This dual-award programme prepares students for a career as a Civil Engineer. The programme embraces recent industry developments, in particular the introduction of ECUK UK Standard for Professional Engineering Competence (UK-SPEC), and gives students the opportunity to achieve the professional status of Chartered Engineer. The curriculum emphasizes the development of traditional engineering numerical strengths coupled with an enquiring creative approach as required by employers. Developing the latter approach is sometimes difficult but it is our aim to get students to eventually approach with relish a blank sheet of paper and an ill-defined, uncertain brief to which they can develop a rational solution. We do seek to educate, rather than to merely train. Because civil engineering is such a broad area, there are lots of different specialisms for students to consider after graduating, but our degree will give students a solid foundation for entering any of them.