Department of Construction and Built Environment

Progress to a career in engineering with employers such as Arup, IES, Cundall, Wallace Whittle, and RYBKA. Take existing skills in engineering and maths and apply them to data-analysis and insight.

Learn building management, design and construction at degree level and you can become a chartered building surveyor with professional technical knowledge.

Focus on how civil engineering principles and environmental priorities work together. You'll gain the skills needed to design and manage projects, while adapting to different environmental contexts and minimising ecological impact.

With sustainability and green issues a priority, specialist environmental management skills are in demand. Make a real difference by learning how to manage waste, energy, water, and land.

Progress to a career in environmental consultancy or management and work with contractors, environmental regulators and NGOs. Take existing skills in environmental, earth sciences and engineering, and apply them to current environmental issues.

Progress to a career in environmental consultancy or management and work with contractors, environmental regulators and NGOs. Take existing skills in environmental, earth sciences and engineering, and apply them to current environmental issues.

If you enjoy chemistry and practical investigation, you can become a forensic scientist or analytical chemist. Study criminal investigation, environmental protection, forensic analysis and microscopy at degree level.

Enhance your skills and knowledge as a designer, contractor, consultant or water professional in civil engineering. Study structures, construction materials, geotechnics and water resource management at degree level.

Develop your skills as a quantity surveyor in the building and civil engineering sectors. Study the financial, legal, managerial, and economic aspects of project management at degree level.

Progress to a career as a project manager with employers such as Balfour Beatty, Sir Robert McAlpine and Morgan Sindall. Develop your leadership and planning skills at the postgraduate level in the study of construction and the built environment.