This technical Masters programme is aimed at engineering graduates aspiring to responsible positions within consulting and contracting organisations, and is also for engineers who require the additional learning that addresses current Joint Board of Moderators (JBM) requirements for candidates to obtain chartered engineer status. Graduates from related disciplines can embrace further technical training that includes structural, geotechnical, materials engineering with project design and management at a level that prepares them well for senior positions within their areas of expertise.

Graduate employment may be found in both public or private sectors within civil engineering and other built environment disciplines such as transportation or public health dealing with many key activities such as construction, design, infrastructure, sustainability, environmental and transportation impacts and project management.