Civil engineering
Design, build and maintain the structures of our modern world
From bridges to motorways, airports to skyscrapers, civil engineering shapes the way cities and towns work
What is civil engineering?
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Create solutions You’ll learn about infrastructure on a large scale, designing and creating solutions to modern-day problems
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Combining your creativity with technical expertise You’ll gain skills that help change the world and protect natural resources
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2nd in the UK Civil Engineering The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2025
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Global top 10 Civil and Structural Engineering QS World University Rankings by Subject 2024
Why Imperial?
Gain access to world-leading facilities, like our hydrodynamics laboratory with our wave basin and coastal flume
Learn from and alongside researchers paving the way in the field, to find solutions to modern-day problems
Courses
Our range of civil engineering courses allow you to focus on an area or specialism of interest to you