Overview - Civil Engineering

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. It is traditionally broken into several sub-disciplines including environmental engineering, geotechnical engineering, structural engineering, transportation engineering, municipal or urban engineering, water resources engineering, materials engineering, coastal engineering, surveying, and construction engineering. Civil engineering takes place on all levels: in the public sector from municipal through to national governments, and in the private sector from individual homeowners through to international companies.

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Positives

• In big cities like Mumbai, Bangalore and Chennai, new employees are even paid salaries that come close to salaries of Information Technology professionals.
• Construction industry is experiencing a boom in the country and lucrative opportunities are plentiful.
• You derive the satisfaction of having built numerous structures that facilitate the betterment of the society and the country.
• work as a supervisor of a construction site or a managerial position or in design, research as well as teaching in government services or private concerns.
• Have a say in what the world will look like By becoming professionally qualified, you will be able to enter the international workplace and work abroad for the short or long term.

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