Why study Civil and Environmental Engineering?
Study Civil and Environmental Engineering and gain the knowledge and skills you need to become a Chartered Civil Engineer. This course has 5 professional accreditations, a practical learning approach, and 12 week industry work placements built in. Abertay is the TOP UK Modern University for Civil Engineering (The Times 2025).
You’ll gain a firm grounding across a wide range of civil and environmental engineering applications. You'll get plenty of practical and hands-on experience through placements with industry partners such as Transport Scotland, Balfour Beatty and BEAR Scotland.
There is a big shortage of civil engineers in Britain and Europe, and it's growing. This makes you very employable as soon as you graduate.
You have two strong options. You can become a Chartered Engineer (CEng), which takes five years, or an Incorporated Engineer (IEng), taking four years. Both depend on successful graduation. Find out more.
Practical, hands-on experience
You’ll get hands-on experience with the construction challenge in year two. This is where you work in teams to plan, project manage and construct a scaled-down version of real-world structures such as bridges, pavilions, wind turbine footings and other civil engineering projects.
Plus, due to small class sizes our approach is more personal, which means we have more time to devote to each student.
Five professional accreditations
Accreditations mean that a professional body or organisation has approved the learning outcomes of the course, and this has been approved by five different ones. Find out more.
High employment rate after graduation
There's a big shortage of qualified civil engineers in the UK and Europe, making our graduates very sought after. (Royal Academy of Engineering 2030 report.)
This course ranked 1st in Scotland for Student Satisfaction (Complete University Guide 2025) and we are the TOP UK modern university for Civil Engineering (The Times Good University Guide 2025).