
Exchange - incoming students
Thank you for your interest in coming to the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) at the University of Strathclyde as part of an exchange (Erasmus+ or international). The information below provides some guidance about your time in this Department.
If you have any general questions about ERASMUS please contact the University Exchange Team.
FAQs for incoming exchange students to the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Firstly please visit the Strathclyde Study Abroad page with general information for incoming exchange students about how to apply as well as a set of general FAQ. If these pages do not provide the information you require and you cannot find the answer below, then please contact our Departmental Exchange Coordinator via email.
For courses in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering please consult the tables at the bottom of this page. For courses in other departments you may consult the catalogue but please note that some courses listed in this catalogue no longer run or are not available to exchange students. Also note that it may be necessary to change the courses offered or switch a course from one semester to another. Therefore please be understanding if a selected course is not approved by the departmental exchange coordinator. Courses from other departments also need approval from that department, which will not be sought until after you arrive at Strathclyde.
The Exchange Coordinator for the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stephen Suryasentana will be able to help you make your course selections. You are encouraged to enrol on courses at a similar level to your studies in your home institution, eg if you are in 3rd year of your degree, it’s recommended that you enrol on 3rd year courses at Strathclyde. Your home university will be able to advise you on your course selection.
We would not normally allow you to take courses from 1st or 2nd years at Strathclyde, unless the subject is completely new to you (ie you cannot study that topic at your home institution).
To make sure there are appropriate assessment measures in place, exchange students will register on special course codes. A list of courses available to Exchange students in our Department is shown in the tables provided at the bottom of this webpage.
If you would like a more detailed description of each course, please contact the departmental exchange coordinator or you can access the Course Descriptors online.
Exchange students coming to the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering should generally take the majority of their courses from this department but it is usually possible to take a single course from another department (or occasionally more than one course). However, this requires the approval of the other department so please be understanding if it is not approved.
We currently use a credit system where two Strathclyde credits are equivalent to one ECTS. This should be remembered when selecting courses. Generally, you should aim to obtain 60 Strathclyde credits (30 ECTS) if you are here for one semester and 120 (60 ECTS) if you are here for the whole year. You may take fewer than 60 credits if you obtain the approval of your home university
Most courses at Strathclyde are worth either 10 credits if they run in a single semester only, or, 20 credits if they run over both semesters (although there are a few exceptions). The exact number of courses you take, will depend on how many 10 and 20 credit courses you take.
Courses at Strathclyde only run once per academic year.
Sorry, I am only the exchange coordinator for the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Please see this list of exchange coordinators for other departments at Strathclyde.
It is recommended that your learning agreement is not signed until after your curriculum is fixed because you have the possibility of changing your course selection in the first two weeks of the semester. You should send the departmental exchange coordinator the PDF of the learning agreement for signature and return via email. Alternatively you can leave the document to the departmental reception (Level 5, James Weir Building) for my attention and I will sign it and leave it at reception again for you to collect. The signed form should be returned quickly by the coordinator but please be patient as sometimes it can take some days.
The official timetable of courses is accessed through the Central timetable webpage. Timetables are not normally available until later in the summer. When available, any updated timetables will be published on our Department website at: http://www.strath.ac.uk/engineering/civilenvironmentalengineering/studywithus/timetables/.
Please note that the definitive timetable is only available shortly before the start of each semester. Also please note that lecturers may need to rearrange lectures/tutorials at short notice – they will communicate this through myplace, email and/or during previous lectures/tutorials. Therefore, it is important for you to be registered on a course, which can be done through PEGASUS.
Your official grades for any courses will not be available until they have been approved by the university exam boards that sit at the end of each semester. Therefore, please be patient until the end of the semester.
Official transcripts are only produced following the exam boards at the end of each semester. It takes roughly two months for them to be printed and posted to the address on your PEGAGUS record. The transcripts are produced by Student Business Engineering and posted by RIO. Please contact them directly (including your Strathclyde student registration number) if your transcripts have not arrived three months after your departure.
Most classes in the Department run over both semesters (with a single class code and title) but with each semester being assessed individually. Because the assessments are done over a single semester you can take our classes even if you are at Strathclyde for a single semester only. Because Strathclyde students are registered for the double-semester versions of our classes the documentation that is available (e.g. timetables and module descriptors) are generally in terms of the double-semester codes.
Therefore, please search for the relevant documentation using the class name rather than the code. For example, if you are interested in taking CL442 (Water Engineering 2a) in semester 1 then please consult the module descriptor and timetable for CL420 (Water Engineering): CL420 is composed of CL442 in semester 1 and CL443 in semester 2. The topics covered in semesters 1 and 2 are generally indicated within the module descriptor for the double-semester version of the class. Sorry, there are no versions of the module descriptors specifically for the single-semester codes
To make sure there are appropriate assessment measures in place, exchange students will register on special class codes. A list of classes available to Exchange students in our Department is listed below:
Third Year Courses |
Semester 1 code |
Semester 2 code |
Structural Engineering 1 |
CL335 |
CL336 |
Geotechnical Engineering 1 |
CL333 |
CL334 |
Water Engineering 1 |
CL337 |
CL326 |
Engineering for International Development |
CL327 |
Not offered in Semester 2 |
Environmental Engineering |
CL328 |
Not offered in Semester 2 |
Engineering Mathematics |
CL331 |
CL332 |
Transport Engineering |
Not offered in Semester 1 |
CL330 |
Construction Project Management |
Not offered in Semester 1 | CL305 |
Fourth Year Courses |
Semester 1 code |
Semester 2 code |
Structural Engineering 2 |
CL418 |
CL418 |
Structural Engineering 2A |
CL449 | Not offered in Semester 2 |
Geotechnical Engineering 2 |
CL440 |
CL441 |
Water Engineering 2 |
CL442 |
CL443 |
Prestressed Concrete, Composite Materials and Structural Stability |
Not offered in Semester 1 |
CL435 |
Transport Planning |
Not offered in Semester 1 |
CL436 |
Project Analysis |
Not offered in Semester 1 |
Use CL437 |
Fifth Year/Postgraduate courses |
Semester 1 code |
Semester 2 code |
Water and Environmental Management |
EV921 |
Not offered in Semester 2 |
Financial Engineering |
Not offered in Semester 1 |
CL504 |
Ground Improvement and Reinforcement |
Not offered in Semester 1 |
CL507 |
Advanced Structural Analysis and Design |
CL510 |
Not offered in Semester 2 |
Rock Mechanics |
CL514 |
Not offered in 2022/2023 |
Design Projects |
CL518 |
CL519 |
Site Investigation and Risk Assessment |
CL906 |
Not offered in Semester 2 |
Hydrogeology |
CL935 |
Not offered in Semester 2 |
Global Water Policy |
CL946 |
Not offered in Semester 2 |
Principles of Environmental Microbiology |
Not offered in Semester 1 |
CL430-CL948 |
Groundwater Flow Modelling |
Not offered in Semester 1 |
CL951 |
Aquifer Mechanics |
Not offered in Semester 1 |
CL952 |
Fundamentals of Environmental Forensics |
Not offered in Semester 1 |
CL960 |
Geographical Information Systems |
CL961 |
Not offered in Semester 2 |
Environmental Pollution Management |
Not offered in Semester 1 |
CL970 |
Water & Wastewater Treatment Design |
CL447 |
Not offered in Semester 2 |
Environmental Impact Assessment |
Not offered in Semester 1 |
EV939 |
More detailed information on classes can be found in the relevant Module Descriptors.
Timetables are not normally available until later in the summer. When available, any updated timetables will be published on our website at:
https://www.strath.ac.uk/professionalservices/timetables/