Civil and Environmental Engineering with Foundation Year, BEng (Hons), University of West London

About Civil and Environmental Engineering with Foundation Year, BEng (Hons) - at University of West London

Course summary

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Overview
This professionally-accredited course will provide you with the key analytical and practical skills and knowledge required to become a chartered civil or structural engineer. You will gain a full understanding of the key civil engineering disciplines of structures, geotechnics, water engineering, and highway engineering.

Why choose this course?
You'll benefit from being taught by industry experts at the forefront of the latest world-leading research. This gives you up-to-the-minute knowledge of issues and developments in the field today.

You'll study all of the core subject areas, with a focus on analysis and materials behaviour. Later on in the course you'll have the chance to specialise in areas such as design and management.

We ensure that contemporary matters are considered. For example, we will show you how to think about problems from a sustainable point of view so you are prepared for the ever changing needs of our world.

As well as preparing you academically, we will seek to prepare you for the professional world. We put emphasis on your personal development and will use our industry insight to identify the skills you need to grow and enhance to succeed in your chosen career.

The foundation year provides a firm grounding in the underpinning skills and knowledge needed to study in higher education, and introduces you to the subject of civil and environmental engineering.

The core curriculum includes instruction in all main subject areas, concentrating on analysis and materials behaviour, with increasing focus on design and environmental management in the specialisation years. Throughout, there is emphasis on the personal development of students within a professional environment.

Career and study progression
You will gain work experience during a work-based project. This can enhance your career prospects as employers will often seek graduates with hands-on experience.

Civil engineering can be traditionally broken into several sub-disciplines. Some of the careers our graduates can pursue include consultancy, government and research.

You may also wish to undertake postgraduate study to specialise in a subject you've already studied, or to explore something new.

For more details please see the Career and study progression section.

 

Other options available for BEng (Hons) Civil and Environmental Engineering with Foundation Year

• Full time - September 2017, Ealing site

Fees

Fees for home and EU students

Main feeFees for our 2018 courses have not yet been released.

Funding

Help with funding is available to a range of students, whether you are studying full or part-time, in your home country or overseas.

You may be eligible for a student loan to cover the cost of tuition fees or a maintenance loan to support you during your studies. Additional funding is available to some types of students, such as those with dependants, disabled students and more. Find out more about applying for student loans and other funding options.

We also offer a range of scholarships and bursaries to help you. Current scholarships include:

• Full Time Undergraduate Bursary: a £3,000 award for new undergraduate students.
• Path to Success Scholarship: a £4,000 award for students on a four-year degree course with a foundation year. 

Other scholarships are also available, including awards for specific subjects. Find out more and check your eligibility for the scholarships and bursaries listed above.

Please note fees are paid for each year of study unless otherwise stated. You will be required to re-enrol and pay fees at the beginning of each academic year. Fees may be subject to government regulations on fee increases. Future inflationary increases will be applied to each subsequent year of the course, subject to government regulations on fee increases.

Entry requirements

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