity College Integrated Skills in English (ISE) Level III with a Pass in all 4 components

English Language Entry Requirement Information are not listed for this Course.

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EU	9250.0	Year 1
England	9250.0	Year 1
Northern Ireland	9250.0	Year 1
Scotland	9250.0	Year 1
Wales	9250.0	Year 1
Channel Islands	9250.0	Year 1
Republic of Ireland	9250.0	Year 1
International	18300.0	Year 1

Students who are resident in EU countries: please note that the net fee is inclusive of the Transition Scholarship Placement Year and Year abroad: UK/Channel Islands and Isle of Man students – £925 | EU – £925 (including Transition Scholarship)| International (Non-EU) – £1,800. Fees are accurate at the time of publishing and are subject to change at any time without notice. Fees may also go up in later years, in line with inflation. For more information about fees, go to port.ac.uk/ug-tuition-fees

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