BEng Civil Engineering
Course Overview
Civil engineers shape the world – literally. Responsible for planning, designing and building society’s essential infrastructure, they take a leading role in maintaining the quality of our personal and professional lives, managing a vast range of construction projects, from bridges and buildings to transport links and sports stadiums.
The United Nations predicts a global population of nine billion people by 2050. Consequently, construction professionals are increasingly being called upon to create and maintain the social and commercial infrastructure needed to accommodate such large-scale growth. The demand of civil engineers is high in the foreseeable future.
The Civil Engineering programme is aimed at students who aspire to become professionally qualified engineers and wish to study Civil Engineering with an emphasis on engineering practice and its role within construction. You will gain an insight into the full breadth of design and construction disciplines that contribute to the multi-disciplinary construction industry.
Materials and Structures
The principles of mechanics of materials and structural analysis and design incorporating the behavior and properties of construction materials under applied loading, while considering construction methods, safety and sustainability.
Geotechnics and Hydraulics
The fundamental concepts of soil and fluid mechanics and analysis and design of geotechnical and hydraulic structures with practical applications within construction industry.
Highways and Surveying
The fundamental principles of highway geometric and pavement design, traffic engineering, analysis and design of transport infrastructures and land surveying.
Project-based Learning and Team Work
The opportunity to develop professional and research skills throughout your study; improving your critical thinking and problem-solving ability that enable you to establish creative solutions to a wide range of engineering problems.
Course Information
Teaching is highly practical; you will draw on real-life case studies, provided by companies such as Arcadis, CGL, Crossrail and Galliford Try and their equivalents who operate in Egypt. You will use industry-standard software, such as MIDAS GTS, MIDAS Civil, OAYSIS, AutoCAD, MS Project, Revit, Google Sketchup and ANSYS, which are widely used by design and consulting engineers.
A unique aspect of the Civil Engineering course is our commitment to prepare our graduates to work in a global multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural platform. You will have an opportunity to gain experience in a field course and potentially visit an overseas university to work alongside staff and students from other countries and to learn their local design and construction practice.
You will also be given opportunities to apply for industrial placements at companies.
Graduates from the Civil Engineering courses will be well-suited to working in a range of Civil Engineering consultancies, contractors or client organisations. They will also have a sound base to further their education and training to become Incorporated or Chartered Civil Engineers.
Add+Vantage
The focus on preparing students for successful futures sets Coventry apart as a university.
The Add+vantage modules included in your Coventry University degree recognizes practical skills within a workplace and focuses on preparing students for successful careers and sets Coventry teaching curriculum apart as a university. The Add+vantage modules cover a range of work experience and extra-curricular activities that are taken each year. This module broadens your knowledge and skills within a work focused environment. You are able to choose any subject categories listed within this module to further enrich your educational experience.
Modules
Year 1 - Foundation
Year 2 - Level 4
Add+Vantage Module, choice of one from the list below:
Year 3 - Level 5
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Year 4 - Level 6
Optional modules:
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