Civil Engineering and Construction Management

This Postgraduate Diploma in Civil Engineering and Construction Management enables you to tailor your studies through a choice of optional modules covering highly topical areas such as sustainable construction methods, flood risk engineering

This Postgraduate Diploma in Civil Engineering and Construction Management course aims to provide the management skills necessary to address the technological and environmental issues facing the civil engineering and construction industry sectors in the foreseeable future.

The course content investigates and examines the links between legislation, the environment, and the technical innovations required to address contemporary concepts of sustainable urban and rural development of property and infrastructure.

Whether you are working in Civil Engineering or Construction, modules on this course will be highly applicable to your professional field, such as flood risk engineering management, sustainable development, and environmental performance management.

The combination of core and optional modules enables you to tailor your studies to meet your personal and professional interests. Modules address topics important in successfully achieving and maintaining sustainable built environments, - anything ranging from significant property developments to infrastructure projects including highways and railways.

On this course, you will also develop your transferable skills in scholarly writing, research, critical thinking, independent learning, communication and problem-solving. Such skills will mean you are ideally placed to engage with continuing professional development and further advanced study in the disciplines of civil engineering and construction management.

A stepping-stone to a Masters qualification

This Postgraduate Diploma is the second stage of the Master's (MSc) in Civil Engineering and Construction Management course, giving you 120 credits at level seven. Upon completing the PG Dip, you may wish to continue your studies by completing the Independent Scholarship (a triple module worth 60 credits), the final stage of the Master's qualification.

You can also study this course, full or part-time, on campus.

Real-world learning with our UK-based residential

As part of the Postgraduate Diploma, you will be required to attend a three-day residential in Derbyshire if you choose the Geomatic Monitoring and Asset Engineering optional module. This will be extended to a five-day block residential week if you also take the Advanced Geotechnical Engineering module which involves laboratory work at our campus.

The residential enables you to apply the skills and knowledge you have acquired in a practical setting, allowing you to gain experience using state-of-the-art equipment found on site. This can be a great opportunity to network and make industry links, meeting others from your course as well as your tutors.

• Students must have completed a subject relevant Bachelors degree with an overall score of 'Good' or above (2.25 GPA) from a recognised university in Jordan
• For postgraduate research degrees, PhD applicants are expected to have a masters as well as a bachelors degree in the relevant subject areas. Most importantly applicants must submit a research proposal.

The Postgraduate Diploma Civil Engineering and Construction Management will be of value to those pursuing careers in the Civil Engineering and Construction Management profession seeking a postgraduate level qualification for their CPD.

The course is designed to support you in your career development within the profession, however, you may wish to progress onto the full Master's award before considering further qualifications such as a PhD.

This course will provide valuable skills and knowledge to support your career growth and development in a wide range of roles such as planning, site management, quantity surveying, project design, and project management. Or you may pursue more specialist disciplines such as: Geotechnical Engineer, Structural Engineer, Highway Engineer, Engineering Surveyor, Facilities Manager and Asset Management Engineer.

Throughout the course, you will be able to apply knowledge learnt on the programme directly into your workplace helping you to make a positive impact quickly which will be rewarding on a personal level and will be of great value to your employer or to your own business.