Civil Engineering with Foundation Year

Gain key skills to tackle real-world challenges with Civil Engineering BEng at Keele University. Build your technical knowledge and employability skills. Learn more.

BEng Civil Engineering at Keele prepares you to design, build, and maintain the infrastructure that keeps society running. From sustainable transport networks and climate-resilient cities to renewable energy systems and water supply, you’ll gain the skills to tackle real-world challenges, combining technical knowledge, creativity, and problem-solving to shape a more sustainable and resilient future. Civil engineering addresses the world’s most pressing infrastructure challenges: safe and reliable water supplies, climate-resilient cities, sustainable transport networks, renewable energy systems, and the preservation of our built and natural environments.

Combining science, creativity, and problem-solving, Civil Engineers design, construct, and maintain the systems and structures that underpin society. Every project offers the chance to improve lives and contribute to a sustainable, resilient future. This programme is designed to support your development as a professional engineer.

You’ll begin with Engineering Fundamentals, gaining the scientific and technical knowledge to tackle complex problems. Alongside this, Engineering Skills will strengthen your practical ability through labs, workshops, and training in communication and project management.