Engineering (Civil), BEng (Hons)

The BEng in Civil Engineering is a prestigious three-year degree that equips students with essential knowledge and skills for engineering careers. It complements the four-year Durham MEng program, allowing transfers up to the end of the second year. The first two years provide a broad engineering foundation, identical to the MEng, before specializing in civil engineering in the third year. The curriculum emphasizes flexibility, enabling students to switch pathways, such as to electronic engineering, and includes opportunities for overseas study or an industry placement between years two and three. A key feature is the final-year dissertation, where students collaborate with an academic expert on a technical challenge.In the first year, core modules cover engineering fundamentals like solid mechanics, structures, electrical systems, thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, and mathematics, alongside practical skills in CAD, programming, and group design projects. Optional modules may include programming basics. Assessment primarily involves examinations in the first two years, with coursework components, shifting to more project-based evaluations, including the dissertation, in the final year.