COURSE OVERVIEW
Civil Engineering at Swansea University has an excellent and far-reaching reputation. The MSc in Civil Engineering provides an advanced and systematic understanding, designed to prepare you as a credible civil engineer.You will be trained in civil engineering analysis and design, particularly in modelling and analysis techniques – fields in which Swansea University experts fundamentally changed modern industrial practice in civil engineering.
WHY CIVIL ENGINEERING AT SWANSEA?
The faculty of Civil Engineering at Swansea has an established international reputation in computational engineering and its integration with civil engineering. This is largely due to pioneering the finite element methods.
Did you know?
- 6th in the UK for Career Prospects (The Guardian University Guide 2022)
- Top 10 in the UK for Research Quality (The Times Good University Guide 2022)
- Within six months of graduating, 97% of Civil Engineering graduates are employed or in further study (16/17 Graduate DLHE)
- 100% world-leading and internationally excellent environment - Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021
- Civil Engineering at Swansea a key centre for research and training in computational mechanics and engineering
- We have pioneered many techniques used in commercial simulation software today
CIVIL ENGINEERING EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
Graduates of the Civil Engineering MSc degree at Swansea are strongly positioned for rewarding opportunities. Your future could lie in any of the following roles.
- Consulting civil engineer
- Contracting civil engineer
- Site engineer
- Structural engineer
- Geotechnical engineer
- Water engineer
- Town planner
- Building services engineer
- Engineering geologist
Modules
Students starting in September or January will study the same core modules as part of the programme. Dates for January intake to be confirmed.
The first year of the MSc contains compulsory and optional 10-credit modules on subjects including dynamics and transient analysis, computational plasticity, coastal structure design and fluid-structure interaction, as well as 30-credit group project.
Your second year is entirely dedicated to a dissertation project, worth 60 credits.
MSc 1 Year Full-time - September
FHEQ 7 Taught Masters / PGDip / PGCert
Students choose 120 credits from the following:
Compulsory Modules
- Communication Skills for Research Engineers
- Advanced Structural Design
- Advanced Structural Analysis
- Fluid-Structure Interaction
- Plasticity in Structural and Geotechnical Engineering
- Social, environmental and economic context of research
- Research Case Study
- Flood Risk Management
* Scholarships available for international students.
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