Licenciatura en Ingeniería Civil y Estructural

What you will study

All module information is for 2023 entry and is subject to change.

First-year

Core

• Computer Aided Engineering
• Diseño, construcción y pruebas (ingeniería civil y estructural)
• Electronics and Mechanics
• Mathematical Methods and Applications
• Engineering Materials
• Thermofluids

Second year

Core

• Diseño de estructuras de acero y hormigón
• Further Mathematics and Statistics
• Soil Mechanics
• Water Engineering
• Mecánica estructural y análisis
• Structural Design Project

Final year

Core

• Diseño avanzado de acero y hormigón
• Diseño geotécnico y de ingeniería civil
• Estudio de factibilidad
• Sostenibilidad en el entorno construido
• Proyecto de investigación individual (ingeniería civil y estructural)

Option

• Project Management and Six Sigma
• Sustainable Energy
• Estudios de transporte

Learning and assessment

We deliver our modules using innovative teaching methods that combine theory with practice.

Realizarás una variedad de ejercicios de diseño en los que abordarás problemas y escenarios reales de la industria.

These projects enable you to apply your theoretical knowledge while improving your communication skills.

Los métodos de enseñanza incluyen conferencias formales, estudios de casos, ejercicios tutoriales, demostraciones prácticas, visitas a sitios, aprendizaje dirigido y trabajo grupal e individual. Los módulos se evalúan mediante exámenes escritos formales, pruebas de clase, trabajos analíticos y experimentales y presentaciones.

Career prospects

Civil Engineers are amongst the most employable and highly paid of all graduates. After six to seven years of experience, you can satisfy the requirements of the professional institutions and become a Chartered Engineer, allowing you to move into more specialised areas. Recent graduate destinations include:

• AMEC
• ARUP Consulting Engineers
• Mowlem Civil Engineering
• Nottingham City Council
• W S Atkins Consulting Engineers

Career support

The University is committed to helping students develop and enhance employability and this is an integral part of many programmes. Specialist support is available throughout the course from Career and Employability Services including help to find part-time work while studying, placements, vacation work and graduate vacancies. Students are encouraged to access this support at an early stage and to use the extensive resources on the Careers website.

Discussing options with specialist advisers helps to clarify plans through exploring options and refining skills of job-hunting. In most of our programmes, there is direct input by Career Development Advisers into the curriculum or through specially arranged workshops.