MSc Civil Engineering at University of Strathclyde

Study with us

• designed to meet the needs of a broad range of engineering industries
• gain the specialist and generic skills necessary to lead future developments
• benefit from our purpose-built laboratory facilities
• carry out an industrial project

Why this course?

Engineering graduates are in high demand from recruiting companies worldwide.

This one-year MSc in Civil Engineering is suitable for graduates with a background in any discipline of civil engineering. Applicants with a degree in environmental engineering, earth science, maths, physics and mechanical engineering may also be considered.

You can graduate with an MSc in Civil Engineering or choose to follow a specialist named stream:

• Civil Engineering with Structural Engineering & Project Management
• Civil Engineering with Geotechnical Engineering & Project Management
• Civil Engineering with Geoenvironmental Engineering & Project Management
• Civil Engineering with Water Engineering & Project Management

What you’ll study

You'll take the compulsory module Civil Engineering Design Projects. This module gives you the opportunity to work on real projects. Students currently undertake a renewable energy project. You’ll develop comprehensive and innovative designs that involve structural engineering, geotechnical engineering and water engineering, management, environmental and financial planning.

The compulsory module Qualitative & Quantitative Research Methods supports the dissertation project; you also have a wide choice of optional modules. The class Building Information Modelling (BIM) will be available as an option. Knowledge of BIM, a process for creating and managing information on a construction project across the project lifecycle, is sought after by employers.

Those on the specialist streams also take the class Project Management, plus three compulsory classes, two optional classes from Elective List A and three from List A or B.

Following successful completion of the taught component, you’ll undertake a dissertation. If you’re on one of the specialist streams you’ll undertake a research project on a topic related to that stream.

Facilities

Our £6 million state-of-the-art laboratory facilities are well-equipped with high-technological instrumentation and available space to investigate:

• environmental & molecular microbiology
• environmental chemistry
• analytical chemistry
• geomechanics & soil quality
• structural design & material science