Resource list
To help you prepare for studying in the School of Civil Engineering, we have gathered together some resources that you may find interesting and informative. However, there is no pre-requisite reading that needs to be done.
Online resources
There are excellent online resources that introduce many topics relevant to our courses available via:
- Why Buildings Stand Up: Why Buildings Stand Up (pdf)
- Why Buildings Fall Down: Why Buildings Fall Down (pdf)
- Introduction to Structural Mechanics worksheet and answers (pdf)
- Introduction to Levelling worksheet and answers (pdf)
- UCL’s Drawing Gym exercise programme is designed to help you improve your sketching and visualisation skills. Download our square (pdf), isometric (pdf), and oblique (pdf) A4 templates.
- Background Mathematics for Civil Engineers
- ICE Academic Partner University Series 2023 - 2024 events
Research and Innovation at the University
- A new research centre: Leeds Centre for Projects
- Cities, Infrastructure and Energy
- Water, Public Health and Environmental Engineering
- Materials and Structures
Taster lectures
University-level resources
The University of Leeds also offers many useful resources to help you transition to higher education learning.