Course summary
This 2-year master's is ideal if you didn't graduate in civil engineering, but have maths and physics skills. You’ll spend your first year studying key topics and improving your knowledge to prepare for your second year, when you’ll join the full-time MSc Civil Engineering course. You'll learn the skills to solve problems in building design, water supply, infrastructure, structural and bridge engineering, geotechnical engineering, and earthquake engineering. You'll study structural, geotechnical, environmental, coastal and maritime and transportation and management engineering.
Modules
"Year 1: Integrated Qualifying Year Compulsory modules include: Highway and Traffic Engineering; Hydraulics; Liveable Cities; Railway Engineering and Operations; Soil Mechanics; Structural Analysis; Structural Design; Urban Water and Wastewater Engineering. Year 2: MSc Civil Engineering Compulsory modules include: MSc Research Project; Data Analysis and Experimental Methods for Civil and Environmental Engineering Optional modules include: Geotechnical Engineering, Advanced Geotechnical Engineering, Advanced Stuctural Engineering, Bioenergy, Railway Engineering and Operations, Coastal and Maritime Engineering, Waste Resource Management, Earthquake Engineering and Seismic Design of Steel Buildings, Energy Resources and Engineering, Energy Performance Assessment of Buildings, Project Economics and Management, Wastewater Process Engineering, River and Estuary Restoration, Transport Management and Safety, Highway and Traffic Engineering, Advanced Finite Element Analysis, Flood Modelling and Mitigation, Structural Stability and Finite Element Analysis, Transport Modelling, Transport Energy and the Environment. For a full list of modules please visit the website."
Assessment method
Examinations, presentations, coursework and dissertation
Professional bodies
Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.
- The Chartered Institution of Highways & Transportation
- Civil Engineers, Institution of
- Highway Engineers, Institute of (IHE)
- Structural Engineers, Institution of
How to apply
International applicants
English language: Band C, IELTS 6.5 overall, with a minimum of 6.0 in all components.
Entry requirements
A UK bachelor’s degree with upper second-class honours or higher in a relevant engineering, science or technology subject. Module requirements also apply, please see website.
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
No fee information has been provided for this course
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
https://www.southampton.ac.uk/courses/fees/postgraduate.page
Sponsorship information
A variety of scholarships, grants and bursaries may be available to help you fund your master’s study, both from the University and from other organisations. Please check the website for more information - https://www.southampton.ac.uk/courses/funding/postgraduate.page
Provider information
University of Southampton
Highfield
Southampton
SO17 1BJ