MEng (Hons) Civil Engineering Integrated Master's degree at West London

The module aims to give you a clear appreciation of the physical reality of civil and environmental engineering, so that your designs and proposals can be constructed as efficiently and safely as possible.

This module covers a core subject of civil and structural engineering courses. It will help you to understand the fundamental principles that determine how structures are analysed. You will learn to analyse the forces and stresses that normally act on the parts of structures.

This module will give you an overview of the principal materials used by the construction industry. By studying various materials' engineering performance characteristics, their impact on users and their sustainability factors, you will learn how the most appropriate materials are chosen.

On this module, you will advance your knowledge on the use of concrete as a building material including its properties, application in different environments and safety precautions.

In this module, you will gain both theoretical understanding and practical skills through hands-on land surveying exercises. The curriculum focuses on mastering key surveying techniques, using essential equipment such as level and theodolite instruments. Regular practice will help you develop core competencies, preparing you for real-world surveying challenges.

The aim of this module is to offer you the opportunity to develop practical experience on the use of CAD software mainly for producing drawings and also to carry out basic analysis of structures. Regular computer lab practice will enable you to produce a portfolio of CAD drawings that will demonstrate your skills and personal development towards a completed knowledge on working with the latest civil engineering CAD software.

This module introduces essential mathematical methods for engineering analysis and problem-solving, developing your ability to model real engineering problems using algebra, trigonometry, vectors, matrices, complex numbers and introductory calculus. Core topics include polynomials, logarithms, trigonometric identities and graphs, matrix operations, vector mechanics, complex numbers in polar form and foundational differentiation techniques. You will learn to apply mathematics as a practical engin

This module focuses on differential and integral calculus and its application to engineering problems. You will develop key analytical tools used in civil engineering practice. Topics include advanced differentiation methods, integration by substitution, parts and partial fractions and first-order differential equations, with applications to motion, optimisation, areas, volumes and physical system modelling. The module will strengthen your problem-solving skills and mathematical reasoning, enabl

Key aims of this module are to introduce fluid mechanics and establish its relevance in civil engineering, to develop the fundamental principles underlying the subject, provide an introduction and understanding of the physical principles and fundamental laws of fluid mechanics, and to show you how to apply the above principles and laws to the statics and dynamics of fluids.

On this module, you will gain knowledge and understanding of traffic control systems and analysis, as well as the processes for designing and evaluating roads and road junctions. The module also covers the principles and practice of highway engineering.

This module enables you to understand and analyse how structures behave under load and why they fail, apply design standards and codes to reinforced concrete, and make judgements on the choice of materials and their engineering properties as well as the effect of environmental conditions.

This module will help you gain a basic understanding of soil engineering and the behaviour of soil as an engineering material. Through practical laboratory work, you will develop your knowledge of basic soil mechanics tests, as well as the basic concepts and theories of soil mechanics and associated experimental tests.

This module will focus on the significance and influence of geological history on the formation and behaviour of soils. It should also enhance your understanding of the engineering properties and behaviour of soil as an engineering material.

This module enables you to enhance your knowledge of structural analysis and structural design to determine loads and material properties on structural elements, apply hand calculation methods for the analysis and distribution of loads, apply the code requirement for design of structural elements, and develop skills in modelling engineering problems.

On this module, you will investigate and examine various material and structural properties, along with human comfort factors. You will do this through a series of laboratory experiments.

In this module, you will study how civil engineering projects have been designed and built in response to sustainability objectives.

This module is designed to enable you to study and critically investigate the commercial factors that apply to project delivery and the maintenance of buildings. The module facilitates in-depth analysis of best practice from the early stages of procurement, quality management, risk analysis, cost control through to and including methods of dispute resolution.

This module is designed to provide you with the chance to investigate an area of civil and environmental engineering which is directly related to your course. This will enable you to develop research and written communication skills while you gain a greater understanding of the profession.

This module is where the knowledge gained in other modules is brought together to create multidisciplinary solutions to civil engineering problems. The module aims to develop the depth and breadth of knowledge and understanding of civil engineering design principles and practice used in industry.

By building on your knowledge of fluid mechanics, this module will teach you to critically analyse existing areas of environmental protection.

This module will teach you how to analyse the variables involved in designing soil structures. You will also learn how to evaluate the interaction of soils with structures placed in or on soils. Furthermore, you will be introduced to the use of Eurocode 7 for basic geotechnical design.

This module develops advanced knowledge of structural analysis using finite element modelling, specialist software, computational methods and AI-enabled analytical approaches. You will explore structural behaviour under dynamic, seismic and climate-related loading, while considering sustainability, embodied carbon, data-driven methods and engineering judgement in design decision-making.

This module combines civil engineering design principles with computational modelling, data analytics, Python programming and artificial intelligence. You will develop digital engineering skills to support modelling, simulation, automation, prediction and sustainable engineering decision-making.

This module develops an advanced understanding of geotechnical design, laboratory and in-situ testing, soil and rock parameter selection, ground improvement and numerical modelling. You will consider risk, uncertainty, Eurocode 7 design principles and climate-related ground instability in geotechnical engineering practice.

This module develops knowledge of hydrological processes, floodplain hydraulics and water engineering systems. You will apply computational and analytical methods to water supply, flood risk management, urban drainage and environmental engineering challenges.

The dissertation enables you to undertake an independent research project in civil engineering, environmental engineering, project management or applied artificial intelligence. You will define research questions, review literature, design a methodology, collect and analyse data, and present your findings in a structured dissertation.