Does the Programme have any approved exemptions from the University General Regulations
(Please see General Regulations)

Yes — the Programme does not use Predominance in determining degree classification. This is a requirement of accreditation through the Joint Board of Moderators.

Programme Specific Regulations

To qualify for the BEng degree, students must:
i. have at least 120 credits (that is, passed 6 modules) at Level 1 or higher, or equivalent; and
ii. have at least 120 further credits (that is, passed 6 modules) at Level 2 or higher, or equivalent; and
iii. have at least 100 further credits at Level 3 or higher; or equivalent; and
vi. have passed CIV3006 Project 3.

Classification of BEng honours where credit transfer has occurred
Queen’s University Belfast operates a Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme, allowing credit to be awarded for courses undertaken elsewhere. This would apply to students who enrol directly in to Stage 2 of the BEng degree. Occasionally, students enrol directly in to Stage 3 of the BEng degree. In these cases, credit is awarded but no marks will be assigned. These students may not have completed all the Stages which are included in the normal calculations for the classification of honours, therefore a different weighting is required.

When calculating the Honours classification of BEng students who first enrolled directly in to Stage 2 in 2009-10 or later, the module weighting will be equal to:
• 33·3% of the marks for modules at Stage 2 to include all compulsory modules; and
• 66·7% of the marks for modules at Stage 3 to include all compulsory modules.

When calculating the Honours classification of BEng students who first enrolled directly in to Stage 3 in 2009-10 or later, the module weighting will be equal to:
• 100% of the marks for modules at Stage 3 to include all compulsory modules.


To progress to Stage 3 of the BEng programmes, students must normally have passed at least 120 credits at Level 1 or higher, at least 120 further credits at Level 2 or higher, and have passed all compulsory modules.

Consideration of transfer — BEng to MEng and MEng to BEng

Students are considered for transfer from BEng to MEng programmes and from MEng to BEng programmes by the Civil Engineering Board of Examiners according to the progression rules of the programmes below;-

• Transfer between programmes
All students will initially be registered on Stream A. transfer to Stream B at Stage 2 will be subject to approval by the programme director.

Students are considered for transfer between BEng programmes by the relevant Adviser of Studies in response to individual student requests. This includes transfers between sandwich programmes and non-sandwich programmes, and between BEng Stream A and BEng Stream B. Transfer decisions must take into account whether the student has completed any modules which are compulsory on the course in to which the student proposes to transfer.

Students wishing to transfer to the MEng Civil Engineering or MEng Environmental and Civil Engineering programmes should follow Stream A. Students wishing to transfer to the MEng Structural Engineering with Architecture programme should follow Stream B. Students transferring from Stage 2 or Stage 3 of the MEng Civil Engineering or MEng Environmental & Civil Engineering programmes must take Stream A. Students transferring from Stage 2 or Stage 3 of the MEng Structural Engineering with Architecture programme must take Stream B.

To transfer from the BEng degree into the MEng pathway students must have attained an overall average of 55% on their current BEng pathway at the time of the transfer. Transfer may take place at the end of Stage 2 or at the end of Stage 3.

Students not enrolled on a sandwich programme but who obtain a suitable placement may apply for transfer to a sandwich programme if they have met the requirements for progression to the relevant placement year.

Students with protected characteristics

The programme does not contain any barriers to access or progression for any protected group except for those with total blindness, because of the accrediting body’s requirement that every student undertake surveying, which relies on optical instruments.

Are students subject to Fitness to Practise Regulations

(Please see General Regulations)

No

Learning Outcomes: Cognitive Skills

On the completion of this course successful students will be able to:

Learning Outcomes: Transferable Skills

On the completion of this course successful students will be able to:

Learning Outcomes: Knowledge & Understanding

On the completion of this course successful students will be able to:

Learning Outcomes: Subject Specific

On the completion of this course successful students will be able to: