BEng (Honours) Civil Engineering (1 year top-up)

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BEng (Honours)

Civil Engineering (1 year top-up)

Full-time Engineering

Become an industry-ready civil engineer with our top-up course, building state-of-the-art knowledge, hands-on experience and a forward-thinking stance on sustainability.

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    What is the fee?

    Home: See fees section below
    International/EU: £17,155 per year

  • Time

    How long will I study?

    1 Year

  • Location

    Where will I study?

    City Campus

  • Checkmark

    What is the UCAS code?

    BB05

  • Date

    When do I start?

    September 2025


Course summary

  • Convert your existing qualifications into a civil engineering honours degree. 
  • Learn how to use artificial intelligence (AI) on structures and transportation.
  • Apply holistic design to industry projects, solving complex engineering challenges.
  • Explore civil engineering’s impact on our economy, society and surroundings. 
  • Understand the techniques to design, construct and maintain our built environment. 

This course prepares you for a dynamic career in the civil engineering sector. You’ll explore the planning and design of construction and transportation systems – from roads and highways to railways and broader infrastructure projects. You’ll consider sustainability and environmental factors, emerging as a highly skilled civil engineer ready to navigate the future challenges of the industry.

This top-up award is suitable for students who have a Level 5 degree (Fd, HND, DipHE) and would like to gain a recognised BEng degree to enhance their career prospects.


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How you learn

At Sheffield Hallam, all our courses are designed to engage you with the world and challenge you to think in new ways. You’ll get to collaborate with others, and you’ll be taught in a supportive environment where you can thrive. 

On this course you’ll benefit from the latest academic research and industrial practice – your course material is regularly updated to the latest standards and needs of the industry. You’ll learn from industry experts with research experience in their relevant fields.

You learn through: 

  • Diverse lectures emphasising peer collaboration
  • Tutorials to practise and apply your knowledge ahead of assessments
  • Hands-on lab experience in computational modelling and simulation
  • Q&A and discussions for self-assessment and understanding
  • Support sessions for receiving feedback and preparing for assessments
  • Teamwork activities for collaboration in an innovative environment
  • Project-based learning to apply knowledge, creativity, design, critical analysis and professional skills to real-world projects

Course topics

The course combines theoretical knowledge with practical hands-on experience. Core modules cover the main areas of specialisation for civil engineers – including structures, geotechnics, hydraulics, transportation and project management.

The project module will provide you with the opportunity to showcase your learning as an independent learner. You’ll be able to focus on a topic that helps you establish the foundation of your future career.  

You’ll receive feedback in a variety of ways throughout the course – from written comments on a piece of work, to informal face-to-face feedback from lecturers and peers. 

Course support

You’ll be supported in your learning journey towards highly skilled, graduate level employment. This includes: 

  • Access to our student support triangle comprising an academic adviser, an employability adviser and a student support adviser who will help with your personal, academic and career development  
  • Access to our Skills Centre with one to ones, webinars, and online resources, where you can get help with planning and structuring your assignments 
  • The Engineering Café, a weekly drop-in session where you can ask questions and get advice from academics
  • A dedicated Maths and Stats Support drop-in session that runs twice a week

Course leaders and tutors

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Georgios Papavasileiou
Principal Lecturer - Subject Group Leader for ‘Energy, Infrastructure and Environment’

Principal Lecturer

Applied learning

Live projects 

The course enables you to apply your learning to real-world examples. You’ll undertake an applied project to show your civil engineering knowledge and project management skills. There’s also an emphasis on group work and problem-based learning. 

Networking opportunities

Guest lecturers from the industry and academia will be invited to provide a talk on their field of expertise, allowing you to become familiar with a wide range of industry contexts. 

You’ll be able to explore the industry through site visits, guest lectures, project work, potential placements, and visits by professional bodies such as Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE), Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE) and Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET). 

Competitions

We support and encourage you to enter national and international competitions such as the young structural engineering international design competition, the ICE civil engineer of the year award and the British construction industry awards. 


Future careers

The course builds on your existing engineering skills and knowledge, allowing you to advance from qualifications such as FdEng or HND to a BEng (Hons). 

This course prepares you for a career in: 

  • The construction industry 
  • Transportation planning
  • Government agencies and local councils
  • Geotechnical engineering
  • Structural engineering
  • Water engineering
  • Research and development

Where will I study?

You study at City Campus through a structured mix of lectures, seminars and practical sessions as well as access to digital and online resources to support your learning.

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City Campus is located in the heart of Sheffield, within minutes of the train and bus stations.

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Equipment and facilities

On this course you’ll work with researchers and projects using facilities and equipment from our Materials and Engineering Research Institute (MERI) and our Hertha Ayrton STEM Centre. 

You’ll have access to:  

  • Modern teaching rooms and collaborative spaces
  • Laptops in teaching rooms for seminars and desktops in labs where required 
  • Labs with material characterisation equipment, light and heavy structures testing frames, hydraulic flume, CBR testing and shear box 
  • Industry-standard software and tools
  • Finite Element Analysis software such as Ansys, Abaqus and OpenSEES
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics software

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Entry requirements

All students

Foundation degree or HND in a relevant discipline and aiming to develop your qualification to degree level.

Additional information for EU/International students

If you are an International or non-UK European student, you can find out more about the country specific qualifications we accept on our international qualifications page.

For details of English language entry requirements (IELTS), please see the information for 'All students'.


Modules

Important notice: The structure of this course is periodically reviewed and enhanced to provide the best possible learning experience for our students and ensure ongoing compliance with any professional, statutory and regulatory body standards. Module structure, content, delivery and assessment may change, but we expect the focus of the course and the learning outcomes to remain as described above. Following any changes, updated module information will be published on this page. .

Final year

Compulsory modules

Module
Credits
Assessment
Project: Implementation
Credits 20
Assessment Coursework(100%)
Project: Management And Scoping
Credits 20
Assessment Coursework(100%)
Structural Engineering And Foundation Design
Credits 40
Assessment Coursework(40%) , Exam(60%)
Water And Transportation Engineering
Credits 40
Assessment Coursework(100%)

Fees and funding

Home students

Our tuition fees for UK students starting full-time undergraduate study in 2025/26 are regulated by the UK government and are yet to be confirmed. For an indication, our tuition fee for UK students starting full-time undergraduate study in 2024/25 is £9,250 per year. During your placement year you will pay a reduced fee of £1,200.

If you are studying an undergraduate course, postgraduate pre-registration course or postgraduate research course over more than one academic year then your tuition fees may increase in subsequent years in line with Government regulations or UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) published fees. More information can be found in our terms and conditions under student fees regulations.

International students

Our tuition fee for International/EU students starting full-time study in 2025/26 is £17,155 per year.

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Additional course costs

The links below allow you to view estimated general course additional costs, as well as costs associated with key activities on specific courses. These are estimates and are intended only as an indication of potential additional expenses. Actual costs can vary greatly depending on the choices you make during your course.

General course additional costs

Additional costs for School of Engineering and Built Environment (PDF, 142.7KB)

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Any offer of a place to study is subject to your acceptance of the University’s Terms and Conditions and Student Regulations.

 

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Study in our £11 million Hertha Ayrton STEM Centre and get hands-on experience with industry-standard equipment

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