Civil Engineering

About this course

Civil engineering is the discipline responsible for designing, building and maintaining the infrastructure on which all human society depends: roads, bridges, tunnels, railways, dams, water treatment systems, airports, flood defences and the foundations on which buildings stand. It requires the synthesis of scientific understanding, engineering design and creative problem-solving to address real-world challenges that are often large in scale, complex in their requirements and significant in their consequences for communities and the environment. Civil engineers must balance structural performance, environmental impact, economic cost and the needs of the people who will use the infrastructure they create. At the University of Glasgow this five-year, full-time programme leads to a master's level qualification, combining the rigour of a research-intensive university with the practical engi

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