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*NEW COURSE* Level 8 Sustainable Civil Engineering Posted: Wed, July 21, 2010

The Department of Construction & Civil Engineering is delighted to offer a new two year add-on, the BEng (Honours) in Sustainable Civil Engineering (Level 8) this September 2010.

The issue of sustainability is central to the current and future civil engineering profession. Civil Engineers are increasingly working to achieve safe and sustainable development in a cost-effective, environmentally protective and socially responsible manner. This honours degree course is at NQAI Level 8 and has been designed to produce graduates who can successfully operate as civil engineers in the future Irish and global engineering and construction industry. The overall context to the course is the key theme of ‘sustainability’. The graduates will be conscious of the vital influence that civil engineers will increasingly have on achieving the various sustainability targets at national, EU and international levels.

“Having a civil engineering qualification that has sustainability as its core theme should enable graduates to undertake a variety of design and construction roles in the future civil engineering industry” says Dr Ken Thomas, Head of Department of Construction & Civil Engineering at WIT. “While things remain very tough in the short-term, the government's sustainability agenda will have a beneficial impact on the civil engineering industry in the medium-term. This includes the need for significantly increased renewable energy generation and supply, improved water supply and wastewater treatment, as well as enhanced public transport initiatives.”

The course, which is open to graduates of WIT's BEng in Civil Engineering and graduates of other similar programmes in other colleges, will be run on a full-time basis but its modular structure allows it to be integrated with other engineering and built environment courses. It is also expected to appeal to mature graduates who are interested in sustainability and who may be re-entering the workforce.

Entry Requirements

As part of the Engineers Ireland accreditation procedures, applications are invited from graduates of NQAI Level 7 Civil Engineering programmes with either an average of 70% or greater in mathematics in their Award Year or in the relevant WIT Mathematics Entry Examinations (2 papers). These entry examinations will be held in WIT on the following dates:

Friday 20th August, 09:15 - 11:15 - Civil Engineering Maths 3 (Semester 1)
Monday 23rd August, 14:15 - 16:15 - Civil Engineering Maths 4 (Semester 2)

To Apply

Applications can be made online until Monday 16th August at www.wit.ie/advancedentry.

For Information

Further details about the programme are available at www.wit.ie/wd178