36 Part-time PhD programmes in Civil Engineering & Construction in United Kingdom

At the University of Nottingham, we offer our graduate students a phd programme in Building Technology. 

The Civil Engineering - Distance Learning programme offered by Swansea University provides research opportunities across many key areas of modern Civil Engineering, including coastal and water engineering, transportation engineering, sustainable construction materials, solids, structures and coupled systems, and computational engineering.

From a strong history of tackling problems in structural and water engineering, our Civil and Structural Engineering research at the University of Sheffield has grown to support the future development of sustainable and resilient civil infrastructure in all its forms.

Built Environment research within the School of Engineering and Innovation at The Open University UK is highly interdisciplinary, with academic backgrounds including architecture, design, engineering, planning and social science.

Their research at Abertay University focuses on applying technological and sustainable solutions to contemporary problems. The university offers this PhD in Civil Engineering.

Located in the heart of Glasgow’s City Centre, the University of Strathclyde offers the Civil and Environmental Engineering programme, a unique combination of expertise including civil, environmental, chemical, mechanical and electrical engineering, as well as geosciences, material science, physics, chemistry and microbiology. 

The Sustainable Built Environment at Cardiff Metropolitan University enables a broad range of professional disciplines to engage in masterminding a change in practice, leading to an enhanced sustainable built environment; focused on buildings, the landscape in which buildings are situated, or components within buildings or the landscape.

The School of the Built Environment at Oxford Brookes University has a dynamic and thriving research programme within a research environment that is internationally recognised for its quality and impact.

At the University of Nottingham, we offer our graduate students a phd programme degree in Civil Engineering. 

In the Civil and Environmental Engineering programme from Imperial, we solve global challenges across the natural and built environment through world leading education, research and innovation.

There are a number of technological innovations - such as Building Information Modelling and the use of smart contracts - which could revolutionise construction practice. We offer a Construction Law in the Fourth Industrial Revolution degree at Robert Gordon University. 

The overarching aim of our Construction Management and Innovation research in this area at Heriot-Watt University is to help construction professionals improve both the efficiency of the delivery process and the quality and sustainability of the built environment.

This Construction Science and Management programme from University of Lincoln is designed to support the career development of future construction science and management leaders.

Conduct original research under the supervision of leading experts in one of our dedicated research groups with this Civil Engineering programme at City St George's, University of London. Access world-leading facilities for heavy structures and geotechnical centrifuge testing.

University of Salford is a prominent UK centre for Civil Engineering research. With internationally-recognised output in engineering, built environment, and environmental studies, our Civil Engineering Research Group combines a wealth of experience, supported by high-calibre academics and first-class facilities.

Our postgraduate research programmes in Civil Engineering at The University of Manchester offer the opportunity to study in a multi-disciplinary team alongside leading academics in the field.