University College Cork: University College Cork (UCC) is a prestigious public research university located in Cork, Ireland. Established in 1845, UCC is known for its academic excellence, innovative research, and vibrant campus life. It offers a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate programs across various fields, including arts, sciences, business, engineering, medicine, and law. UCC is committed to providing a supportive learning environment, fostering critical thinking, and preparing students for successful careers and global citizenship.

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Civil, Structural and Environmental engineers design, construct and operate a wide range of environmental infrastructure, vital to the needs of a modern economy. All the infrastructure around us, including roads, bridges, hospitals, universities, airports water, wastewater and energy facilities is the product of civil, structural and environmental engineering. Civil, Structural and Environmental engineering is the application of science to planning, design, and construction for the benefit of society while minimising environmental impact. Engineers are curious about how the world works. They enjoy solving problems and are creative and inventive people. The BE (Hons) and ME Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering degree is particularly rewarding as engineers have excellent job prospects, both within engineering and in other careers such as management consultancy, software development and biomedical technology. As part of your fundamental engineering training, you will use mathematics and science to solve practical problems, acquire excellent IT skills, develop creativity through design projects and learn to communicate effectively as individuals and in teams. The courses include lectures on engineering principles, laboratory classes, fieldwork, design projects and opportunities to study abroad. Our graduates have strong transferable skills including communication, teamwork, management, and leadership. The first year of the BE is a broad education in engineering fundamentals. At the end of the first year you can choose to enter Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering. Your chosen area of specialization in second year will also offer routes to further branches of engineering at Masters level. At the end of a successful 3rd year, students enter 4th year, which is a pathway to either the 5th Year Integrated ME for eligible students or exiting with a BE (Hons). The ME pathway finishes with a Professional Work Placement that takes place during the 2nd semester and the summer break (8 months). Show less

Year 1 Modules: Refer to CK600

Year 2 Modules: Design Studio I; Engineering Mechanics with Transform Methods; Numerical Methods and Programming; Solid and Structural Mechanics I & II; Fluids; Surveying – Theory & Practice; BIM1: Modelling and Visualisation; Heat Transfer; Mathematics for Engineering; Applied Probability and Statistics.

Year 3 Modules: Design Studio II & III; Solid & Structural Mechanics; Mechanics of Soils I & II; Construction Project Management; Hydraulics; Geology for Engineers; Environmental Engineering - Wet; Energy in Buildings; Materials and Sustainability; Sustainable Energy.

Year 4 Modules

BE Pathway
Core: Design Studio IV (Reinforced Concrete); BE Project in Civil and Environmental Engineering; Architecture and Planning; Structural Analysis; Geotechnical Engineering; Water and Wastewater Treatment; Environmental Hydrodynamics.

And Either Environmental Hydraulics; Design Studio VI (Environmental) Or Energy Systems in Buildings; Design Studio VII (Building Energy).

Electives: Traffic and Highways; BE Work Placement; Bridge Engineering; Entrepreneurial Business Start-ups; Energy Systems in Buildings; Environmental Hydraulics.

ME Pathway
The first part of Year 4 consists of six core technical modules, to develop your technical skills and allow access to the more advanced Masters modules in Year 5. From January to August you will have a work placement in Industry or Research Institute to further develop your skills in a practical environment. Professional lectures are held in the first semester to help support the skills needed to work effectively at an advanced level within a corporate environment.

Core: Design Studio IV (Reinforced Concrete); Architecture and Planning; Structural Analysis; Geotechnical Engineering; Water and Wastewater Treatment; Environmental Hydrodynamics; Traffic and Highways.

Year 5 ME Modules

Entry to master’s degree programmes, subject to entry requirements.

Core: ME Dissertation; ME Interdisciplinary Design Project; Civil Engineering Systems Analysis; Architecture and Planning; Entrepreneurial Business Start-ups

Electives: At most one from: Environmental Hydraulics Bridge Engineering; And no more than three from: Finite Element Analysis; Transportation and Energy; Elasticity; Harbour & Coastal Eng.; Energy Systems in Buildings; Biomass Energy.

Course Practicalities
Expected lecture/lab/practical
hours
Classes consist of lectures, tutorials and laboratory practicals, totalling 20-26 contact hours per week during 24 weeks of the year, divided into two semesters.

Assessment
Written exams will take place before Christmas and in May. Not all modules will have formal examinations. Many modules use other types of assessment.

Yearly course grades are based on a balanced combination of continuous assessment and written examinations, organised at an individual module level. The final degree grade is based on a weighted combination of the marks from Year 3 and Year 4.

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You will need to book the accommodation after you have been accepted.

You can choose to live on campus or off campus in private accommodation.

How to book:

• Make a booking online after you have been accepted (in this case please let us know your choice when you apply).
• Register when you arrive - its not possible to reserve a room before arriving. You can arrive a few days before and book it

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