What is civil engineering?

Civil engineering is everything you see that’s been built around us.

It’s about roads and railways, schools, offices, hospitals, water and power supply and much more. The kinds of things we take for granted but would find life very hard to live without.

What do civil engineers do?

Civil engineers design, create and connect up the world around us. They help make our villages, towns and cities work for the people that live there. Have a look at all our civil engineering projects and see for yourself the work that civil engineers do. Includes our ICE 200 projects.

civil engineering projects

Who are civil engineers?

‘Civil engineer’ covers a huge range of jobs and all types of engineering. Civil engineers come from all different backgrounds but they all spend years training, learning and getting qualifications. Why not hear what civil engineers have to say about their work?

my job as a civil engineer

Profile of the month

Glenn Armstrong

Glenn moved to Edinburgh from Northern Ireland solely to undertake the civil engineering graduate apprenticeship at Edinburgh Napier University. He is currently working on a variety of projects as an apprentice with Goodsons Associates.

How can I become a civil engineer?

Subjects, courses and career choices

If you want to be a civil engineer, have the right academic subjects and attitude you can start making your career choices right here.

Studying at school : Up to 16 years
School / college: 15-18 years
College / university: 18 years +
Change career: Any age

Civil engineering from around the world

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What civil engineers do