Civil engineering is the branch of engineering concerned with designing, creating and maintaining of physical structures like roads, bridges, dams, and city infrastructures. It is a pure science course across a period of Five years in the university, including Industrial training. 

Students intending to study civil engineering should have a good background in Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry.

Job options in Civil Engineering

1. Building control surveyor
2. Computer Aides Design Technician
3. Consulting Civil engineer
4. Contracting Civil engineer
5. Design Engineer
6. Estimator
7. Nuclear Engineer
8. Site engineer
9. Structural Engineer
10. Water Engineer
11. Architectural Technologist
12. Building services Engineer
13. Construction Manager
14. Engineering Geologist
15. Fire Risk Assessor
16. Geotechnical Engineer
17. Patent attorney
18. Quantity surveyor
19. Sustainability consultant
20. Town planner
21. Urban designer

Places of work

As a graduate and qualified civil engineer, you are relevant in a range of industries and business sectors, particularly in the construction sector, buildings and large structures of all kinds, transport and communications infrastructure. Places you can work as  civil engineer are:

• Civil and structural engineering consultancy and Contracting companies
• Companies involved in the production, storage and Distribution of electricity, gas and water
• Construction companies
• Property developers
• Renewable energy companies
• Transport infrastructure companies

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