The Department of Civil and Structural Engineering offers postgraduate programmes leading to the following degrees:

Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.) in Structural Engineering and M.Phil. in Water Engineering. This is done by course work, examination and thesis.

Recognising the lack of adequate training facilities and the need to  train personnel this level in the region, the programmes aim at producing high level manpower with sound training in the respective fields and with orientation to address regional needs in the respective areas of specialisation.

(a) The common regulations for eligibility to the Master of Philosophy programmes of Moi University shall apply.

 (b) The following shall be eligible for admission into the M.Phil. degree programmes in the Department of Civil and Structural Engineering:

 (i)Holders of a first class or upper second class degree of Moi University in Civil and Structural Engineering.

(ii)Holders of a first degree from an accredited university and recognised by Moi University Senate as equivalent to a first class or upper second class honours degree of Moi University in Civil andStructural Engineering.

(iii)Holders of a lower second class honours degree of Moi University or of a recognised university in Civil and Structural Engineering, who in addition to the degree, have a postgraduate qualification (certificate or diploma) in a relevant field; or have postgraduate research experience as evidenced by at least one published paper in a refereed journal.

The common regulations on the submission and processing of applications of School of Graduate Studies shall apply.

(a) The M.Phil. Programmes shall consist of course work, examination and thesis, normally extending over a period of twenty four calendar months divided into four consecutive semesters of full time attendance from the                 date of registration.

(b) In order to graduate, a student must successfully complete 52 units having 28 units of course work, and 24 units of thesis distributed over four semesters. The 28 units of course shall consist of.

·         9 units of common core courses required

·         12 units of programme required courses

·         7 units of elective courses

(a) Common core course: One that must be taken and passed by all the   M.Phil. students in the Programmes.

 (b) Programme required course: One which must be taken under a given programme.

(c) Elective course: One which the student freely selects according to the programme of study.

(d) Prerequisite course: One which must be taken and in which a pass mark must be obtained before another stipulated course can be registered for.

(e) Corequisite: One which is coherent with a set of chosen electives.

The courses are qualified in terms of units, where I unit is one contact hour of lecture or two contact hours of tutorials or three contact hours of practical per week of every week for one semester.

(a) Common core course: One that must be taken and passed by all the M.Phil. students in the Programmes.

 (b) Programme required course: One which must be taken under a given programme.

(c) Elective course: One which the student freely selects according to the programme of study.

(d) Prerequisite course: One which must be taken and in which a pass mark must be obtained before another stipulated course can be registered for.

(e) Corequisite: One which is coherent with a set of chosen electives.

The courses are qualified in terms of units, where I unit is one contact hour of lecture or two contact hours of tutorials or three contact hours of practical per week of every week for one semester.

                  COURSE CODE   COURSE TITLE                                         UNITS

1.CVS 819E    Quality Control and Assurance                                            2

2.CVS 83 IE    Theory of Structures                                                             4

3.CVS 832E     Advanced Structural Steel Design                                      3

4.CVS 833E     Advanced Structural Concrete Design and Construction      3

5.CVS 836E      Maintenance and Repair of Structures                               2

6.CVS 837E      Functional and Structural Redesign of Structures               2

7.CVS 841E      Finite Element Methods in Structural Analyslis  *              3

8.CVS 842E      Theory of Shells *                                                              3

 *Finite Element Methods in Structural Analysis is prerequisite to Theory of Shells

A student in the Water Engineering programme of the Department of Civil and Structural Engineering will be required to do the courses in section 5.3. 1. In addition, he will be required to do some of the electives in section 5.3.2 which will be selected under the guidance of the department.

    COURSE CODE        COURSE TITLE                                                          UNITS

1.CVS 851                       Advanced Applied Hydrology                                          3

2.CVS 852                      Water Supply and Waste Water Treatment Methods         3

 3.CVS 854                       Advanced Fluid Mechanics                                             3

4.CVS 856                       Surface Water Quality Assessment                                    3

COURSE CODE              COURSE TITLE                                                                 UNITS

1.CVS 861E                       Design of Hydraulic Structures                                              3

2.CVS 862E                       Ground Water Resources                                                      3

3.CVS 863E                        Hydropower                                                                         3

4.CVS 864E                        River Engineering                                                                3

5.CVS 865E                         Design of Water Supply systems                                          3

6.CVS 866E                         Design of Sewerage Systems                                              3

7.CVS 8 19E                        Quality Control and Assurance                                            2

8.CVS 871E                        General Hygiene, Water Based Diseases and Epidemics      2

9.CVS 872E                        Analysis of Waves and Tidal Movements                             3

(a)                Structural Engineering M.Phil. Programme

 The choice of electives will be guided by the department.