Structural Engineering Degree Courses in the UK - Bachelor & Master

Program University Student satis­faction Unem­ployed Drop­out Tuition (UK) Tuition (Inter­national) UCAS Tariff City
Architectural Engineering MEng (Hons) Cardiff University 90% 0% 6% £9000 £25450 £28200 150 Cardiff
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Architectural Engineering BEng (Hons) Ulster University 95% 0% 0% £9250 £15840 £16320 146 Coleraine
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Architectural Engineering BEng (Hons) Heriot-Watt University 67% 7% 0% £9250 £18704 171 Edinburgh
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Architectural Engineering with International Foundation Year BEng (Hons) University of Reading 77% 0% 15% £9250 £27650 118 Reading
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Architectural Engineering (Year in Industry) BEng (Hons) Cardiff University 87% 0% 6% £9000 £25450 £28200 150 Cardiff
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Civil and Structural Engineering (with Integrated Foundation Year and Placement Year) BEng (Hons) University of Bradford 89% 5% 5% £9250 £22180 113 Bradford
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Architectural Engineering BEng University of Bradford 86% 5% 5% £9250 £22180 113 Bradford
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Structural Engineering and Architecture with an Industrial Placement Year MEng The University of Sheffield - 2% 4% £9250 £29110 169 Sheffield
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Architectural Engineering with an Industrial Placement Year MEng (Hons) The University of Sheffield 93% 2% 0% £9250 £29110 180 Sheffield
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Civil and Structural Engineering (with placement year) MEng University of Bradford 56% 5% 5% £9250 £22180 113 Bradford
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Architectural Engineering (with a placement year) BEng University of Bradford 79% 5% 5% £9250 £22180 113 Bradford
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Civil and Structural Engineering with an Industrial Placement Year MEng (Hons) The University of Sheffield 92% 2% 4% £9250 £29110 153 Sheffield
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Civil and Structural Engineering MEng University of Bradford 86% 25% 5% £9250 £22180 113 Bradford
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Architectural Engineering MEng (Hons) Heriot-Watt University 67% 10% 0% £9250 £18704 167 Edinburgh
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Civil and Structural Engineering MEng (Hons) The University of Sheffield 92% 0% 5% £9250 £29110 143 Sheffield
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Civil and Structural Engineering MEng (Hons) University of Aberdeen 83% 10% 5% £9250 £26100 £24800 143 Aberdeen
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Architectural Engineering MEng (Hons) Loughborough University of Technology 66% 0% 6% £9250 £27250 146 Loughborough
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Civil and Structural Engineering MEng (Hons) University of Dundee 72% 0% 15% £9250 £23100 £24300 181 Dundee
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Architectural Engineering BEng (Hons) Loughborough University of Technology 66% 0% 5% £9250 £27250 152 Loughborough
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Structural Engineering MEng (Hons) Heriot-Watt University 93% 7% 1% £9250 £24048 165 Edinburgh
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Civil and Structural Engineering (with a placement year) BEng (Hons) University of Bradford 85% 5% 0% £9250 £22180 126 Bradford
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Structural Engineering BEng (Hons) Heriot-Watt University - 7% 1% £9250 £24048 165 Edinburgh
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Structural Engineering and Architecture MEng (Hons) The University of Sheffield 94% 2% 10% £9250 £29110 179 Sheffield
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Architectural Engineering BEng (Hons) University of Reading - 0% 15% £9250 £27650 109 Reading
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Architectural Engineering MEng (Hons) University of Reading 77% 0% 15% £9250 £27650 118 Reading
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Structural Engineering with Architecture MEng (Hons) Queen's University of Belfast - 0% 5% £9250 £25300 161 Belfast
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Architectural Engineering MEng University of Bradford 86% 5% 5% £9250 £22180 113 Bradford
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Architectural Engineering MEng (Hons) The University of Sheffield 95% 0% 0% £9250 £29110 150 Sheffield
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Civil and Structural Engineering (with Integrated Foundation Year) BEng (Hons) University of Bradford 69% 5% 5% £9250 £22180 98 Bradford
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Structural Engineering with Architecture MEng (Hons) University of Dundee 67% 0% 5% £9250 £23100 £24300 177 Dundee
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Architectural Engineering (Year in Industry) MEng (Hons) Cardiff University 92% 0% 6% £9000 £25450 £28200 150 Cardiff
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Civil and Structural Engineering BEng (Hons) University of Dundee 72% 15% 5% £9250 £23100 £24300 169 Dundee
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Civil and Structural Engineering BEng (Hons) University of Bradford 86% 5% 0% £9250 £22180 136 Bradford
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Structural Engineering with Architecture (with a Year in Industry) MEng (Hons) Queen's University of Belfast 79% 0% 0% £9250 £25300 161 Belfast
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Architectural Engineering (with placement year) MEng (Hons) Loughborough University of Technology 66% 0% 6% £9250 £27250 146 Loughborough
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Architectural Engineering (with a placement year) MEng University of Bradford 75% 5% 5% £9250 £22180 113 Bradford
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Architectural Engineering (with placement year) BEng (Hons) Loughborough University of Technology 66% 0% 5% £9250 £27250 152 Loughborough
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Architectural Engineering BEng (Hons) Cardiff University 87% 0% 6% £9000 £25450 £28200 150 Cardiff
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Civil Engineering and Architectural Engineering with a Foundation Year BEng (Hons) Loughborough University of Technology 83% 0% 15% £9250 - 157 Loughborough
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Architectural Engineering BSc (Hons) Plymouth University 53% 15% 5% - - 121 Plymouth
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Civil and Structural Engineering MEng (Hons) Newcastle University 87% 0% 10% - - 149 Newcastle
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Civil and Structural Engineering BEng (Hons) University of Leeds 82% 5% 5% - - 169 Leeds
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Civil and Structural Engineering BEng (Hons) Newcastle University - 2% 10% - - 132 Newcastle
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Architectural Engineering BEng (Hons) University of Liverpool 13% 5% 2% - - 151 Liverpool
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Civil and Structural Engineering with Year in Industry BEng (Hons) Newcastle University - 2% 15% - - 136 Newcastle
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Architectural Engineering BSc (Hons) University of Salford 68% 10% 15% - - 147 Salford
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Civil and Structural Engineering MEng (Hons) The University of Manchester - 0% 1% - - 151 Manchester
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Civil and Structural Engineering MEng (Hons) University of Liverpool 66% 0% 2% - - 151 Liverpool
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Civil and Structural Engineering MEng (Hons) University of Leeds 81% 5% 10% - - 157 Leeds
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Architectural Engineering BEng (Hons) University of Leeds 66% 5% 0% - - 169 Leeds
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Architectural Engineering MEng (Hons) University of Leeds 66% 5% 5% - - 153 Leeds
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Architectural Engineering with Foundation Year BSc (Hons) University of Salford 68% 10% 10% - - 89 Salford
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Architectural Engineering MEng (Hons) University of Liverpool 79% 5% 2% - - 151 Liverpool
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Civil and Structural Engineering with Year in Industry MEng (Hons) Newcastle University 96% 2% 0% - - 137 Newcastle
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Architectural Engineering BEng (Hons) Liverpool John Moores University - - - £9250 £9250 £16600 £18250 - Liverpool
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Advanced Civil and Structural Engineering MSc University of Bradford - - - £9230 £23028 - Bradford
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Architectural Engineering MEng Liverpool John Moores University - - - £9250 £9250 £16600 £18250 - Liverpool
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Advanced Structural Engineering MSc University of Aberdeen - - - £11100 £27000 - Aberdeen
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Civil and Structural Engineering MSc Teesside University - - - £6695 £14000 - Middlesbrough
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Architectural Engineering with Foundation Year BEng (Hons) Liverpool John Moores University - - - £9250 £9250 £16600 £18250 - Liverpool
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Civil and Structural Engineering MEng (Hons) Liverpool John Moores University - - - £9250 £9250 £16100 £18250 - Liverpool
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Architectural Engineering Design MSc The University of Sheffield - - - £13000 £27500 - Sheffield
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Earthquake Engineering and Infrastructure Resilience MSc University of Bristol - - - £14000 £28300 - Bristol
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Structural Engineering PgDip University of Birmingham - - - - - - Birmingham
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Advanced Structural Engineering MSc Edinburgh Napier University - - - - - - Edinburgh
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Earthquake and Structural Engineering MSc (PG) University of Brighton - - - - - - Brighton
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Structural Engineering MSc The University of Manchester - - - - - - Manchester
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Structural Engineering MSc (Eng) The University of Sheffield - - - - - - Sheffield
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Structural Engineering MSc University of Surrey - - - - - - Guildford
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Structural Engineering MSc Brunel University - - - - - - Uxbridge
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Structural Engineering MSc Cardiff University - - - - - - Cardiff
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Structural Engineering with Management MSc Nottingham Trent University - - - - - - Nottingham
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Structural Engineering and Concrete Materials MSc MSc University of Dundee - - - - - - Dundee
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Structural Engineering MSc (Eng) University of Leeds - - - - - - Leeds
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Structural Engineering with Materials MSc Nottingham Trent University - - - - - - Nottingham
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Advanced Structural Engineering MSc MSc The University of Nottingham - - - - - - Nottingham
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Student Reviews

Overall student satisfaction
73 /100
7951 total respondents

Primarily based on data from undergraduate degree students.

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Source: National Student Survey NSS 2024. The Overall student satisfaction data point is from 2022 (latest available year). The Office for Students made the unfortunate decision to discontinue collecting overall student satisfaction data points per course.
The NSS is commissioned by the Office for Students

Salary

Primarily based on salary data of undergraduate students

Salary of all UK Graduates of Structural Engineering

  15 months after graduation 3 years after graduation 5 years after graduation
Median salary £28663 £31250 £35302
25-75 percentile range £26283 - £31518 £26397 - £36777 £29125 - £43439
Source: Longitudinal Education Outcomes (LEO) by UK Department for Education Aug 27, 2024
All Structural Engineering courses in the UK

Salary of all UK Graduates of all subjects

  15 months after graduation 3 years after graduation 5 years after graduation
Median salary £28616 £30688 £35273
25-75 percentile range £26476 - £30900 £26663 - £35399 £29988 - £42855
Source: HESA - Graduate Outcomes Survey Aug 27, 2024

Jobs & Career Perspectives

Career perspectives for Structural Engineering

15 months after graduation, graduates of this subject were asked about their current circumstances of employment, what they do, and whether their activities and perspectives are directly related to their studies.

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Source: HESA - Graduate Outcomes Survey Aug 27, 2024

Current jobs

Among graduates of Structural Engineering who indicated that they are working, the percentage below represents the number who “agree” or “strongly agree” with the statements about their job.

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Source: HESA - Graduate Outcomes Survey Aug 27, 2024

Typical employers for graduates of Structural Engineering

  • Construction/Engineering Consultancies
  • Airports
  • Coastal and Marine Structures
  • Buildings
  • Bridges
  • Railways
  • Tunnels

Specialisations within Structural Engineering

  • Design and Construction of Buildings and Structures

Jobs of graduates of Structural Engineering (15 months after graduation)

Example below based on all graduates of Structural Engineering at University of Brighton

70% Teaching and Childcare Associate Professionals
5% Process, plant and machine operatives
5% Business and public service associate professionals
5% Sports and fitness occupations
0% Elementary occupations
0% Caring personal services
Source: Unistats by Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) Aug 27, 2024

Entry Requirements / Admissions

UCAS Tariff of Accepted Students for Structural Engineering

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Source: Unistats by Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) Aug 27, 2024
Get advice on which foundation courses are best for you to still study Structural Engineering, if you do not meet the minimum requirements in terms of UCAS score, A levels, or English language requirements.

FAQ

Structural Engineering is the study of the principles of engineering as they apply to the design and construction of structures in the built environment.

The median salary of graduates of Structural Engineering was £28663 15 months after graduation, £31250 3 years after graduation and £35302 5 years after graduation.

  • The following degrees are offered for Structural Engineering studies:
  • Master of Engineering (Honours) - MEng (Hons)
  • Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) - BEng (Hons)
  • Bachelor of Engineering - BEng
  • Master of Engineering - MEng
  • Bachelor of Science (Honours) - BSc (Hons)
  • Master of Science - MSc
  • Postgraduate Diploma - PgDip
  • Master of Science (Postgraduate) - MSc (PG)
  • Master of Science (Engineering) - MSc (Eng)