What is Civil Engineering?
Civil Engineering (CE) is a four-year undergraduate engineering course. It deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of physical and natural built environments such as roads, bridges, canals, dams, buildings, airports, etc. It is considered as the second-oldest engineering discipline after military engineering. Increasing infrastructure development like road, railway, and electricity have raised the demand for Civil Engineers. Apart from this growth in the real estate sector has also increased its demand and made it a lucrative carrier course. Civil Engineering (CE). is one of the oldest engineering disciplines in the world and its operation can be traced back to the time when men decided to put a roof over his head for shelter.
Eligibility:-
10+2 with science stream especially Mathematics stream. There are some college which seeks 50% to 60% aggregate marks in 10+2 as minimum eligibility to pursue Mechanical Engineering. However, it differs from college to college.
Admission Process:-
Usually combined entrance examinations are conducted such as JEE Main, JEE Advanced to give admission in various colleges. Apart from this, there are few colleges that conduct their own entrance examination such as SRMJEEE, BITSAT, VITEEE, KIITEEE.
Best college:-
- IIT, Bombay
- IIT, Delhi
- IIT, Kanpur
- IIT, Kharagpur
- IIT, Roorkee
- IIT, Madras
- BITS Pilani
- IIT BHU Varanasi
- IIT Guwahati
- NIT Trichy
- Delhi Technological University
- NIT Warangal
- Birla Institute of Technology
- NIT Surathkal
- Jadavpur University Faculty Council of Engineering & Technology
Syllabus:-
Four-year course includes both theoretical and practical study. Four years is divided into eight semesters which includes the following subjects semester wise:-
| Semester I Engineering Maths I Engineering Physics Elements of Civil Engg. & Engineering Mechanics Elements of Mechanical Engg Basic Electrical Engg Workshop Practice Constitution of India & Professional Ethic |
Semester V Design of RC Structural Elements Analysis of Indeterminate Structures Applied Geotechnical Engineering Computer-Aided Building Planning and Drawing Air pollution and Control Remote Sensing and GIS Geotechnical Engineering Laboratory Concrete and Highway Materials Laboratory |
| Semester II Engineering Maths Engineering Chemistry Computer Concepts & C Programming Computer-Aided Engineering Drawing Basic Electronics Computer Programming Lab Engg. Chemistry Lab |
Semester VI Construction Management and Entrepreneurship Design of Steel Structural Elements Highway Engineering Water Supply and Treatment Engineering Solid Waste Management Water Resource Management Software Application Laboratory Extensive Survey Project /Camp |
| Semester III Engineering Mathematics –III Strength of Materials Fluid Mechanics Basic Surveying Engineering Geology Building Materials and Construction Building Materials Testing Laboratory Basic Surveying Practice Professional Ethics and Human Rights |
Semester VII Municipal and Industrial Waste Water Engineering Design of RCC and Steel Structures Hydrology and Irrigation Engineering Ground Water & Hydraulics Prefabricated Structures Environmental Engineering Laboratory Computer-Aided Detailing of Structures Project Work Phase I + Project work Seminar |
| Semester IV Engineering Mathematics –IV Analysis of Determinate Structures Applied Hydraulics Concrete Technology Basic Geotechnical Engineering Advanced Surveying Fluid Mechanics Laboratory Engineering Geology Laboratory Constitution of India |
Semester VIII Quantity Surveying and Contracts Management Design of Pre Stressed Concrete Elements Internship Project Work-II Seminar on current trends in Engineering and Technology |
Carrier Prospects:-
Emphasis on infrastructure development and consistent growth in the real estate sector in
India has increased the demand for civil engineers. After completion of civil engineering, a student has the option in the diverse fields such as Building control surveyor, CAD technician, Consulting civil engineer, Contracting civil engineer, Design Engineer, Nuclear engineer, Site engineer, Structural engineer, Water engineer, Rural and Urban Transport engineer, etc.
