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.

As a construction manager you can enjoy leading projects, planning and organising. Study the technical, financial and planning aspects of construction at undergraduate degree level.

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.

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.

Play a vital role in shaping the built environment and get the technical knowledge and professional skills to manage construction costs, contracts, and resources from project start to completion.

Begin this degree at college and achieve an HND in two years. You'll complete the final two years at university to graduate with a BSc (Hons) Quantity Surveying.