Career in Civil Engineering

options and opportunities- Introduction, options, opportunities, courses, institutes, exams etc.

Civil engineering is one of the finest and oldest branches of engineering. It deals with various engineering practices such as designing, construction, development, supervisions of tunnels, roads, buildings, highways, dams, and sewage systems. This field of engineering provides various challenging career opportunities. Engineers with good quality of technical as well as administrative skills are required in this field. Civil engineers work involves site investigation, creating solution to the existing problem, doing feasibility study of structural work. 

Performance and growth of industry in India

In India, civil engineering is growing with a fast pace giving a lot of opportunities to the freshers. Civil Engineers are in huge demand in private and public companies in the areas of design, construction and maintenance. Employment opportunities are very high in this field. They have contributed and still contributing highly in the success of buildings new homes, designing buildings, building traffic lights, highways, building bridges, providing industrial facilities and constructing recycling plants. India is expecting more growth opportunities in upcoming years. 

Options and Opportunities

Civil engineering provides ample opportunities in various fields. Generally, engineers in this field are employed in construction projects which is been carried out by the government. These projects mainly involves public development works like airports, highways, sewage boards and railways. Engineers from this field can also work in research and teaching. They can also start their own business and provide services of construction, design and maintenance.

Courses Available

Civil Engineering is one of the highly demanded courses in engineering. Following are the courses provided in the Civil Engineering:

- B.E. Civil and Structural Engineering 
- B.E. /B.Tech in Civil Engineering 
- B.E.(Hons) in Civil Engineering 
- Diploma in Civil Engineering 
- Certificate Course in Building Design 
- Certificate Course in Construction Supervisor 
- Civil Engineering (AMICE) 
- M.E Civil Engineering
- M.E. / M.Tech Construction Engineering and Management 
- M.Tech. Computer Aided Structural Engineering 
- M.Tech. Constructional Technology and Management 
- M.Tech. Geotechnical Engineering 
- M.Tech. Structural and Construction Engineering 
- Ph.D. Civil Engineering 
- Post Graduate Diploma in Construction and Infrastructure Project Management

Qualification required

To become a civil engineer one needs to be a BE/B.Tech. or a ME/M.Tech. in civil engineering. Others can have a diploma in civil engineering from a polytechnic or should have passed the AMIE (Associate Member of the Institute of Engineering) examination.

Some good institutes

- Indian Institute of Technology
- National Institute of Technology
- Jadavpur University, Kolkata
- Birla Institute of Technology

Entrance exams

Following are the entrance exams for Graduate level:
- All India Common Entrance Test (AICET)
- All India Engineering Entrance Exams (AIEEE)
- Amrita Schools of Engineering BTech Entrance Exam
- Annamalai University Engineering Entrance Exam
- BS Abdur Rahman University Engineering Entrance Examination
- Bharath University Engineering Entrance Exam (BIHER)
- Bharati Vidyapeeth Engineering Entrance Exam
- Birla Institute of Technology and Science Examination
- Birla Institute of Technology and Science Examination (BITSAT)
- COMEDK Undergraduate Entrance Test
- Delhi University Combined Entrance Examination
- EAMCET (Engineering, Agriculture and Medicine Common Entrance Test)
- Goa Common Entrance Test (CET)
- Indian Institute of Technology Joint Entrance Exam (IIT JEE)
- Jamia Milia Islamia (JMI) Entrance Exam
- Jawaharlal Nehru University Engineering Entrance Exam (JNU EEE)
- Madhya Pradesh Pre Engineering Test (MP PET)
- National Institute of Technology
- Orissa Joint Entrance Exam (JEE)
- Rajasthan Pre Engineering Test-
- SRM University Engineering Entrance Exam
- Tamil Nadu Professional Courses Entrance Examination (TNPCEE)
- Vellore Institute of Technology Engineering Entrance Exam

Following are the entrance exams for Post Graduate level:
- Birla Institute of Technology and Science Examination (BITSAT)
- Indian Institute of Technology Joint Entrance Exam (IIT JEE)
- Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE)
- SRM University Engineering Entrance Exam
- Tamil Nadu Common Entrance Test (TANCET)
- SRM Engineering Entrance Exam (SRMEEE)
- Jamia Milia Islamia
- Post Graduate Common Entrance Test (PGCET) Karnataka
- Post-Graduate Engineering Common Entrance Test (PGECET)
- Kerala University MTech Entrance Exam