Civil Engineering with Year in Industry MEng Honours
- UCAS code: H295
- Full time
- 5 years
This professionally accredited MEng Honours degree includes a year in industry and an additional year of master's-level study, boosting your employability with advanced knowledge and work experience.
You are currently viewing course information for entry year: 2025
Next start date:
- September 2025
Fees (per year)
- Home: £9250
- International: £29850
UCAS Institution name and code:
- NEWC / N21
Course overview
This five-year Civil Engineering with Year in Industry MEng degree focuses on developing your practical and professional skills. You'll gain advanced engineering knowledge through a year of master's-level study, so you graduate equipped for a career in the civil engineering sector.
You'll develop real-world experience – both at University and while on your industry placement in Stage 3 – through our design-intensive programme, hands-on work in our specialist facilities and experience working directly in the sector.
Along with an in-depth knowledge of core civil engineering disciplines, you'll be able to pursue specialities and enhance your research skills through an investigative research project. You can choose to specialise in environmental, geotechnical, transport and water resource engineering.
BEng or MEng?
Both our BEng degree and specialist MEng degrees provide a pathway to becoming a Chartered Engineer. This is one of the most recognisable international engineering qualifications.
Our MEng degrees are a direct route to becoming a Chartered Engineer (CEng). You don’t need to study any more qualifications after your degree to work towards chartered status.
Our three-year BEng degree can also lead to Chartered Engineer status. However, you’ll need to complete further study, such as an approved master’s degree.
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Additional information
This degree allows you to explore several engineering disciplines in year one. This flexible route is taught across Civil, Electrical & Electronic and Mechanical Engineering.
You'll gain an understanding of engineering in a multidisciplinary context. You'll develop diverse skills relevant to the needs of industry and today’s global challenges.
After successfully completing Stage 1, you'll have the option of transferring on to one of the accredited Civil, Electrical & Electronic or Mechanical Engineering degrees. This is subject to the degree programme regulations and capacity of the degree you are transferring to.
Quality and ranking
Professional accreditation and recognition
All professional accreditations are reviewed regularly by their professional body.
Modules and learning
Modules
The information below is intended to provide an example of what you will study.
Most degrees are divided into stages. Each stage lasts for one academic year, and you'll complete modules totalling 120 credits by the end of each stage.
Our teaching is informed by research. Course content may change periodically to reflect developments in the discipline, the requirements of external bodies and partners, and student feedback.
Optional module availability
Student demand for optional modules may affect availability.
Full details of the modules on offer will be published through the Programme Regulations and Specifications ahead of each academic year. This usually happens in May.
To find out more please see our terms and conditions
In Stage 1, you'll receive a broad introduction to the principles of engineering. You'll get involved in practical work from day one, with a residential field trip to the Yorkshire Dales.
Modules
In Stage 2, you'll delve further into key topics, with modules such as design of sustainable engineering systems, structural analysis, and hydraulics.
Modules
You will spend the year on a work placement in the UK or abroad. You’ll gain valuable practical experience in the sector.
Modules
Compulsory module
Careers Service Placement Year module (120 credits)
You will cover topics such as spatial data modelling, geotechnical design, and engineering ethics and sustainability.
You'll also complete a sustainable engineering systems design project, allowing you to experience a major multidisciplinary design project.
Modules
During Stage 5, you'll develop your skills further through an investigative research project, specialising in environmental, geotechnical, transport, or water resource engineering.
You'll also have the opportunity to choose from modules such as Global Engineering, Business Enterprise in Science and Engineering, and Career Development.
Modules
Compulsory Modules | Credits |
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Public Policy: Infrastructure and Climate Change | 10 |
Digital Engineering and Analytics | 10 |
Construction Project Management | 10 |
Investigative Research Project | 30 |
We base these figures and graphs on the most up-to-date information available to us. They are based on the modules chosen by our students in 2023-24.
Teaching time is made up of:
- scheduled learning and teaching activities. These are timetabled activities with a member of staff present.
- structured guided learning. These are activities developed by staff to support engagement with module learning. Students or groups of students undertake these activities without direct staff participation or supervision
Teaching and assessment
Teaching methods
You'll learn through:
- lectures
- practical work
- site visits
- individual study
- group work
In a typical week, you'll have lectures each morning, followed by two or three lab or design sessions in the afternoons. In your final year, you'll work full time on a unit of study for one week, followed by a week of independent study.
Assessment methods
You'll be assessed through a combination of:
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Assessments
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Assignments – written or fieldwork
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Case studies
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Coursework
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Dissertation or research project
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Group work
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Portfolio submission
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Practical sessions
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Presentations
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Reports
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Seminar tasks/exercises
Skills and experience
Practical skills
You'll carry out practical work in our specialist labs, including testing your design decisions, learning how different materials behave, and carrying out experimental work in the structures labs.
You'll also have access to our new multidisciplinary environmental lab, as well as full-scale field facilities off campus, including flood defence schemes, electric vehicles, and an engineering embankment.
Business skills
Real business skills are embedded throughout the course through design-focused modules.
In your final year, you'll also have the option to study Global Engineering, a unique international design and build challenge, Business Enterprise in Science and Engineering where you'll learn how to set up and operate a business in the construction sector, or Career Development including a work placement.
Research skills
Throughout the programme, you'll be exposed to cutting-edge research and be taught by some of the leading researchers in the field.
You'll also undertake independent projects based around the latest industry developments, conducting your own research.
Opportunities
Work placement
Get career ready with a work placement and leave as a confident professional in your field. You'll apply to spend 9 to 12 months working in any organisation in the world, and receive University support from our dedicated team to secure your dream placement. Work placements take place in Stage 3.
You'll gain first-hand experience of working in the sector, putting your learning into practice and developing your professional expertise.
Placements are subject to availability.
Facilities and environment
Facilities
Our Civil Engineering courses are taught at our city-centre campus within the School of Engineering, and are based in the Cassie Building.
You'll benefit from world-class facilities and living labs, ranging from microbiology laboratories through to at-scale engineering equipment.
Each engineering discipline has its own specialist facilities, including:
- the Millennium Laboratory – home to a wide range of facilities and experimental rigs
- Merz Court Pilot Plant Laboratory – a pilot plant with 28 experimental rigs
- BE:WISE – Europe's largest wastewater treatment research facility
- the Urban Observatory – with sensors gathering over 50 types of data across the city
- Electronics Teaching Lab – home to state-of-the-art Agilent/Keysight digital test equipment
- Clean-Room Microfabrication Lab – home to two class 100-10000 clean rooms
Support
To support you in your studies, all new students entering year 1 or year 2 will receive:
- a tablet so you can download the online learning resources you'll need for your course (helping us to make our campus more sustainable)
- a start-up pack containing essential personal protective equipment
You'll receive comprehensive support from the moment you arrive at the University. You'll be supported by personal tutors, stage tutors, and degree tutors. You'll also benefit from the School's student buddies scheme.
Your future
Recent graduates have secured roles such as:
- graduate structural engineer
- chartered engineer
- graduate engineer
They've taken on these roles with companies such as:
- BT Bell Consulting Engineers
- Cundall
- Arup
- Atkins
- environmental agencies
The practical, analytical, and problem-solving skills developed on the programme mean you'll also be highly employable in related sectors such as mining, nuclear, oil and gas, and renewable energy, as well as more diverse industries, including banking and management.
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Entry requirements
All candidates are considered on an individual basis and we accept a broad range of qualifications. The entrance requirements and offers below apply to 2025 entry.
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Other UK and the Republic of Ireland qualifications
Contextual Offers
Through one of our contextual routes, you could receive an offer of up to three grades lower than the typical requirements.
Qualifications from outside the UK
English Language requirements
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Additional information
Advice on maths and science requirements
If you don’t think you will have the exact mathematics and science qualifications referred to in our entry requirements by the time you need them, you may not be sure what to do.
- If you have a maths qualification but will not have it at A Level (or equivalent) when you start your degree, you should apply for the relevant degree with Foundation Year. We may give you the opportunity to take the Newcastle University Pre-Entry Maths Course* and the option to start in Year 1 if we think that this will be the best route for you.
- If you have A Level Maths (or equivalent) already but not at the required grade, you should contact us for advice. We may decide that you could be considered for Foundation Year entry, or it may be that this course is not the best option for you.
- If you will not have the equivalent of an A Level in the science subject (if any) required, you should apply for the relevant degree with Foundation Year.
If you are still not sure, don’t worry. Whatever you apply for, our Admissions Tutors will help you decide which is the best route for you. They may, therefore, make you an offer for a different course from the one you apply for (eg Foundation Year entry instead of Year 1 entry).
*The Newcastle University Pre-Entry Maths Course aims to provide the requisite mathematical skills and concepts needed on our engineering, maths and physics degree courses and to prepare students for the modes of learning they will encounter. The materials for the course are delivered electronically and include opportunities to practise your skills. You study the materials in your own time and, when you are ready, you book your exam with the Engineering School to which you have applied. A fee of £150 is payable at the time of booking the exam or shortly before the date set for examination.
Tuition fees and scholarships
Tuition fees for 2025 entry (per year)
The 2025 home fees have not yet been confirmed.
Qualification: MEng Honours | |
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Home students full time 5 years |
Tuition fees (per year)
9250 |
International students full time 5 years |
Tuition fees (per year)
29850 |
Year abroad and additional costs
For programmes where you can spend a year on a work placement or studying abroad, you will receive a significant fee reduction for that year.
Some of our degrees involve additional costs which are not covered by your tuition fees.
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