How about the longest bridge or the tallest building? What if you could be the person who figured out how to span the continent with an interconnected transit system. The world of Civil Engineering is a world of creating things that others say can’t be created, making the structures that define our modern world. Other than military engineering, civil engineering is the oldest engineering discipline in the world, with a history that goes back over 4,000 years. The royal engineers of Pharaoh’s court devised the pyramids of Egypt as a final resting place for their king. Since then, civil engineers have created structures which have marveled the world; everything from the Great Wall of China, to the Colosseum in Italy, to the Taj Majal in India to the pyramid of Chichen Itza, Mexico. In fact, all seven of the Wonders of the World were designed and created by civil engineers. Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including works like roads, bridges, canals, dams, and buildings. Civil engineering is the second-oldest engineering discipline after military engineering. Civil engineering takes place in the public sector from municipal through to national governments, and in the private sector from individual homeowners through to international companies.
A civil engineering degree prepares you for work in the construction industry as well as in the broader business, management and financial sectors Jobs directly related to your degree include: Building Control Surveyor, Consulting Civil Engineer, Contracting Civil Engineer, Site Engineer, Structural Engineer, Water Engineer. Jobs where your degree would be useful include: Building Services Engineer, Engineering Geologist, Environmental Consultant, Patent Attorney, Quantity Surveyor.
