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MSc in Civil Engineering

Civil Engineering problems require the application of analytical, decision-making and critical thinking skills. This course will provide students with the technical knowledge and skills needed to develop these skills. It will also equip students with a range of transferable skills; an ideal combination for a leading career in Civil Engineering.

The MSc in Civil Engineering provides a comprehensive programme of study across a range of subject areas. The aims of this master's level program are to:

  1. Provide students with the technical knowledge and skills to equip them for a leading career in Civil Engineering
  2. Develop the analytical and critical powers of the student in relation to Civil Engineering problems
  3. Develop the decision making powers of the student in relation to Civil Engineering problems
  4. Provide students with the transferable skills expected of a person with a leading career in Civil Engineering

Course structure

The course consists of 120 credits of core and optional taught modules along with a 60 credit major individual research-based project. Please be aware modules are subject to change.
 

Core modules

Research Preparation
Research Project Organisation & Design

Optional modules Autumn semester:

Advanced Pavement Materials - 10 credits
Advanced Concrete Structures - 10 credits
Construction Planning and Risk - 10 credits
Critical State Soil Mechanics - 10 credits
Finite Element Analysis in Structural Mechanics - 10 credits

One of the following modules:

Steel Structures - 10 credits
Pavement Engineering - 10 credits
Geotechnical Engineering - 10 credits

Optional modules Spring semester:

Coastal Engineering - 10 credits
Construction Management Processes - 10 credits
Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics - 10 credits
Mathematical Techniques in PDE for Engineers - 10 credits
Traffic Engineering - 10 credits

One of the following modules:

Railway Engineering - 10 credits
Sustainable Construction - 10 credits
Applied Construction Project Management - 10 credits

Individual project:
Following the successful completion of the taught modules, a major individual project is undertaken over the summer term.

Entry requirements

Applicants should have an upper second class honours degree (or equivalent) in Civil Engineering or a related discipline from an approved university.
 
Applicants need to have studied multiple courses in Structures, Geotechnics and Fluids.
 

English Language Requirements:

ILETS score of at least 6.0 with a minimum score of 5.5 in individual elements
TOEFL (IBT) 79 no less than 19 in any element

 

The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus

Jalan Broga, 43500 Semenyih
Selangor Darul Ehsan
Malaysia

telephone: +6 (03) 8924 8000
fax: +6 (03) 8924 8001
email: enquiries@nottingham.edu.my