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Typical duration
The duration of this programme is one year full time if the enrolment is in September, and two years part time. For February enrolment, the duration becomes 15 months full time, and 27 months part time.

Programme structure
The programme can be taken either in a part-time mode, by engineers employed in the UK, or in a full-time mode by either national or overseas engineers. The MSc is offered for full-time students with the possibility of being completed in one calendar years duration. The MSc for part-time students has half load during the semesters and, consequently, the length of these studies is doubled. Part-time students require two years to complete the MSc programme.

Enrolment on the programme is possible either in semester A (starting in September, comprising the academic period from September to January) or semester B (starting in February, comprising the academic period from February to May).

Semester C (June-September) is only available for research supervision.

The programme consists of four optional 30-credit modules plus one 60-credit dissertation. The common schedules for MSc students are included below:

Full-time MSc student starting in semester A:

Semester A (1st year): two 30-credit modules

Semester B (1st year): two 30-credit modules

Semester C (1st year) or Semester A (2nd year): 60-credit dissertation

Full-time MSc student starting in semester B:

Semester B (1st year): two 30-credit modules

Semester A (1st year): two 30-credit modules

Semester B (2nd year): 60-credit dissertation

Part-time MSc student starting in semester A:

Semester A (1st year): one 30-credit module

Semester B (1st year): one 30-credit module

Semester A (2nd year): one 30-credit module

Semester B (2nd year): one 30-credit module

Semester C (2nd year) and Semester A (3rd year), or Semesters A and B (3rd year): 60-credit dissertation

Part-time MSc student starting in semester B:

Semester B (1st year): one 30-credit module

Semester A (1st year): one 30-credit module

Semester B (2nd year): one 30-credit module

Semester A (2nd year): one 30-credit module

Semesters B and C (3rd year), or Semesters B and A (3rd year): 60-credit dissertation

The maximum registration period is six years.

Students require one 30-credit module for a Postgraduate Associate Certificate, two 30-credit modules for the PGCert, four 30-credit modules for the PGDip (Intermediate awards) and four 30-credit modules plus a 60-credit Research Dissertation in the area of Structural Engineering for the MSc.

Learning environment
Teaching methods include lectures, tutorials, seminars, laboratory work and external site visits. Web based learning is also employed particularly for the research dissertation.

Requirements

* BEng (Hons) minimum 2:2 or BSc(Hons) minimum 2:1, both in Civil Engineering
* Appropriate professional qualifications such as MICE or MIStructE
* Applicants with other qualifications will be considered on an individual basis

In the case of applicants whose first language is not English, then IELTS Academic 6.0 Overall, with no less than 5.5 in components, or equivalent, is required. International qualifications will be checked for appropriate entry to UK Higher Education postgraduate programmes.

Students who apply to enter stages of the programme may be admitted through normal Accreditation of Experiential Learning (AEL) or Accreditation of Certificated Learning (ACL) processes, or through an approved articulation agreement. Therefore such applicants must be able to demonstrate and evidence that they have the required learning outcomes as listed in the modules for which they are seeking exemption.

English Language Requirements