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Universities Ireland University College Cork Courses BE Hons Civil Structural and Environmental Engineering

BE Hons Civil Structural and Environmental Engineering
at University College Cork

Cork, Ireland

Tuition Fee € 22,500
Country Rank-
Duration48 Months
Score IELTS: 6.5 TOEFL: 90

Program Overview

Civil, Structural and Environmental engineers design, construct and operate a wide range of environmental infrastructure, vital to the needs of a modern economy. All the infrastructure around us, including roads, bridges, hospitals, universities, airports water, wastewater and energy facilities is the product of civil, structural and environmental engineering. Civil, Structural and Environmental engineering is the application of science to planning, design, and construction for the benefit of society while minimising environmental impact. Engineers are curious about how the world works. They enjoy solving problems and are creative and inventive people.

The BE (Hons) and ME Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering degree is particularly rewarding as engineers have excellent job prospects, both within engineering and in other careers such as management consultancy, software development and biomedical technology.

As part of your fundamental engineering training, you will use mathematics and science to solve practical problems, acquire excellent IT skills, develop creativity through design projects and learn to communicate effectively as individuals and in teams.

The courses include lectures on engineering principles, laboratory classes, fieldwork, design projects and opportunities to study abroad. Our graduates have strong transferable skills including communication, teamwork, management, and leadership.

The first year of the BE is a broad education in engineering fundamentals. At the end of the first year you can choose to enter Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering. Your chosen area of specialization in second year will also offer routes to further branches of engineering at Masters level. At the end of a successful 3rd year, students enter 4th year, which is a pathway to either the 5th Year Integrated ME for eligible students or exiting with a BE (Hons). The ME pathway finishes with a Professional Work Placement that takes place during the 2nd semester and the summer break (8 months).

Course Content
Programme Content

Year 1 Core modules
- CE1003 Introduction to Structural and Civil Engineering
- CE1005 Engineering Computation and Problem Solving
- CM1001Chemistry for Engineers
- EE1007 Introduction to Electrical & Electronic Engineering
- MA1011 Mathematical Methods for Engineers I
- MA1012 Mathematical Methods for Engineers II
- ME1002 Engineering Thermodynamics
- NE1001 Introduction to Energy Engineering
- PE1003 Introduction to Process and Chemical Engineering
- PY1006 Physics for Engineers II
- PY1012 Physics for Engineers I (10 credits)
Year 2 Modules: Design Studio I; Engineering Mechanics with Transform Methods; Numerical Methods and Programming; Solid and Structural Mechanics I & II; Fluids; Surveying – Theory & Practice; BIM1: Modelling and Visualisation; Heat Transfer; Mathematics for Engineering; Applied Probability and Statistics.

Year 3 Modules: Design Studio II & III; Solid & Structural Mechanics; Mechanics of Soils I & II; Construction Project Management; Hydraulics; Geology for Engineers; Environmental Engineering - Wet; Energy in Buildings; Materials and Sustainability; Sustainable Energy.

Year 4 Modules
- BE Pathway
Core: Design Studio IV (Reinforced Concrete); BE Project in Civil and Environmental Engineering; Architecture and Planning; Structural Analysis; Geotechnical Engineering; Water and Wastewater Treatment; Environmental Hydrodynamics.

And Either Environmental Hydraulics; Design Studio VI (Environmental) Or Energy Systems in Buildings; Design Studio VII (Building Energy).

Electives: Traffic and Highways; BE Work Placement; Bridge Engineering; Entrepreneurial Business Start-ups; Energy Systems in Buildings; Environmental Hydraulics.
- ME Pathway
The first part of Year 4 consists of six core technical modules, to develop your technical skills and allow access to the more advanced Masters modules in Year 5. From January to August you will have a work placement in Industry or Research Institute to further develop your skills in a practical environment. Professional lectures are held in the first semester to help support the skills needed to work effectively at an advanced level within a corporate environment.

Core: Design Studio IV (Reinforced Concrete); Architecture and Planning; Structural Analysis; Geotechnical Engineering; Water and Wastewater Treatment; Environmental Hydrodynamics; Traffic and Highways.

Year 5 ME Modules

Entry to master’s degree programmes, subject to entry requirements.

Core: ME Dissertation; ME Interdisciplinary Design Project; Civil Engineering Systems Analysis; Architecture and Planning; Entrepreneurial Business Start-ups

Electives: At most one from: Environmental Hydraulics Bridge Engineering; And no more than three from: Finite Element Analysis; Transportation and Energy; Elasticity; Harbour & Coastal Eng.; Energy Systems in Buildings; Biomass Energy.
Entry Requirement
Leaving Certificate entry requirements:

At Least six subjects must be presented. Minimum grade H4 in one subject, minimum grade H5 in one subject and minimum grade O6/H7 in four other subjects. English and Irish are requirements for all programmes unless the applicant is exempt from Irish.

The following are considered Lab Science subjects: Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Physics with Chemistry (Joint) and Agricultural Science. Technology can be substituted for a Lab Science subject.

Non-EU Candidates
Non-EU candidates are expected to have educational qualifications of a standard equivalent to the Irish Leaving Certificate. In addition, where such candidates are non-native speakers of the English language they must satisfy the university of their competency in the English language.

Minimum Requirements and Accepted English Language Tests & Examinations The minimum English language entry requirements for admission onto a postgraduate programme at UCC are outlined below. These requirements are for postgraduate applicants whose first language is not English. If Gaeilge (Irish) is your first language these requirements do not apply to you.There are a small number of programmes with a higher minimum English language entry requirement and we list these below under Programmes with a Higher Minimum English Language Requirement.IELTS*
- 6.5 Overall
- 6.0 Individual Skills (academic version)
TOEFL iBT
- 90 Overall
- Listening 20
- Reading 19
- Speaking 21
- Writing 20
Fees & Scholarships
The fees for BE Hons Civil Structural and Environmental Engineering may vary from €20,000 to €35,000 anually for tuition fees. The fee's prices may get higher for international students.
Career Prospect
Many graduates progress directly to the engineering profession, taking up positions with consulting engineers in design offices, or contracting engineers who execute construction. Alternatively, graduates work as engineers in the public sector, e.g. in county or city councils, the EPA, CIE and ESB.

Given that career opportunities for engineers are many and varied, some graduates use the valuable acquired skills to embark on careers outside of engineering, in areas including software design and development, management consulting, accountancy and industrial management. Some migrate to other engineering disciplines such as biomedical engineering or petroleum engineering.

Postgraduate degrees, including MEngSc and PhD, can be pursued. The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering is associated with several research units, centres and institutes including:
- Environmental Research Institute (ERI)
- Hydraulics & Maritime Research Centre (HMRC)
- Sustainable Energy Research Group (SERG)
- Beaufort Laboratory for Marine Renewable Energy & Offshore Engineering
- Cleaner Production Promotion Unit (CPPU)
- Research Unit for Structures and Optimisation (RUSO)
- Informatics Research Unit for Sustainable Engineering (IRUSE)
- Centre for Hydrology Micrometeorology and Climate Change (HydroMet)

Cost Of Studying At University College Cork

Interest rates as low as 8.9% ^*

250K+

Students Assisted

800Cr+

Loan Amount Disbursed

5000+

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BE Hons Civil Structural and Environmental Engineering at University College Cork