Welcome to the Faculty of Engineering

The Faculty Office consists of the Dean’s Office, Senior Assistant Registrar’s Office, the Centre for Continuing Engineering Education (CCEE), the Computer Aided Learning (CAL) laboratory, three Faculty workshops namely; Mechanical, Electrical and Students Training Workshops.

The Faculty of Engineering offers six undergraduate degree programmes in Civil, Electrical, Mechanical, Mining and Metallurgical Engineering as well as Geoinformatics & Surveying, seven MSc programmes and one postgraduate diploma programme. Engineering professionals in industry within Zimbabwe and the Southern African Region willing to keep updated with developments in the Engineering profession are catered for through the Centre for Continuing Engineering Education (CCEE). The major mandate of CCEE is to coordinate continuing engineering education offered in the six disciplines of the Faculty namely; Geoinformatics & Surveying, Civil, Electrical, Mechanical, Metallurgical and Mining Engineering.

Mission Statement

Mission Statement
Mission   Our mission is to enable our clients and customers to make meaningful engineering contributions to sustainable developm...

Departments

Departments
  The faculty has got six departments namely: Civil Engineering Metallurgical Engineering Electrical Engineering ...

Dean's Office

Dean's Office
Eng.WR Nyemba   Foreword The Faculty of Engineering  within the then University of Rhodesia was established in 1973 wih the technical, ma...

Programmes on offer

Programmes on offer
The Faculty of  Engineering offers undergraduate degrees , masters degrees and postgraduate diplomas.   Undergraduate Progra...
BSc Honours in Civil Engineering

Civil Engineering Level 1 Courses : A student shall take ALL the core courses.

 

Course Code

Description

 

Course Units

CSEN101

Communication Skills for Engineers

10

EE101

Electrical Principles

15

EE103

Computer Science for Engineers

15

ME103

Engineering Mechanics

15

MT104

Engineering Mathematics 1 Paper 1

10

MT105

Engineering Mathematics 2 Paper 2

10

ME101

Engineering Drawing and Design

20

MG101

Engineering Materials

15

WSP180

Workshop Practice

10

 

 

 

 

N.B:  The above Level 1 Courses are common to all students doing the following programmes: BSc Honours in Civil, Electrical, Mechanical, Metallurgical and Mining Engineering 

 

Civil Engineering Level 2 Courses : A student shall take ALL the core courses.

 

COURSE CODE

DESCRIPTION

 

PRE

REQUISITES

UNITS

 

CE201

Theory of Structures

ME101

15

CE202

Fluid Mechanics

 

15

CE203

Engineering Surveying

 

15

CE204

Geomechanics

 

15

CE205

Strength of Materials

 

15

CE206

Civil Engineering Design and Communication

ME101

15

GL204

Engineering Geology

 

10

MT204

Engineering Mathematics 2 Paper 1

MT104

10

MT205

Engineering Mathematics 2 Paper 2

MT105

10

 

 

Civil Engineering Level 3 Courses A student shall take ALL the core courses and eight (8) other courses chosen from the optional courses listed below:

 

Course code

Description

Prerequisites

Course

Units

CE309

CE313

CE360

 

Optional Courses

 

CE301

Professional and Industrial Studies

Professional and Industrial Studies

Project

 

Analysis of Structures

 

 

 

 

 

CE201

10

10

20

 

 

10

CE302*

Design of Structures

CE201

10

CE304

Geotechnology

CE204

10

CE306    

Construction Materials

CE201

10

CE307

Transportation Systems and Structures

CE204

10

CE308

Water and Public Health Engineering

CE202

10

CE310

Water Resources

CE202

10

CE311

ME301

Civil Engineering Construction

Renewable Energy Engineering

 

10

10

 

* The examination of the course CE302 (Design of Structures) shall be of 4 hours duration.

 

Civil Engineering Level 4 Courses :A student shall take the Core course and at least FOUR other courses chosen from the optional courses listed below:

COURSE CODE

DESCRIPTION

PREREQUISITES

UNITS

CE460

Project

CE360

40

Optional courses

 

 

 

CE401

Analysis of Structures

CE301

20

CE402

Design of Structures

CE302

20

CE404

Geotechnology

CE304

20

CE406

Hydraulic Structures

CE310

20

CE407

Transportation Systems and Structures

CE307

20

CE408

Water and Public Health Engineering

CE308

20

ME404

Renewable Energy Engineering

ME301

20