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Welcome to the Department of Civil Engineering

The Department of Civil Engineering was ranked second in England for the quality of its research in the latest Research Assessment Exercise (RAE). The Department is recognised for its world-class learning environment and its international reputation for new knowledge generation.

We have excellent facilities and laboratories, including dedicated teaching labs for structures, geotechnics, fluid mechanics, with a large geotechnical centrifuge facility, leading edge GPS surveying and laser scanning equipment, and the largest road materials testing facility in the UK.