The IStructE Chartered Examination Course offered by Structure Pedia equips aspiring structural engineers with the essential tools to pass the Chartered Membership Examination.
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The IStructE Exam Preparation Programme builds the skills needed to pass the Chartered Membership Examination. Through structured lectures, one‑to‑one mentoring, mock exams, and detailed feedback, candidates gain strong design judgement, sketching ability, sustainability awareness, and confidence to succeed.
Designed for modern structural engineers committed to creating sustainable and robust designs, this course ensures comprehensive preparation aligned with industry standards. Trust Structure Pedia to support your journey to becoming a Chartered Member with expert guidance and practical insights.
Session Format
Live classes are conducted once a week. Each session is approximately 4 hours. If Sundays are not suitable, we are happy to arrange an alternative day based on mutual availability to ensure you receive the full 16 hours of structured, high‑quality instruction.
Study Materials & Resources: Your enrolment includes a comprehensive suite of premium learning resources:
Complete weekly lecture slides after each session
Past paper walkthroughs
Design solution guidance
Weekly assignments designed to strengthen exam‑focused thinking
Class 1 — Topics
Exam Introduction
Basic Structural Mechanics – Flexure Members, Axial Members, Frames
Basic Structural Mechanics – Arches, Vierendeel Girder, Steel Section Properties & Capacities, Reinforcement Quantity, Reinforcement Bar Arrangement
Freehand Straight‑Line Drawing, Drawing Structural Shapes, Drawing to Scale, Line Types & Conventions, Sketching Connection Details
Class 2 — Topics
Load Path and Stability
Selecting Structural Materials, Structural Layout, Structural Form & Construction
Method, Structural Depth, Span‑to‑Depth Ratios, Composite Action & Structural Depth
Structural Form – Superstructure
Structural Form – Substructure
Class 3 — Topics
Material and Sustainability
Client Letter
Rapid Structural Calculations
Drawing and Detailing
Class 4 — Topics
Construction Sequence
Mock Paper Section 1
Mock Paper Section 2
Instructors and Professional Backgrounds The programme is delivered personally by MIStructE‑qualified Chartered Structural Engineer, with extensive UK industry experience across bridges, buildings, and specialist structures. His professional background ensures that every concept taught is rooted in real engineering practice.
He has successfully passed the MIStructE exam on his first attempt and has mentored numerous candidates who later achieved chartership. His guidance is structured, exam‑focused, and deeply informed by what the examiners truly look for.
Description:
Purpose, structure and marking of the Chartered Membership Examination, question selection, examination strategy and time management, preparation of reference material, examination day requirements, and introduction to past paper practice.
Examiner led review of how scripts are assessed, including correctness, clarity, compliance with the brief and presentation. Common weaknesses are discussed together with recent changes in the examination.
Development of two distinct, viable and sustainable structural solutions. Candidates practise framing, load paths, stability, serviceability and proportionate viability checks, followed by critical appraisal and justified selection of a preferred scheme.
Application of stability principles to building schemes, including diaphragms, bracing, cores, sway behaviour and transfer of horizontal actions to foundations.
Design of reinforced concrete solutions, including rapid scheme sizing and examination level calculations for loading, slabs, beams, columns and stability walls, with emphasis on realistic member sizes and efficient structural forms.
Preparation of professional client communication, including challenging the brief to reduce material use. Candidates also develop project specific construction method statements and integrate embodied carbon considerations and approximate A1-A3 calculations into structural decision making.
Development of steel-framed solutions from concept to detailed design, covering structural form, stability, preliminary sizing, beams, columns and connections. Sustainability, structural reuse and design for disassembly are considered where relevant.
Preparation of examination standard general arrangement drawings and critical details, including plans, sections, elevations, dimensions, annotations and information for estimating. Emphasis is placed on communicating the scheme clearly.
Selection and preliminary design of substructure solutions from stated ground conditions. Topics include shallow and piled foundations, basements, retaining systems, groundwater and integration of the foundation solution into calculations, drawings and construction methodology.
Course aims:
Develop an effective and structured approach to the IStructE Chartered Membership Examination.
Strengthen conceptual design and scheme appraisal skills for open-ended structural briefs.
Develop examination level capability in stability, materials, calculations, drawings and construction planning.
Improve professional communication and integration of sustainability, material efficiency and embodied carbon.
Develop effective examination strategy, time management and critical self-review.
Learning outcomes:
By the end of the course, candidates should be able to:
Interpret an examination brief and identify its structural, functional, geotechnical, construction and sustainability constraints.
Formulate and communicate two distinct, viable and sustainable structural schemes, including foundations and clear load paths.
Establish and explain framing, stability, robustness and serviceability, and critically appraise alternative solutions.
Undertake proportionate calculations and develop credible solutions in steel, reinforced concrete for building structures.
Incorporate approximate A1-A3 embodied carbon calculations and material efficiency considerations.
Prepare clear general arrangement drawings, structural details and concise client communication.
Prepare a project specific construction method statement addressing safe construction and temporary conditions.
This programme is not officially endorsed by IStructE, and all instructional content is created exclusively by Structure Pedia.
