Civil Engineering

Civil engineering is the discipline concerned with the design, construction, and maintenance of the infrastructure that sustains modern society: roads, bridges, tunnels, dams, water supply systems, drainage, flood defences, buildings, and the structural frameworks that underpin them all. It is one of the oldest engineering disciplines and one of the most essential, requiring both technical mastery of structural mechanics, materials, and hydraulics and the project management and professional judgment to deliver complex works safely and on time.

The part-time Civil Engineering programme at Teesside University is designed for students who need to study around work or other commitments. The curriculum builds the mathematical foundations essential to engineering work, revisiting and developing your knowledge of algebra, trigonometry, and basic statistics before progressing to the central ideas of vectors, matrices, complex numbers, and differential and integral calculus. Throughout the programme you develop a range of mathematical skills and techniques fundamental to the solution of engineering problems, advancing your ability to select and apply the appropriate mathematical approaches.

This mathematical groundwork is delivered through a combination of lectures and tutorial sessions, and it supports the study of structural analysis, soil mechanics, fluid mechanics, materials, and infrastructure design that follow.

The part-time mode is well suited to technicians, construction professionals, and others already working in the built environment who want to formalise and deepen their qualifications. Graduates from civil engineering programmes pursue careers in structural and geotechnical engineering, infrastructure project management, environmental engineering, transport planning, and consulting, and many pursue professional engineering chartership with the Institution of Civil Engineers.