MEng Civil Engineering at University of Strathclyde

Programme overview

MEng Civil Engineering is an integrated master's accredited by the ICE, IStructE, CIHT, IHE and the Railway Engineering Institution. Year 5 includes a group design project integrating engineering science with earlier modules.

What you will study

Years 1 to 3 follow the common civil engineering structure of structural, geotechnical, water, environmental and transport and construction threads. Year 5 allows students to extend their knowledge in civil engineering and select classes from across the Faculty of Engineering, including renewable engineering, business and management, and environment and sustainability.

Career pathways

Graduates work in civil engineering and construction as well as oil and gas, renewable energy, business and accountancy, and some go on to postgraduate research.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Faculty of Engineering. Scottish Highers, standard entry: AAAA or AAABB; minimum entry: ABBB or BBBBB (Maths A, or Maths B plus one science at A or B). A levels: Year 1 entry AAB-BBB, Year 2 entry A*AA-AAB. International Baccalaureate: Year 1 entry 36-32 (Maths HL5 and one science HL5), Year 2 entry 38-34 (Maths HL6 and one science HL6). HNC/HND: entry to the BEng in the first instance. Science subjects accepted: Biology, Chemistry, Engineering Science, Human Biology, Physics. Deferred entry accepted. SQA Higher Applications of Mathematics is not accepted instead of Higher Mathematics. International applicants: IELTS Academic 6.0 overall with no component below 5.5 (Faculty of Science / Faculty of Engineering undergraduate standard requirement).

Domestic applicants: GBP 9,790 a year (2026/27). Rest of UK (England, Wales, Northern Ireland, Isle of Man, Channel Islands, Republic of Ireland) rate for full-time undergraduate programmes; Scotland-domiciled fee to be confirmed by the Scottish Funding Council Source

International applicants: GBP 30,950 a year (2026/27). Full-time, per academic year, tuition only. Source

Intake: September 2027

Duration: 5 years (MEng)

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