Environmental Engineering (Civil)

MEng/BEng
2018/19 Entry

Available Award(s), Study options and Course Code

Title of Award Mode of attendance Course UCAS FHEQ Level
Code Code
MEng Environmental FT 4 years, EECU003 H222 6
Engineering (Civil) FT 5 years with PDP*,
SW 5 years**
PT 5 years (Stage 2 entry)****
FT 3 years (Stage 2 entry) *****
BEng(Hons) FT 3 years, EECU004 H220 6
Environmental SW 4 years***
Engineering(Civil) PT 4 years (Stage 2 entry) ****
FT 2 years (Stage 2 entry) *****
* If students wish to do MEng Environmental Engineering with PDP (Professional Development
Training Programme) they MUST undertake the structured PDP training in industry in 4 th year
(between stage 3 & 4). The MEng students taking SW (Studying Abroad) and the students doing
BEng CANNOT take or do MEng with PDP. The training programme in the MEng with PDP will
help the student to develop the mandatory competences towards attainment of Chartered
Engineer (CEng) status.
** MEng SW include year studying abroad (between 2nd & 3rd), but NOT for the MEng with PDP
*** BEng SW include studying abroad or placement (between 2 nd & 3rd year) CONNOT do both
**** Stage 2 entry for part time students with appropriate work experience & qualification
*****Stage 2 direct entry for full time students with appropriate HND or similar & work experience

Get in touch, Location, Faculty & School

For questions regarding study & admissions
Coventry University,
Faculty of Engineering, Environment & Computing
School of Energy, Construction & Environment.
Priory Street, Coventry, United Kingdom, CV1 5FB
Phone: +44 (0) 24 7765 2152
Further Information about the Course
Dr S Suresh Surendran
Course Director, Environmental Engineering
Suresh.surendran@coventry.ac.uk

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Overview
To manage risks and develop sustainably, we must understand and cater the
requirements of/for civil infrastructures and our environment. This course blends
together environmental science and civil engineering.

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The UK Institute of Civil Engineers (ICE), the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental
Management (CIWEM), US Bureau of Labour Statistics, United Nations (UN) and various international
organisations have reported a high skill shortage in environmental engineering throughout the developed
and developing world to respond to the increasing climate, demographic (urbanisation), socio-economic
and environmental changes.

Our professionally accredited environmental engineering course blends core civil engineering skills and
environmental science knowledge, together with numerical and management principles to assess, prevent,
protect and control natural and man-made environmental disasters and to lead on sustainable
development at local and international level.

It can be studied as the MEng (course code H222) or BEng (course code H220). The four-stage MEng course
fully satisfies the educational base for Chartered Engineer (CEng) status, whereas the three-stage BEng
satisfies the Incorporated Engineer (IEng) status.
Our MEng Environmental Engineering (H222) courses will be delivered in four stages: 4 years full-time;
5 years with Professional Development Programme (PDP); 5 years sandwich (study abroad) or 5 years
part-time (Stage 2 entry with appropriate work experience and qualification) mode of attendance. A 3
years full time MEng (Stage 2 entry with relevant HND) is also available.
Our BEng Environmental Engineering (H220) courses will be delivered in three stages: 3 years full-time;
4 years sandwich (study abroad or work placement) or 4 years part-time (Stage 2 entry with
appropriate requirements) mode of attendance. A 2 years full time BEng (Stage 2 entry) is available.

Coventry University is ranked as the UKs top modern university in the Guardian University Guide 2018
and ranked overall as 12th. Our School of Energy, Construction and Environment has a well-established
reputation within industry for its courses in civil engineering, construction, geography, disaster,
environment and energy management, facilitating a multidisciplinary approach to this course which draws
on necessary resources and expertise from across the School.

Accreditation and Professional Recognition

This course is accredited and recognised by the following bodies:

Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE)

Our Environmental Engineering courses are accredited by the Joint Board of Moderators (JBM), which
represents (the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) and the Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE) on
behalf of the Engineering Council. The BEng course is accredited for the purposes of fully meeting the
academic requirement for registration as an Incorporated Engineer and partially meeting the academic
requirement for registration as a Chartered Engineer. Whereas the MEng course is accredited by ICE for the
purposes of fully meeting the academic requirement for registration as a Chartered Engineer. In addition, if
you take the Professional Development Training option, the opportunities to become a professionally
qualified Chartered Engineer (CEng) in the civil and environmental engineering field are high.

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Course information
Our MEng/BEng Environmental Engineering degree is built on three key themes of
health, safety and environmental risk management; sustainable development; and
engineering and environmental design, analysis and practices.
By the end of Stage Three (BEng), if successfully completed your studies will have covered all the basic
academic capabilities necessary to achieve Incorporated Engineer status and you can meet Chartered
Engineer standards by progressing to the end of Stage Four (MEng). Additional costs may apply. Please
check with the membership body for details.

Your studies begin with a firm foundation of maths, environmental science and core civil engineering skills
such as laboratory, design, analytical (technical, social, economic/financial, environmental, managerial,
legal and ethical context) skills.

You will be introduced to the fundamental principles of structural mechanics, structural behaviour of
materials and mathematics for use in solving engineering problems, incorporating safety and sustainability
considerations. As the course progresses, we cover more advanced theories of analysis for both statics and
dynamics. The skill of using mathematics to develop engineering solutions to these advanced theories is
essential and is embedded throughout. We also cover the principles of current methods of structural
analysis to Eurocode standards.

Engineering analysis and materials covers the principles of construction material behaviour, soil mechanics
and fluid mechanics. You should develop an understanding of the various materials used in construction
(such as concrete and cementitious materials, steel, other metals, timber, masonry components, polymers
and emerging materials) and geomaterials (such as granular soils and clays), and their suitability for
specific applications within the construction industry, while considering construction methods, safety and
sustainability. You should develop the necessary skills to interpret experimental data for use in solving
engineering problems.

Modules
In the first stage, we will introduce you to environmental systems and the basic principles of environmental
and pollution science, including the range of chemical and physical stressors, impacts of pollution on people
and the environment and the interactions between the natural environment and the built environment.
You will have the chance to develop theoretical knowledge and practical experience in pollution
monitoring, including an introduction to sampling and analysis methodologies for air, soil and water as well
as noise pollution.

The second stage of the course builds on the first stage to provide knowledge and understanding of key
subjects such as hydraulics, geo-technics, environmental pollution and energy as well as structural analysis,
design and materials. This stage is also for direct entry full time or part time students with relevant HND
or similar degree. Following your second year, the BEng SW & MEng SW students will have an option to
apply for a one-year professional work placement or study abroad in a partner institution.

As the course progresses to the third stage, we start to look at more advanced knowledge of areas such as
environmental assessment, water modelling and engineering. For the research dissertation, you will have
to demonstrate your analytical, problem solving, innovation, communication and information management
skills, enabling you to establish creative solutions when researching problems and issues. Your skills may
be further enhanced by group projects with inter/multidisciplinary activities at each stage, using
appropriate environmental and humanitarian engineering with computer and field simulations, as well as
building information modelling (BIM). In addition to the know-how gained from the lectures and learning
support, there may be opportunities to collaborate with the other courses, international and part-time
students. Group and project work has the potential to further develop your appreciation of the
multidisciplinary nature of civil biased environmental engineering, as well as the importance of effective
project management, teamwork, good communication and lateral thought.

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Add+vantage: The focus on preparing BEng students for successful futures sets Coventry apart as a university.
The Add+vantage modules teach a range of work experience and extra-curricular activities that are taken
each year and broaden students knowledge and skills within a work focused environment. There is a very
wide range of Add+vantage free-choice subject areas, and they are arranged in themes.

The fourth stage of the course is for MEng students only, in which you should further specialise in
environmental risk, sustainable development, failure analysis and design of hydraulic/seismic structure.
There is the option for a year professional development training for MEng with PDP students only.

Environmental Engineering Course Structure

M/O**
Module

Credits

(Hons)
MEng
title

BEng
Stage 1 (Yr. 1 for MEng & BEng Both Full Time & Sandwich Students)
Structural analysis and Mathematics (M/BEng) 30 M M
Engineering Analysis and Materials (M/BEng) 20 M M
Design Studies (Civil Engineering) 20 M M
Group Project 1 20 M M
Introduction to Environmental Pollution Science 20 M M
Academic and Professional Development 0 M M
Add+vantage 10 M M
Stage 2 (Yr. 2 for MEng & BEng Both Full Time & Sandwich Students)
Geo-technics and Hydraulics (M/BEng) 20 M M
Structural Analysis and Materials (M/BEng) 20 M M
Structural Design 20 M M
Group Project 2 10 M M
Environmental Pollution Prevention and Control 20 M M
Alternative Energy 20 M M
Academic and Professional Practice 0 M M
Add+vantage 10 M M
Stage 2 (Only for the yr. 3 BEng SW and yr. 3 MEng SW Students)
Study Abroad Year*,+ 40 O O
Professional Training*,+,++ 40 - O
Stage 3 (Yr. 3 for BEng FT, Yr.3 MEng FT, 4 Yr. BEng SW & 4 Yr. MEng SW;
Research Dissertation 20 M M
Research Practice and Communication 10 M M
Geo-technics 20 M M
Hydrology, Modelling and Water Engineering 20 M M
Group Project 3 20 M M
Environmental Management & Assessment 20 M M
Add+vantage 10 M M
Stage 3 (Yr. 4 MEng with PDP only) +
Professional Development Training Programme*,+,++ 40 O -
Stage 4 (Yr. 4 for FT MEng; Yr. 5 for FT MEng with PDP; and Yr. 5 for MEng SW)
Environmental Risk Assessment & Management 20 M -
Water and Wastewater Treatment Techniques 20 M -
Group Project 4 20 M -
Water, Sanitation and Shelter Technologies 20 M -
Environmental Hazards Management Techniques 20 M -
Structural Failure Analysis and Design 20 M -
* Credits for either of these modules are not included in the calculation for degree classification;
** Mandatory (M) or Optional (O) modules;
+ The students taking MEng with PDP (3150EXQ) option OR the students taking Industrial Placement

(250EC) option between years 2 and 3, CANNOT do the Study Abroad (240EC). Similarly, the students
taking 240EC cannot do 3150EXQ or 240EC.
++ The Professional Training (240EC) only for BEng SW and PDP (3150EXQ) only for MEng Students

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Study themes
Our main study themes are:
Health, Safety and Environmental Risk Management (HSERM): We aim to make you aware of and
reminded of the importance of health and safety, environmental risk assessment and management from
the start to the end of your course. You will also be encouraged to consider the HSERM aspects within
your laboratory-based coursework and propose precautions that could be taken to avoid or manage
them.
Sustainable development (SD): We aim to develop your understanding of the linkage between and
balanced approach required for sustainability and development. You should learn how to apply
environmental science, appropriate technology and sustainable environmental risk management
principles and technologies.
Engineering and Environmental design, analysis and practices (EDAP): Environmental friendly SD
engineering design, engineering analysis and practices are processes in which individual creativity and
technical competence, as well as collaboration between multidisciplinary professionals, are all required.
The undergraduate stage of the programme is designed to develop your skills in creativity, independent
learning and teamwork via a series of group projects. This aims to give you practise and insight into the
role of the engineer as a planner, designer analysist and a project manager. You should develop an
effective approach to performing engineering design, analysis and communicating and delivering with
confidence and clarity, demonstrating key skills of engineering synthesis, judgement and team-working,
and demonstrating an appreciating the many criteria for HSERM & SD and their relevance to the
circumstances of different projects.

How youll be taught

At appropriate stages of the course, we try to organise guest lectures from current practitioners and you
will also have opportunities to participate in fieldtrips at each stage of the course, both at home and
overseas. For example, UK field activities have previously included environmental pollution testing and
monitoring, as well as examining sustainable construction practice. We also organise a range of site visits,
including the chance to visit a Severn Trent Water wastewater treatment plant and the Thames Barrier for
a demo on flood modelling.

You will have the opportunity to undertake challenging independent research dissertation in Stage Three
of your course in which you will tackle questions at the cutting-edge science and appropriate technical
research and innovation.

The highly practical nature of the course enables you to work on real-world problems with engineering and
environmental analysis and good practice guidance from industry, commerce, consultation, research
groups and your tutor/supervisor, as you would in professional practice. Each year both the MEng and
BEng includes a group project and individual coursework based on real problems sourced from industrial
collaborators and technical modules that reflect current research work in the School and is designed to
introduce you to the latest thinking in the subject. This means that while you learn the technical and
scientific content of your degree, these projects and coursework will allow you the opportunity to develop
the professional skills required including problem assessment and resolution; project, task and time
management; risk assessment; team work and leadership; technical report writing etc.

In addition, you will be assigned a personal tutor who will review and discuss your progress with you and
will be available for advice.

Teaching contact hours

In a typical week, you will have up to 20 contact hours of teaching and learning support.
This generally breaks down as follows:
Large group teaching: 8 hours of lectures each week.
Medium group teaching: 6 hours of tutorials each week.
Small group teaching: 4 hours of practical work (laboratory or field work)
Personal tutorial: 2 hours of tutorials and guidance (individual or group projects) each week
Further 20 hours of Personal study (guided and self-guided) each week,

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How youll be assessed
The assessment types are varied throughout the course with both individual and group work assessed
using methods, such as presentations, laboratory work, formal examinations, technical reports, online
quizzes, posters and computer simulation. An estimated percentage breakdown of your final grade
assessment is as follows:
Formal examinations: 55%
Individual coursework and research dissertation (lab, field, design and desktop studies): 30%
Group project and other work: 15%

Students undertaking MEng and BEng Environmental Engineering (full-time and sandwich) must pass all
mandatory modules for progression (Stages 1-4 for MEng and Stages 1-3 for BEng); in each stage, they must
complete 120 credits for the final award. The part-time student will only take the modules that are
mandatory for the course that they are on. Part-timers are expected to follow a study plan given by the
School, attend the modules with the full-time students and completing the 60 credits per year. The student
must complete each stage within two years and the timetable will be tailored for PT students for their
course. A compulsory Add+vantage module must also be completed. Credits for the modules related to
PDP, Professional Training and study abroad are not included in the calculation for degree classification
but will be mentioned in the award. Academic and Professional Development modules will have zero
credits.

On Completion
On successful completion, you should have knowledge of:
Contemporary environmental impacts, uncertainties and risks relating to a built environment, including
social and economic impacts, regulatory aspects and health and safety.
Scientific principles to enable an appreciation of the scientific and engineering context and
understanding of historic, current and future impacts and technologies for resilience.
Appropriate mathematical methods, concepts in physical and computer based environmental modelling
to analyse environmental engineering problems and to design systems.
Relevant principles of applied mechanics in fluid/hydraulics, hydrology, soil mechanics, geo-technics,
and structural mechanics and application in hydro-geo environmental engineering.
ICT and laboratory knowledge of skills, research methods and strategies of acquiring, interpreting,
analysing data and information and critical understanding of the techniques.
Business and organisational awareness of environmental engineering industries, the concepts and
management processes for environmental, financial, societal and technical risks.
Core environmental engineering subjects, informed by current thinking/ industrial practice, research
and developments.

On successful completion, you should be able to:

Investigate and define environmental problems and identify sustainability, health and safety issues and
risk and apply environmental problem-solving skills with the understanding of codes of practice,
standards and regulations in environmental engineering applications.
Review, classify and describe the systems and components, select, apply quantitative analytical
methods, models and visualisation techniques/ computer software to assess the risk and performance
relevant to the engineering to solve environmental problems.
Formulate plans for undertaking environment risk management or sustainable development as solution
by applying the engineering and scientific principles, approaches, tools, processes and systems and
ability to work with technical uncertainty at a range of scales
Apply more advance principles of applied mechanics, method and models with problem-solving skills
by collecting and comprehensively interpreting qualitative and quantitative data, critically and
systematically assess problems, evaluate effectiveness of new ideas, techniques and materials, to obtain
planed and synthesised solutions in both familiar and new situations.
Systematically plan, design, model environmental engineering problems, develop solutions and
appropriate strategies in response to the environmental challenges.
Coordinate and control operations, organise and manage projects resources, maintain systems or
services, including monitoring & assessment of their performance.

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International experience opportunities
Environmental engineering is a global industry and the course attracts students from around the world
including Europe, Asia, Africa and South America. You will join students from many different nationalities
and cultures, which will give an international perspective to your studies and future career as an engineer.
The content of the course continuously refers to the international context in which environmental
engineering takes place.

We have academic and research links with many countries, providing opportunities for student exchanges
and overseas field trips. If you opt for a sandwich year, you can spend time studying or placement in abroad;
we currently have links with universities in Malaysia, Oman, Canada and the European Union.

Why choose this course?

Would you like to gain the necessary skills, knowledge and experience to cater to the growing demand for
environmental engineers within government (agencies and authorities), the utilities, emergency services,
property developers, international development agencies, NGOs, consultants and contractors?

Our environmental engineering courses are based on the UK Quality Assurance Agency for Higher
Educations benchmark for engineering, as well as incorporating aspects of the benchmark for earth
sciences, environmental sciences and environmental studies. Designed to meet the needs of niche and
highly specialised national and international markets, tailored to the requirements of an integrated civil
and environmental engineering sector, they deliver all necessary learning outcomes of the UK Standard for
Professional Engineering Competence.

We will cover study subjects that can give you the necessary technical and managerial skills with applied
scientific and mathematical knowledge for managing the natural and man-made impacts and risks on the
built environment and lead on sustainable infrastructure development, able to make the most of existing
and emerging science and technology for sustainable design, engineering analysis and practices,
development, health and safety and environmental risk management in both urban and rural areas.

At the same time, you should develop a deeper understanding of the environmental engineering in term of
technical, legal, ethical and commercial management (e.g. in water, wastewater, flood, pollution and energy
management field with socio-economic and environmental) context.

Benefits
Use of the unique Coventry University Simulation Centre, which combines technology with interactive
screen and real-life scenarios.
Learn how to apply advanced theoretical and appropriate practical methods to analyse and solve the
environmental engineering problems at local, national and global scale.
Strong links with industry and professional bodies give you the option to undertake a Professional
Development Programme (for MEng) or the industrial placement experience.
Courses are accredited by the Joint Board of Moderators (JBM) as fully satisfying the educational base
for either Chartered Engineer (CEng) or Incorporated Engineer (IEng) status.
A teaching team who are active in research and have industrial experience, who bring their multi and
intra disciplinary expertise into their teaching to ensure it is relevant to the needs of industry, society
and the students.
Expert visiting professional/guest lecturers which have previously been from Environment Agency,
Severn Trent Water and top consultants, laboratory and fieldwork and local national and international
field trips and studies.
Studying with students on a wide range of courses covering other professional disciplines in an
integrated School of Energy, Construction and Environment which reflects the interdisciplinary
nature of civil and environmental engineering projects.
Provides Environmental engineering knowledge, understanding and skills to make the most of
existing and emerging science and technology for green-design, engineering analysis and practices,
sustainable development and health, safety and environmental risk management.

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Why Coventry University?

An award-winning university, we are committed to providing our students with the best
possible experience. We continue to invest in both our facilities and our innovative
approach to education. Our students benefit from industry-relevant teaching, and
resources and support designed to help them succeed. These range from our modern
library and computing facilities to dedicated careers advice and our impressive Students
Union activities.
Global ready - An international outlook, with global opportunities
Employability - Career-ready graduates, with the skills to succeed
Teaching Excellence - Taught by lecturers who are experts in their field
Course essentials - A degree which offers you more, at no extra cost

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