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Bachelor of Engineering (with Honours) - BEng (Hon)
Main Site - Cardiff
Full Time
SEP-25
4 Years
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Bachelor of Engineering (with Honours) - BEng (Hon)
Main Site - Cardiff
Full Time
SEP-25
4 Years
Bachelor of Engineering (with Honours) - BEng (Hon)
Cathays Park Campus
Full Time
SEP-25
4 Years
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Civil and environmental engineers design, build and maintain the spaces and places that shape our day-to-day existence with a focus on environmental issues, such as waste management, contaminated land, and water treatment.
This accredited course provides the knowledge, skills and hands-on experience you need to become a work-ready civil and environmental engineer Through laboratory sessions, field trips, individual projects and design classes, you will embed the knowledge from your lectures and tutorials and develop your practical abilities in surveying and design.
You will choose from a range of authentic, real-world engineering problems and industry-focused scenarios, to work on both individually and with student engineers from other disciplines. Group work mirrors the relationships of an engineering team and will help you to build professional skills, such as teamwork and communication. Our open access makerspace provides a place for you to design, create and collaborate.
You will have the opportunity to complete a salaried placement working in a location of your choosing, including outside of the UK. This is a great way to experience a professional working environment and put the skills you have learned into practice. In the past, our students have completed placements in Arup, Mott MacDonald and WSP.
Our graduates are mainly employed in the civil engineering industry with major consultancy and contracting firms, such as Sir Robert McAlpine, Ramboll, Arup and Mott McDonald. Typical roles include graduate civil engineer, site engineer or design engineer, and they are based throughout the UK as well as further afield.
A number of graduates have opted for further study, either at MSc or PhD level, at Cardiff as well as institutions across the UK and beyond.
Others have chosen to work for national and multinational companies. Recent examples include companies in the financial, media and petrochemical sectors with destinations including Deloitte, PwC, Virgin and Shell.
Exam type
A levelA level:
BBC - ABB Grades / Points required
Extended Project:
A Grades / Points required
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme:
30 - 31 Grades / Points required
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme:
32 - 30 Grades / Points required
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016):
Not currently available, please contact university for up to date information.
Welsh Baccalaureate - Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate (first teaching September 2015):
Not currently available, please contact university for up to date information.
Must include grade B in Maths.
For applicants taking the EPQ qualification, an A in the EPQ can be recognised to lower the entry requirements by a single grade. For example, an AAB offer would be "AAB from 3 A-levels or ABB from 3 A-levels and a grade A in the EPQ". Please note that any subject specific requirements must be met.
31-30 overall or 665-655 in 3 HL subjects. You must also have a Welsh Language qualification equivalent to grade B at A-level.
32-30 overall or 665-655 in 3 HL subjects. Must include grade 6 in HL Maths.
DD-DM in a BTEC Diploma in any subject and grade B in A-Level Maths.
The Welsh Baccalaureate Skills Challenge Certificate will be accepted in place of one A-level at the A-level grades specified, excluding any subject specific requirements.
Students living in
England
£9,000 per year
Students from England
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£9,000 per year
Students from Scotland
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£9,000 per year
Students from Wales
This is the fee you pay if you live within Wales. Please note, this fee has been confirmed.
£9,000 per year
Students from Northern Ireland
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£9,000 per year
Students from Channel Islands
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£28,200 per year
Students from EU
This is the fee you pay if you live within the European Union. Please note, this fee has been confirmed.
£28,200 per year
Students from International
£28200 Per year
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