Cardiff University

土木工程专业

This is a three-year full-time degree, with largely core modules in Years One and Two. Year Three has a carefully chosen balance of core and optional modules, allowing you to choose subjects to tailor to your personal interests or chosen career path. You need to earn 120 credits a year.

Year One

Year one consists of a series of lectures and practical laboratory sessions, providing you with a solid base for the next two years of your degree programme.

Core Modules for Year One

• Engineering Maths and Computation
• Fundamentals of Civil Engineering
• Applied Design and Practice

Year Two

Year two again consists of a series of lectures underpinned by practical laboratory sessions.

There is an off-site residential field course for five days in the spring semester, as part of the Field Studies of the Natural and Built Environment module.

• Engineering Analysis
• Building Modelling
• 环境工程
• Hydraulics and Soil Mechanics
• Structural Analysis & Design Theory
• Sustainable Civil Engineering Design & Practice

Year Three

第三年包括一个主要项目，价值占全年的四分之一。为此，你将与一名主管人员一起单独工作。

There are other core modules but also a choice of optional modules, building upon the foundations established in the earlier years.

Core Modules for Year Three

• 建筑与施工管理
• 环境政策与法规
• Project
• 水利工程
• 岩土工程
• 结构设计研究
• Civil Engineering Design

Optional Modules for Year Three

• 混凝土材料与结构
• 环境岩土工程
• 环境水力学
• 废物管理和回收
• 全尺寸工程问题的有限元

How will I be assessed?

Your assessments will be varied to evaluate knowledge, understanding, professional skills, and key skills. Assessment in Year One is mostly through tests during the year, short reports, a professional development portfolio, presentations, and two written examinations. This range of assessments is carried into the higher years with a gradual change from tests to exams. The major individual project in Year Three is assessed by a dissertation report.

What skills will I practise and develop?

The Learning Outcomes for this Programme describe what you will be able to do as a result of your study at Cardiff University. They will help you to understand what is expected of you.

On successful completion of the Programme you will be able to:

Knowledge & Understanding

• Apply a comprehensive knowledge of mathematics, statistics, natural science and engineering principles to the solution of complex problems in architectural engineering. Much of the knowledge will be at the forefront of the particular subject of study and informed by a critical awareness of new developments and the wider context of architectural engineering.
• Formulate and analyse complex problems to reach substantiated conclusions. This will involve evaluating available data using first principles of mathematics, statistics, natural science and engineering principles, and using engineering judgment to work with information that may be uncertain or incomplete, discussing the limitations of the techniques employed.
• Evaluate the environmental and societal impact of solutions to complex architectural engineering problems (to include the entire life-cycle of a product or process) and minimise adverse impacts.
• Discuss the role of quality management systems and continuous improvement in the context of complex architectural engineering problems.
• Apply knowledge of engineering management principles, commercial contexts, project and change management, and relevant legal matters including intellectual property rights.

Intellectual Skills

• Select and apply appropriate computational and analytical techniques, recognising/discussing the limitations of the techniques employed, for the synthesis of architectural engineering problems, and to make judgements on appropriate action.
• Select and evaluate technical literature and other sources of information to address complex problems.
• Design solutions for complex architectural engineering problems that meet a combination of societal, user, business and customer needs as appropriate, with consideration of applicable health & safety, diversity, inclusion, cultural, societal, environmental and commercial matters, codes of practice and industry standards.
• Apply an integrated or systems approach to the solution of complex problems.

Professional Practical Skills

• Select and apply appropriate practical laboratory and workshop skills in architectural engineering, particularly in devising analytical or experimental approaches, to investigate complex problems.
• Select, apply and evaluate appropriate materials, equipment, engineering technologies and processes, recognising their limitations.
• Use a risk management process to identify, evaluate and mitigate risks (the effects of uncertainty) associated with a particular architectural engineering project or activity.
• Adopt a holistic and proportionate approach to the mitigation of security risks in architectural engineering.

Transferable/Key Skills

• Communicate effectively on complex engineering matters with technical and non-technical audiences, evaluating the effectiveness of the methods used.
• Identify and analyse ethical concerns and make reasoned ethical choices informed by professional codes of conduct.
• Adopt an inclusive approach to engineering practice and recognise/articulate the responsibilities, benefits and importance of supporting equality, diversity and inclusion.
• Function effectively as an individual, and as a member or leader of a team.
• Plan and record the reflective evaluation of self-learning and development as the foundation for lifelong learning/CPD.

我们的毕业生主要受雇于土木工程行业的主要咨询和承包公司，例如 Sir Robert McAlpine、Ramboll、Arup 和 Mott McDonald。典型的职位包括毕业的土木工程师、现场工程师或设计工程师，他们分布在英国各地以及更远的地方。

许多毕业生选择在卡迪夫以及英国及其他地区的大学继续攻读硕士或博士学位。

其他人则选择就职于国内和跨国公司。近期的例子包括金融、媒体和石化行业的公司，目的地包括德勤、普华永道、维珍和壳牌。

Graduate careers

• Civil Engineer
• Design Engineer
• Project Manager