本课程将以三种方式为毕业生提供对土木工程的高级知识和理解。首先，高质量的授课模块将介绍高级土木工程主题，例如结构设计和公路工程。其次，大量的民用设计元素将使您具备使用适当的设计标准和数值分析工具进行结构设计的能力。最后，一个重大的研究与开发项目使您能够展示在复杂主题上独立工作的能力，并能展示出解决工程难题的主动性。达勒姆大学（Durham University）有许多研究人员应对确保基础设施的可持续性和弹性的挑战，这些基础设施支撑着我们的社会和经济。这种可持续的基础设施将构成学生将要进行的许多重大项目的主
The MSc in Civil Engineering gives you a thorough preparation for securing rewarding work in sectors as diverse as construction, business, management and finance and opens up opportunities across the world for you to make a difference. The MSc in Civil Engineering offers you an opportunity to gain the knowledge and experience to create a professional and rewarding career within a diverse range of sectors including construction, business, management and finance and, at the same time, help to make positive changes in the world.<br><br>We aim to take on key global challenges such as the sustainability and resilience that support the infrastructure of economies and the societies within them. So, if you thrive on a mix of activity and have inventive and practical skills to create appropriate solutions, then this Civil Engineering MSc is ideal.<br><br>The modules will introduce you to key civil engineering topics including structures and structural design, hydrology and water resources, advanced geotechnical engineering and highways engineering while the design element will teach you how to apply the appropriate design standards and numerical analysis tools to carry out structural design.<br><br>You will be able to take advantage of the huge expertise that exists in the Department and learn through a combination of high-quality taught modules, a significant design element and a major individual project that will challenge you but also showcase your skills and abilities.<br><br>The research and development project is your opportunity to demonstrate your engineering aptitude and ability to innovate as you will be working independently on a complex topic and showing how to produce solutions to engineering challenges.<br><br>Civil engineering can be a rewarding career characterised by a high standard of professionalism and the ability to make a lasting difference in society. The course will give you the opportunity to create that future.