Course summary
This is a Connected Degree Portsmouth is the only University in the UK with the flexibility to choose when to do an optional paid placement or self-employed year. Either take a placement in your third year, or finish your studies first and complete a placement in your fourth year. You can decide if and when to take a placement after you've started your course. Overview 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 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
- 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
- materials engineer
- geotechnical engineer
- civil engineer
- construction manager
- transport planner
- structural engineer
Modules
Year 1 Core modules in this year include:
- Construction Management & Practice (20 credits)
- Engineering Analysis (20 credits)
- Professional Development 1 (20 credits)
- Soils & Materials 1 (20 credits)
- Understanding Structures (20 credits)
- Water & Environmental Engineering (20 credits)
- Behaviour of Structures (20 credits)
- Design of Structural Elements (20 credits)
- Numerical Skills & Economics (20 credits)
- Professional Development 2 (20 credits)
- Soils and Materials 2 (20 credits)
- Building Information Modelling (20 credits)
- Energy Resources & Infrastructure (20 credits)
- Fieldwork for Construction (20 credits)
- Heritage Property (20 credits)
- Introduction to Project Management Principles (20 credits)
- Design of Structures (20 credits)
- MEng Individual Research Project (40 credits)
- Soils and Materials 3 (20 credits)
- Transportation Engineering (20 credits)
- Water Infrastructure (20 credits)
- Advanced Engineering Science (20 credits)
- Environmental Management (20 credits)
- Integrated Design Project (60 credits)
- Tools, Techniques and Processes of Project Management (20 credits)
Assessment method
You’ll be assessed through:
- written exams
- web assessments
- essays and reports
- project presentations
- a dissertation
- 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: 30% by written exams, 8% by practical exams and 62% by coursework
Professional bodies
Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.
- The Chartered Institution of Highways & Transportation
- Highway Engineers, Institute of (IHE)
- Civil Engineers, Institution of
- Structural Engineers, Institution of
How to apply
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.
Application codes
- Course code:
- H202
- Institution code:
- P80
- Campus name:
- Main Site
- Campus code:
- -
Points of entry
The following entry points are available for this course:
- Year 1
- Year 2
- Year 3
Entry requirements for advanced entry (i.e. into Year 2 and beyond)
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.
This course may be available at alternative locations, please check if other course options are available
Entry requirements
Qualification requirements
UCAS Tariff - 120 - 128 points
A level - ABB - BBB
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016) - DDM
Access to HE Diploma
Scottish Higher - Not accepted
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificate (first teaching from September 2016)
Scottish Advanced Higher
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme - 29 - 30 points
Welsh Baccalaureate - Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate (last awarded Summer 2024)
Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017) - H3, H3, H3, H3, H3 - H2, H2, H3, H3, H3
Cambridge International Pre-U Certificate - Principal
GCSE/National 4/National 5
T Level - M
English language requirements
Test | Grade | Additional details |
---|---|---|
IELTS (Academic) | 6 | English language proficiency at a minimum of IELTS band 6.0 with no component score below 5.5. |
PTE Academic | 54 | An overall score of 54 with a minimum of 51 in each skill. |
TOEFL (iBT) | 79 | 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 | Pass | Trinity College Integrated Skills in English (ISE) Level III with a Pass in all 4 components |
Student Outcomes
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Fees and funding
Tuition fees
EU | £9535 | Year 1 |
England | £9535 | Year 1 |
Northern Ireland | £9535 | Year 1 |
Scotland | £9535 | Year 1 |
Wales | £9535 | Year 1 |
Channel Islands | £9535 | Year 1 |
Republic of Ireland | £9535 | Year 1 |
International | £19200 | Year 1 |
Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .
Additional fee information
Provider information
University of Portsmouth
University House
Winston Churchill Avenue
Portsmouth
PO1 2UP