BEng (Hons) Civil Engineering

This programme is built around a practical, industry-focused approach to learning, ensuring you develop the real-world skills and confidence to excel as a civil engineer from the very start of your career. You'll have access to our excellent facilities at our City Campus in the School of Engineering, which houses modern civil engineering laboratories, including our structures lab, materials testing equipment, and geotechnics research apparatus. Your learning is enhanced by industry-standard software and features design projects that address both regional and national infrastructure challenges, giving you valuable experience that employers are looking for.

Here’s how you’ll gain practical, industry-relevant experience:

• Industry-Standard Software: You'll gain proficiency in essential professional tools including AutoCAD for technical drawing, Revit for Building Information Modelling (BIM), and specialist analysis software used in civil engineering design.

• Wolverhampton Design Projects: A key feature of your degree is the series of group design projects where you'll work in teams to solve complex civil engineering problems, developing crucial project management and teamwork skills.

• Structures Laboratory: You will conduct hands-on experiments in our dedicated structures lab, equipped with modern testing frames and equipment for analysing structural components and material performance.

• Geotechnical Engineering Equipment: You'll test soil properties and foundation behaviour using our geotechnical testing apparatus, gaining practical insight into ground engineering principles relevant to the West Midlands region.

• Materials Testing Laboratory: You'll work with our concrete and construction materials testing equipment, learning about material properties and performance characteristics through hands-on experimentation.

• Hydraulics Equipment: You'll use our flow measurement equipment to model water behaviour and environmental processes relevant to civil engineering projects.

• West Midlands Site Visits: The curriculum includes valuable visits to major construction projects and infrastructure sites across the region, providing crucial real-world context for your studies.

• Placement Opportunities: You can choose to take an optional salaried industrial placement year, with dedicated support from the University's Careers and Employability Service to help you secure a role with one of our industry partners.

Graduates of Wolverhampton’s BEng (Hons) Civil Engineering degree step confidently into careers such as structural engineer, site engineer, geotechnical engineer, or water resources engineer—with strong academic grounding and access to industry-standard tools and labs, you’ll be workplace-ready from the start.

Progression & Future Opportunities:
Here’s how the University actively equips you for early career success and onward professional growth:

• University Services to Boost Employability

  • Meet the Employer Event: The programme hosts regular employer networking events featuring firms like Network Rail, National Grid, William Gough, Wates, and Gleeds—ideal for making meaningful professional connections. 

  • Industry-Aligned Learning & Facilities: You learn in the £120 million Springfield Super Campus, using cutting-edge VR/AR tools, industrial labs, and built environment technology to solve real-world engineering challenges. 

• Employment Stats & Salary Figures

  • Engineering graduates at Wolverhampton report median earnings of £29,500 fifteen months post-graduation, dipping slightly to £26,500 at three years, before climbing back to £29,500 by year five—tracking well with national trends. 

• University–Industry Partnerships

  • Professional Accreditation: The degree is accredited by ICE, CIHT, IHE, and IStructE—meeting the academic requirement for Incorporated Engineer (IEng) status and partially for Chartered Engineer (CEng). 

  • Industrial Advisory Board & Projects: The School benefits from input by features industry professionals, with regular site visits, guest lectures, and a final-year integrated design project that reflects real civil engineering challenges. 

• Long-Term Accreditation Value

  • With multiple professional accreditations, completing this degree puts you on a clear path to achieving IEng, with a direct route toward CEng through further learning and experience. 

• Graduation Outcomes

  • You’ll graduate with a confident grasp of core civil engineering disciplines, practical project design capability, and professional credibility—positioning you well for roles in structural design, site management, geotechnics, water engineering, or project coordination.

Further Academic Progression:
After completing your BEng, you can strengthen your career path by pursuing an MSc in Civil Engineering Management, fully accredited by the JBM and designed to help IEng-qualified professionals step up to the Chartered Engineer level while deepening subject expertise