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Postgraduate Diploma
University of Derby Online
Online
MAY
2 years
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Postgraduate Diploma
University of Derby Online
Online
MAY
2 years
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This Postgraduate Diploma in Civil Engineering and Construction Management enables you to tailor your studies through a choice of optional modules covering highly topical areas such as sustainable construction methods, flood risk engineering management and building information modelling (BIM).
Online course description
This Postgraduate Diploma in Civil Engineering and Construction Management course aims to provide the management skills necessary to address the technological and environmental issues facing the civil engineering and construction industry sectors in the foreseeable future.
The course content investigates and examines the links between legislation, the environment, and the technical innovations required to address contemporary concepts of sustainable urban and rural development of property and infrastructure.
Whether you are working in Civil Engineering or Construction, modules on this course will be highly applicable to your professional field, such as flood risk engineering management, sustainable development, and environmental performance management.
The combination of core and optional modules enables you to tailor your studies to meet your personal and professional interests. Modules address topics important in successfully achieving and maintaining sustainable built environments, – anything ranging from significant property developments to infrastructure projects including highways and railways.
On this course, you will also develop your transferable skills in scholarly writing, research, critical thinking, independent learning, communication and problem-solving. Such skills will mean you are ideally placed to engage with continuing professional development and further advanced study in the disciplines of civil engineering and construction management.
Careers
The Postgraduate Diploma Civil Engineering and Construction Management will be of value to those pursuing careers in the Civil Engineering and Construction Management profession seeking a postgraduate level qualification for their CPD.
The course is designed to support you in your career development within the profession, however, you may wish to progress onto the full Master's award before considering further qualifications such as a PhD.
This course will provide valuable skills and knowledge to support your career growth and development in a wide range of roles such as planning, site management, quantity surveying, project design, and project management. Or you may pursue more specialist disciplines such as: Geotechnical Engineer, Structural Engineer, Highway Engineer, Engineering Surveyor, Facilities Manager and Asset Management Engineer.
Throughout the course, you will be able to apply knowledge learnt on the programme directly into your workplace helping you to make a positive impact quickly which will be rewarding on a personal level and will be of great value to your employer or to your own business.
You will require at least a 2.2 degree or equivalent in a Civil Engineering or Construction-related discipline. If you don’t have a degree or an accredited degree, we can consider your application if supported by significant industrial experience within the engineering sector. Please include evidence of all experience you have in your application. While the University guidelines on recognition of prior learning (RPL) will be followed, RPL will only be recommended where applicants can present a portfolio of professional work that is deemed to be of an appropriate level.
Students living in
Domestic
£3,030 per year
Students from Domestic
Starting between September 2023 and August 2024 £6,060, Seven (two 10-credit modules and five 20-credit) Seven (two 10-credit modules and five 20-credit modules). This figure would be the total cost of this course in the current academic year. However, please note that fees normally increase in line with inflation and the University's strategic approach to fees, which is reviewed on an annual basis. The total fee you pay may therefore increase if your course lasts longer than one year.
£3,030 per year
Students from EU
Starting between September 2023 and August 2024 £6,060, Seven (two 10-credit modules and five 20-credit) Seven (two 10-credit modules and five 20-credit modules). This figure would be the total cost of this course in the current academic year. However, please note that fees normally increase in line with inflation and the University's strategic approach to fees, which is reviewed on an annual basis. The total fee you pay may therefore increase if your course lasts longer than one year.
£3,030 per year
Students from International
Starting between September 2023 and August 2024 £6,060, Seven (two 10-credit modules and five 20-credit) Seven (two 10-credit modules and five 20-credit modules). This figure would be the total cost of this course in the current academic year. However, please note that fees normally increase in line with inflation and the University's strategic approach to fees, which is reviewed on an annual basis. The total fee you pay may therefore increase if your course lasts longer than one year.
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