**Overview** Take your first step towards becoming a professional Chartered Engineering Geologist or Chartered Geotechnical Engineer on this BEng (Hons) Engineering Geology and Geotechnics degree course. You’ll learn the fundamentals of geological science and develop the technical expertise to work on the design and construction of tunnels, roads, dams, and surface and underground mine excavations. Taking this course makes you eligible for the Engineering Geology and Geotechnics Industrial Bursary Scheme. If you're accepted onto this scheme, you'll be awarded a bursary of £1,750 in years 1, 2 and 4, a 44-week paid work placement after year 2, and an 8-week paid work placement after year 1(see below for more details).  Graduates from this course have high levels of employability, and play a key role across many sectors, including construction, mining and quarrying, and offshore and onshore renewable energy. The knowledge, technical skills and and confidence you'll develop on this course, which includes the option of a year working in industry, will open doors to excellent career prospects and opportunities to work for consultants and contractors across the globe. This course is accredited by The Geological Society and the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IMMM). **What you'll experience** On this course, you'll: - Learn at a University where geology and geotechnics have been taught for more than 50 years - Have the opportunity to apply for the Engineering Geology and Geotechnics Industrial Bursary Scheme, which if granted gives you a bursary during academic study years, and access to valuable paid work placements (see below for more details) - Learn from staff with both industry and academic experience - Develop fundamental knowledge of geological science, engineering, mathematics and materials - Develop knowledge, practical skills and techniques that you will use throughout your career - Get out of the classroom to put what you learn into practice, collecting samples and analysing results - Have the opportunity to go on field trips to locations such as the Isle of Wight, Dorset, Norfolk, the Cotswolds, north Scotland, the French Alps - Have the option to take a self-funded, non-assessed trip to Hong Kong, to further your studies - Get the chance to take an optional paid placement year in the UK or overseas - You'll also get access to the University's XRF, gamma spectrometry, crystal growth, low temperature physics, geochemistry and palaeontology labs Facilities you'll use include: - a petrology laboratory - a soil mechanics laboratory - a rock mechanics and rock physics laboratory - a photogrammetric suite encompassing remote sensing and GIS  - a Scanning Electron Microscope **Careers and opportunities** This degree offers a fast track towards a career as a professional Chartered Engineering Geologist or Chartered Geotechnical Engineer when you do additional training. After you complete the course, you'll be in high demand on engineering projects in global locations such as Australia, New Zealand, Dubai, Canada and Hong Kong as well as in the UK. **What can you do with an Engineering Geology and Geotechnics degree?** Recent graduates have been involved with: - major site investigations for international projects - investigation and stabilisation of old mine workings - coastal engineering - flood alleviation projects - dam site investigation and design - major tunnelling projects in the UK and overseas - development of deep mines in South Africa and Australia What jobs can you do with an Engineering Geology and Geotechnics degree? Roles our graduates have taken on include: - graduate engineering geologist - graduate tunnelling engineer - graduate geotechnical engineer - graduate mining geotechnical engineer - graduate foundation engineer

Year 1 In your first year, you'll concentrate on the fundamentals of the geological sciences, as well as focusing on engineering mathematics and materials. You'll also develop key field skills on a number of field trips. Core modules in this year include: - Engineering Geology and Geohazards - How the Earth Works - Mathematical Principles - Mineralogy and Petrology - Sedimentology and Palaeontology - Soils and Materials 1 Year 2: In year 2, you'll specialise in the more applied areas of the subject and do fieldwork, which is a vital component of this geoscience degree. Core modules in this year include: - Geoenvironmental Risk Management - GIS and Remote Sensing - Ground Investigation - Professional Skills for Geoscientists - Soils and Materials 2 - Structural Geology Placement year (optional): On this course, you can do an optional work placement year between your 2nd and 3rd years to get valuable experience working in industry. We’ll help you secure a work placement that fits your situation and ambitions. You’ll get mentoring and support throughout the year. Year 3 In your final year, you'll complete an independent project where you can decide the geological and engineering based topic, collect samples, carry out lab tests and report on your findings. Core modules in this year include: - Geohazard Risk Management - Engineering Geology and Geotechnics Project - Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology - Rock Engineering - Soils and Materials 3 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: exams, laboratory reports, oral and poster presentations, reports on field-based projects, computer-based assessment. 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 Geological Society

Materials, Minerals and Mining, Institute of

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: F612

Institution code: P80

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The following entry points are available for this course:

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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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