Civil Engineering is one of the broadest and oldest of the engineering disciplines, extending across many technical specialties. Civil Engineering deals with planning, designing, constructing, maintaining, and operating infrastructures while protecting the public and environmental health as well as improving existing infrastructure. Civil Engineers plan, design, and supervise the construction of facilities essential to modern life like bridges, buildings, tunnels, highways, transit systems, dams, airports, harbors, water supply system and wastewater treatment plants.
A civil engineer is responsible for planning and designing a project, constructing the project to the required scale, and maintenance of the project.
Have you ever wondered there would be no wonders of the world like Taj Mahal, no Eiffel Tower had there been no civil engineers? Forget the wonders of the world, without civil engineers there would be no buildings, parks, not even our homes. This highlights the important role civil engineers play in shaping up our society.
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- With people constantly in search of comfortable safe homes, better roads and standardized living, the demand for civil engineers are at an all time high.
- The real estate boom owes a lot to Civil Engineers. The construction and infrastructural development projects including town planning are on the rise in the coming days and will demand more domain specialists.
DUTIES OF CIVIL ENGINEERS
Civil Engineers basically do the following:
- They are mainly involved in the design and building of public properties like highways, bridges, schools, parks, water treatment plants and tunnels etc.
- Structures, irrespective of their size, require the help of a civil engineer either in designing, planning or managing the project.
- They also help in preserving our environment by reducing pollution in air, water and land.
TOP COLLEGES IN INDIA (in no particular order)
NAME (QS WORLD UNIVERSITY RANKING 2018)
- IIT Madras (264)
- IIT Bombay (179)
- IIT Kharagpur (308)
- IIT Delhi (172)
- IIT Kanpur (293)
NAME (QS WORLD UNIVERSITY RANKING 2018)
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1)
- University of California, Berkeley (27)
- University of Cambridge (5)
- Imperial College, London (8)
- National University of Singapore, Singapore (15)
So there you have it. I told you all you need to know about Civil Engineering along with its top colleges. Next time will come up with one more interesting masters choices for engineering. Till then, stay tuned.
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