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DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2025/2026

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Year 4 Academic year: 2025/26, Starting in: August

- For progression to Year 4 students must -
Pass at least 80 credits a SCQF level 9 or above, and have an overall average of 40% or more for 120 credits of study taken in the year.

- Entry to Year 4 MEng -
Entry to Year 4 of the MEng programme normally requires an average of 55% in third year, at the first attempt. Those not achieving an average of 55% or above will be required to transfer to Year 4 of the BEng programme.

Compulsory courses

Fire Science and Fire Dynamics 4

Must be taken during Semester 1

Steel Structures 4

Must be taken during Semester 1

Principles of the Fire Laboratory 5

Must be taken during Semester 1

Engineering Project Management 4

Must be taken during Semester 1

Interdisciplinary Group Design Project (Engineering)

Must be taken during Semester 1

Foundation Engineering 4

Must be taken during Semester 2

Hydraulic Engineering 4

Must be taken during Semester 2

Concrete Structures 4

Must be taken during Semester 2

Fire Science Laboratory 5

Must be taken during Semester 2

Models for Fire Safety 5

Must be taken during Semester 2

Course options

Water and Wastewater Systems 4

Digital Construction 4

Infrastructure Sensing using Ground Penetrating Radar 5

Building Energy and Environmental Performance 5

Finite Element Analysis

Hydrogeology 2: Simulation of Groundwater Flow and Transport

Supply Chain Management 4

Technology and Innovation Management 5

Technology Entrepreneurship 5

Bio-Inspired Engineering 4

Living Materials and their Biomaterial Replacements 4

Wind Energy 5

Marine Energy 5

Community-based Technology Research for Sustainable Development 5

OR

Year 5 Academic year: 2025/26, Starting in: August

- University Progression and Graduation Rules -
In Years 3, 4 and 5 the University progression and graduation rules normally require full passes in 80 credits of courses with an overall average of 40% or more for the 120 credits of study taken in the relevant honours year.

Compulsory courses

MEng Thesis 5 (Discipline of Civil & Environmental Engineering)

Must be taken during Full Year

Structural Design for Fire 5

Must be taken during Semester 1

Research Methods for Engineers 5

Must be taken during Semester 1

Engineering Project Management 4

Must be taken during Semester 1

Foundation Engineering 4

Must be taken during Semester 2

Fire Safety Engineering Design Project 5

Must be taken during Semester 2

Learning from Engineering Failures 5

Must be taken during Semester 2

Course options

Hydraulic Engineering 4

The Finite Element Method

Mechanics of Repairing and Strengthening Structures 5

Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering 5

Coastal Engineering 5

Hydrogeology 1: Applied Hydrogeology

Operations Management 4

Dynamics 4

Polymers and Composite Materials 4

Bio-Inspired Engineering 4

Living Materials and their Biomaterial Replacements 4

Community-based Technology Research for Sustainable Development 5

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