FdEng Civil Engineering

UCAS code: H201

Start date: September

Course length: full time: two years, part time: three years (day release).

Campus: Markeaton Street site, Derby Campus

This course is available to international students

This is a vocational course designed to give you the skills and knowledge you'll need to enjoy a career in civil engineering. If you prefer a more practical approach to study, this is the ideal way to become a technical engineer.

It has been accredited for Engineering Technician level by the Joint Board of Moderators, and it is also accredited by The Engineering Council. It's also an excellent route to the final stage of our BSc (Hons) Civil Engineering course.

There will be a mixture of face-to-face lectures, practical work and work based learning. Work based learning gives you credit for activities undertaken by yourself in the workplace. You'll be assessed by a mixture of assignments, group work, presentations, logbook and examinations. You'll use a range of the latest equipment in our civil engineering labs to experiment on construction materials, the strength and rigidity of structures and the movements and properties of fluids.

You'll study a total of 120 credits per year. This will be made up of single or double modules.

Stage one

You'll study modules such as:

• Applied Mathematics 1
• Civil Engineering Construction
• Construction CAD and Personal Development (Work Based Learning)
• Construction Materials Technology
• Site Surveying 1 (Work Based Learning)
• Structures 1

Stage two

You'll study modules such as:

• Built Environment Project and Personal Development (Work Based Learning)
• Fluids and Drainage Engineering
• Geology and Soil Mechanics
• Project Management (Work Based Learning)
• Quantity Surveying Practice (Work Based Learning)
• Maintenance and Refurbishment
• Surveying 2
• Applied Mathematics 2

If you want to go on to study BSc (Hons) Civil Engineering you'll study a bridging module such as:

• Structural Design and Assessment 2

Our entry requirements are usually 160 UCAS points, of which at least 120 will be from your core A2s (full A levels) or equivalent qualifications such as BTEC Diploma, International Baccalaureate, Scottish Highers etc.

We'll accept up to 40 points towards the total from level 3 qualifications such as AS levels (where those AS levels are not taken on to A2 level), the Extended Project or Music qualifications.

We don't accept points from Key Skills Level 3. If you have any questions about what is or isn't accepted, please contact our Admissions team.

We also accept the Access to HE Diploma.

Your points at level 3 will be in addition to 5 GCSEs at grade C or equivalent level 2 qualifications.

The UCAS tariff points are a guide - we'll also consider all the information that you've included in your application. We'll also want to see that you're enthusiastic and motivated to take this course and that you have the potential to benefit from coming to university.

General undergraduate entry requirements

Fees for 2013/14

This is a resource intensive course.

UK/EU students

• Full time: £8,250 (each year)
• £1,030 per module (you usually take 12 of these modules in total)

International students

• Full time: £10,225 (per year)

*These fees apply if you're starting this course between September 2013 and August 2014. We recommend you check fee details with us though, as they can change. Costs can increase each year.

How you'll learn

There will be a mixture of face-to-face lectures, practical work and work based learning. Work based learning gives you credit for activities undertaken by yourself in the workplace. You'll be assessed by a mixture of assignments, group work, presentations, logbook, examinations and portfolio work. A key feature of the course is the incorporation of work based learning and its assessment. Fieldtrips are also a part of this course.

How you're assessed

A mixture of assignments, group work, presentations, logbook and examinations. A key feature of the course is the incorporation of work-based learning and its assessment.

After completing this course and the bridging module, you can progress onto the final stage of our BSc (Hons) Civil Engineering course.

This course is ideal if you wish to start a career within civil engineering or if you are already in the industry but want to develop your skills. It will provide you with the ability to develop a wide range of skills that will prepare you for a variety of career opportunities within the civil engineering sector.