Bachelor of Engineering - Civil Engineering with Placement

This Civil Engineering BEng degree is a highly innovative course that has been developed to equip students with a broad range of knowledge and skills to meet the real world needs of the civil engineering and construction industry. Students will study the traditional elements of civil engineering including design, structures, materials, fluid mechanics, geotechnics and maths. Students will be introduced to a range of construction topics and then progress to specialist subjects such as structural analysis and computational mechanics. Students have access is available to custom-designed technical facilities to work on their laboratory experiments. These include fluids and hydraulics laboratories, and structures, materials and geotechnics labs. The latest industry standard engineering software packages are available for students to use in dedicated computer clusters. There is a residential field trip with hands-on experience in surveying and geology using industry standard equipment. Students will also benefit from guest lectures delivered by industry professionals, as well as visits to construction sites and civil engineering development projects. This BEng degree in civil engineering can be studied full-time over three years, or four years with a placement year. The BEng degree meets the educational requirement to become an Incorporated Engineer (IEng). Students may wish to transfer to the MEng route of study at the end of their second year, subject to meeting the progression requirement. The MEng degree fully meets the educational requirement to become a Chartered Engineer (CEng) and involves a further year of academic study. Brunel encourages students to pursue the placement year option. This time in industry helps students to further prepare for the world of work and they’ll have a year’s worth of invaluable professional experience when they graduate. If stuents decide to go on an engineering placement year, they will have the opportunity to work in the civil engineering sector. It could be for a contractor, consultant or government authority.

Minimum Level of Education Required: 1-Year Post-Secondary Certificate Min GPA: 75.0% English Proficiency Requirements: For direct admission, applicant must be from an English speaking country or meet either of the following English test scores: Min TOEFL iBT: 79 (Min Listening: 17.0, Min Reading: 18.0, Min Speaking: 20.0, Min Writing: 17.0) Min IELTS overall: 6 (Min Listening: 5.5, Min Reading: 5.5, Min Speaking: 5.5, Min Writing: 5.5) Min Duolingo English Test Score: 100 Min PTE overall: 51 (Min Listening: 51, Min Reading: 51, Min Speaking: 51, Min Writing: 51) Applicants interested in applying for direct admission, but are yet to complete an acceptable language test, can do so, but must provide valid results before receiving a final offer letter. For conditional admission, you are required to provide English proficiency scores: Min IELTS overall: 4 (Min Listening: 4, Min Reading: 4, Min Speaking: 4, Min Writing: 4) Min Duolingo English Test Score: 60

• Minimum Level of Education Required: 1-Year Post-Secondary Certificate
• Min GPA: 75.0%
• English Proficiency Requirements:
  For direct admission, applicant must be from an English speaking country or meet either of the following English test scores:
  • Min TOEFL iBT: 79 (Min Listening: 17.0, Min Reading: 18.0, Min Speaking: 20.0, Min Writing: 17.0)
  • Min IELTS overall: 6 (Min Listening: 5.5, Min Reading: 5.5, Min Speaking: 5.5, Min Writing: 5.5)
  • Min Duolingo English Test Score: 100
  • Min PTE overall: 51 (Min Listening: 51, Min Reading: 51, Min Speaking: 51, Min Writing: 51)
  Applicants interested in applying for direct admission, but are yet to complete an acceptable language test, can do so, but must provide valid results before receiving a final offer letter.
  For conditional admission, you are required to provide English proficiency scores:
  • Min IELTS overall: 4 (Min Listening: 4, Min Reading: 4, Min Speaking: 4, Min Writing: 4)
  • Min Duolingo English Test Score: 60