This page detail many qualifications and the minimum grades you (including international students) could achieve to secure admission to study for a bachelor degree at any of the 63 Universities in UK that offer Civil Engineering as a taught programme.
In UK secondary school qualifications (GCSE) or what many people refer to as O/Level results or it equivalent which is taken at age sixteen are not accepted for direct entry for a university degree programme except if one taken foundation tutorial pathway or some other programmes as specify by the institution you are applying to.
Qualification and Requirements for Undergraduate Civil Engineering, UK
Advance Level (A/Level):
This is the most acceptable qualification a high school graduate could use to facilitate an admission for a bachelor degree civil engineering programme in UK An A Level grade as low as BCC could get you an admission to study for the course.
While the grade accepted could vary from one institution to another some notable universities like Cambridge, Southampton, Oxford, Manchester, Bradford and Warwick accept nothing lesser than AAA or in a highly competitive situation A*AA
Most universities in UK will prefer two of the A/level subjects to be Mathematics and a numeral science (Physics Electronics, Design Technology, Computer Science or Chemistry) which means a student wishing to study Civil Engineering must be very good in calculation and in science.
International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma:
With a score of 30 points or a bit lower from the available.45 points in International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma, including 6 in Mathematics and Physics and one of these at Higher Level, a student could process and get an admission to study a Bachelor degree in Civil Engineering in UK.
The International Baccalaureate is internationally recognised qualification which could be taken in more than a hundred countries of the world. Therefore, international students can sit for the examination in their home countries and use it to process an admission in UK.
Business & Technology Education Council (BTEC)
BTEC is a vocational and technical education qualifiacation widely accepted by the universities in UK for admissions processes. The system does not offer a final examination but a continuous accessement system.
Most universities in UK accept BTEC Level 3 (Extended National Diploma) with grade as low as DDM but the acceptable grades vary from one institution to another and in many cases the qualification is process in addition with A/level (or other recognise qualifications) with A in Mathematics, being.an engineering programme.
Welsh Baccalaureate (Advanced Skills Baccalaureate Wales (level 3).
The requirements for Advance Skills Baccalaureate Wales (ASBW) are as for A-levels, where you can replace a non-subject specific grade for the ASBW. For Bachelor of Civil Engineering, many institutions will accept points achieved from the Advanced Skills Baccalaureate Wales plus other Level 3 qualifications like having grade C in ASBW plus AAB in three A Level which must include Mathematics and Physics
Other Qualifications that are accepted by the universities in UK to process admission to study undergraduate Civil Engineering degree are: Scotland Advanced Highers, T Level, Irish Leaving Certificate, National Senior Certificate (South Africa) and many more
Note: all the above must come with good GCSE result.
Requirements for International Students
UK universities have various acceptance policies for students from around the world. Qualification from West Africa such as WASSCE, SSCE and others are accepted but only qualify the holders for a university foundation course, so also are the qualificatios from around the world which are not recognise to be equivalent to A/level
Students from West Africa countries like Ghana, Nigeria, Benin Republic, Mali, Cameroun, Liberia, Niger, Cote Divoure, DR Congo and other part of the world whose their high school qualifications are not recognise for undergraduate Civil engineering degree in UK are allow to present one of the qualifications stated above with their high schools' results.
A Level and International Baccalaureate (IB) are available in more than eighty countries of the world, so students can sit for and get it in the countries of their origin.
The universities in UK are not accepting high school results from some countries of the world because of the different in education curriculum and of the believe that those high schools results are not equal to the Alevel or other recognise qualifications.
English Language Requirements
Students whose English language is not their native language or official language have to prove that they are proficiency in speaking, reading, listening and written it by providing qualification to back it up.
While the grades accepted by different universities vary from one qualifications to another, below are few of the English language proficiency qualifications accepted by the UK universities for undergraduate degree civil engineering
IELTS: many universities in UK will accept 6.0 with at least 5.5 in every section (Reading, Writing, Listening, and Speaking)
TOEFL: on an average many UK universities will accept IBT score of 79 overall for undergraduate civil engineering degrees with no individual skill falling below: listening, 17; reading, 18: speaking, 20: and Writing, 21.
Cambridge English: 170 Points overall, with no component below 160 (all test with the exception of English business test)
GSCE: as first language, grade C; as second language, grade B
Pearson Test of English (PTE): average universities in UK will accept 59 (with no less than 59 for individual skill scores
A/level English Language: grade C
Note: the grades provided, for each of the qualifications above could vary (slightly lower or higher) for the university of your choice, the bottom line of the matter is for you to know the average which grade to work towards to.
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