Imperial College London

Undergraduate MEng Civil Engineering

• Show your practical skills: You’ll manage and build a real engineering project at a bespoke construction site, decamping to Norfolk for our ground-breaking Constructionarium challenge.
• Learn from world changers: Your lecturers are visionaries. Our researchers have helped stabilise the Leaning Tower of Pisa, create the world’s first 3D-printed steel footbridge, and enable the launch of the first transatlantic flight powered solely by sustainable fuel.
• Build your future: You’ll gain skills that are highly valued by employers – like learning to code in Python and working in teams to solve an industrial brief – one reason Imperial has been ranked first for graduate prospects by the Guardian University Guide 2025.

Course overview

Civil engineering is about shaping the built and natural environments in which we live. It is a broad discipline that improves many aspects of our everyday lives, from the provision of safe drinking water to the development of earthquake-resistant structures, while also protecting our natural environment.

Civil engineers will play a crucial role in tackling climate change and leading sustainable development.

Exploring topics such as geotechnics, energy systems and professional engineering practice, this course will provide you with a strong foundation in engineering science and technology. You will then have the option to tailor your studies to suit your interests through a range of specialist modules, or continue with a broad programme.

Throughout this course, you'll integrate theory and practice and apply the knowledge you have gained in class to the real world. You will participate in a number of field trips, including practical land surveying and a geology field course, and Constructionarium, where you'll work in teams to construct scaled-down versions of well-known buildings, bridges, dams and other civil engineering projects.

You will also benefit from our department’s strong industry links and teaching and research facilities, which include a range of testing rigs, extensive computing provision, tension and compression machines, and wave generators and tanks.

At the end of this course, you'll have fully met the educational requirements for professional registration and taken the first step to becoming a Chartered Engineer.