MEng Civil Engineering

The MEng in Civil Engineering at Bath offers a four-year honours degree that builds strong foundations in structures, geotechnics, hydraulics, sustainability and digital design, while also developing creative problem solving and cross-disciplinary design skills. It suits students who want both deep technical expertise and the chance to work on infrastructure projects that respond to climate change, environment, transport or built environment challenges. 

Curriculum Structure

Year 1: In the first year, you’ll learn the essentials of engineering, materials, and environmental context. Modules like Engineering Mathematics and Computation 1, Structural Mechanics and Materials, Geology, Hydrology and Surveying and Design Skills help you establish your analytical, lab-based, and computational tools. You’ll also study Architectural Engineering 1 and History, Theory and Engineering Practice, which give context: how past and current engineering & architectural thinking shape design, structure, function and sustainability.

Year 2: Year two shifts toward core civil engineering topics and applying theory to design and infrastructure systems. You’ll take modules like Engineering Mathematics and Computation 2, Soil Mechanics and Foundation Design, Structural Design and Construction, plus Civil Engineering Infrastructure 1A: Hydraulics and Civil Engineering Infrastructure 1B: Transportation. You’ll also do Architectural Engineering 2 and Construction Processes and Management, which help you see how structure, design, and construction management interplay in real projects. 

Year 3: In the third year, students deepen their technical specialisation and tackle more complex design projects. Modules such as Civil Engineering Infrastructure 2 and Structural and Geotechnical Design and Analysis expand your understanding of how infrastructure is designed for durability, environmental risks, and load behaviour. The Infrastructure Engineering Design Project and Joint Design Project give you large-scale, integrated tasks, often with cross-disciplinary input (for example with architecture), so you become capable of designing with constraints like climate resilience, materials limits, and sustainability trade-offs. 

Year 4: In the final year, you’ll be working at master’s level: combining technical depth, individual research, and optional specialisms. You’ll complete the Individual Research Dissertation: Civil Engineering, a major project that demonstrates your ability to carry out independent investigation or design. Alongside that, you’ll choose from Civil Engineering Elective Topics 2, Advanced Infrastructure Engineering, and continue with Joint Design Project: Civil Engineering. These units allow you to specialise according to your interests (e.g. transport, water systems, sustainability, or structural innovation) while showcasing professional and technical maturity.

Focus areas: Structures; Geotechnics; Hydraulics; Digital Design; Infrastructure Planning

Learning outcomes: Ability to analyse & design civil engineering systems, integrate sustainability & environmental constraints, apply lab & field methods, collaborate in multidisciplinary teams

Professional alignment (accreditation): Accredited by the Joint Board of Moderators (including ICE etc.), meeting the educational base for Chartered Engineer status. 

Reputation (employability rankings): Bath is top ranked for civil engineering teaching satisfaction; 1st for satisfaction with teaching (Guardian University Guide 2025) and high graduate outcome rates with 89% of graduates in high-skilled employment.