Civil Engineering (with a Year Abroad)

About this course

Civil engineering is the discipline concerned with the design, construction and maintenance of the physical infrastructure that modern society depends on: roads, railways, bridges, tunnels, water treatment plants, flood defences, coastal structures, and the built environment of our towns and cities. It is one of the oldest engineering professions and one of the most varied, requiring both rigorous quantitative analysis and creative problem-solving in response to complex physical, environmental and social constraints. Civil engineers shape the world more directly and durably than almost any other profession. At Swansea University, this four-year full-time programme develops the mathematical, scientific and engineering foundations of the discipline and applies them across the range of structural, geotechnical, hydraulic, transportation and environmental challenges that civil engineers fac

Where its graduates go

The 5 largest scored destinations, covering 100% of graduates; the headline also reflects the subject baseline.

• 50 / 100Business and Financial Project Management Professionals · 5% of graduatescards →
• 32 / 100Artistic, literary and media occupations · 5% of graduatescards →
• 28 / 100Engineering professionals · 80% of graduatescards →
• 22 / 100Conservation and environment professionals · 5% of graduatescards →
• 5 / 100Elementary occupations · 5% of graduatescards →

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