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Civil Engineering or Biomedical Engineering?

I am studying Maths, Chemistry, Biology and Welsh Bacc. I am unsure on which course I want to apply for at university. I enjoy biology and biomedical engineering has some aspects of biology. However, I know that there are much more job opportunities and graduate schemes with civil engineering. If I were to do civil engineering I would specialise in structural engineering. If anyone does these courses can you give me an insight on your experience so far?
For Civil Engineering you would have a limited range of options due to the lack of A-level Physics, unless you also applied to courses with a foundation year.

Unless you have a great interest and aptitude for mechanics, CivE (especially structural engineering) may not be a good idea. You background and interests seem much more aligned to BME than CivE.

There being more grad schemes in CivE is irrelevant if you end up only getting a 2:2 or a 3rd and have struggled to get relevant placements in the course...
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The lack of A-level Physics wouldn't be the issue for Civil engineering. If anything the lack A-level Physics would be an issue for Biomedical engineering. I met a medical engineer at a Cardiff university open day and he said he found his course very difficult due to the lack of A-level Physics.

However, recently i visted arup at an event where i got to meet a range of different types of civil engineers and i explained my situation and they said civil engineering is more related to maths than physics.

As for Universities, there are a range of universities that allow access to the course without physics such as Cardiff, Bristol, Sheffield, Swansea and thats just from memory. So there is really no need for a foundation course.

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