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Civil and Environmental Engineering
 Civil and Environmental Engineering

Description

Civil Engineering offers opportunities to become involved in projects that enhance the overall quality of life. Civil engineers design, construct, manage, operate and maintain the infrastructure that supports modern society including buildings, bridges, roads and highways, tunnels, airfields, dams, ports and harbours, railways, new mines, water supply and sewerage schemes, irrigation systems and flood mitigation works.

Most civil engineers work in an office environment where they investigate, plan, design and manage projects; others manage and supervise construction projects on site. Career opportunities include employment with specialist consulting firms, construction and contracting companies, large public companies (such as BHP, Esso and CRA), government organisations, airport and harbour authorities, project developers and financial and management consultants.

Environmental engineers are concerned with the environmental impact of engineering activities. They apply their broad knowledge of engineering and environmental processes in identifying environmental problems and in developing effective solutions to them. They also coordinate the activities of specialist groups such as biologists, ecologists and geologists within major projects. The discipline of environmental engineering embraces parts of civil engineering, with emphasis on management, systems design, water, geotechnical and transport engineering, together with aspects of chemical engineering, applied and biological sciences and environmental studies.

Studying Civil and Environmental Engineering at UNSW

The study of Civil and Environmental Engineering at UNSW is primarily through the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering (www.civeng.unsw.edu.au). Please refer to the table below for a list of all related postgraduate programs/ plans available at UNSW.



Civil Engineering can be studied in the following Programs 

Program Code & Name At the Level of Plan
5338 Engineering Science Specialisation CVENAS5338
7336 Civil Engineering Specialisation CVPGAS7336
7338 Engineering Science Specialisation CVENAS7338
8538 Engineering Science Specialisation CVENAS8538
8539 Engineering Science (Ext) Specialisation CVENAS8539
   

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Civil and Environmental Eng can be studied in the following Programs 

Program Code & Name At the Level of Plan
5454 Civil Engineering Specialisation CVENCS5454
5459 Civil Engineering Specialisation CVENCS5459
8612 Civil Engineering Specialisation CVENCS8612
8617 Civil Engineering Specialisation CVENCS8617
   

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Coastal Engineering and Mgmt can be studied in the following Programs 

Program Code & Name At the Level of Plan
8612 Civil Engineering Specialisation CVPGLS8612
8617 Civil Engineering Specialisation CVPGLS8617
   

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Construction Management can be studied in the following Programs 

Program Code & Name At the Level of Plan
8612 Civil Engineering Specialisation CVPGBS8612
8617 Civil Engineering Specialisation CVPGBS8617
   

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Engineering Geology can be studied in the following Programs 

Program Code & Name At the Level of Plan
8617 Civil Engineering Specialisation CVPGQS8617
   

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Engineering and Technology Mgt can be studied in the following Programs 

Program Code & Name At the Level of Plan
8612 Civil Engineering Specialisation CVPGCS8612
8617 Civil Engineering Specialisation CVPGCS8617
   

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Environmental Engineering can be studied in the following Programs 

Program Code & Name At the Level of Plan
5338 Engineering Science Specialisation CVENBS5338
7337 Environmental Engineering Specialisation CVPGAS7337
7338 Engineering Science Specialisation CVENBS7338
8538 Engineering Science Specialisation CVENBS8538
8539 Engineering Science (Ext) Specialisation CVENBS8539
8615 Environmental Eng Science Specialisation CVENBS8615
8618 Environmental Eng Science Specialisation CVENBS8618
   

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Geotechnical Eng & Eng Geology can be studied in the following Programs 

Program Code & Name At the Level of Plan
5338 Engineering Science Specialisation CVENPS5338
7338 Engineering Science Specialisation CVENPS7338
8538 Engineering Science Specialisation CVENPS8538
8539 Engineering Science (Ext) Specialisation CVENPS8539
   

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Geotechnical Engineering can be studied in the following Programs 

Program Code & Name At the Level of Plan
8612 Civil Engineering Specialisation CVPGES8612
8617 Civil Engineering Specialisation CVPGES8617
   

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Groundwater Resources can be studied in the following Programs 

Program Code & Name At the Level of Plan
5338 Engineering Science Specialisation CVENDS5338
7338 Engineering Science Specialisation CVENDS7338
8538 Engineering Science Specialisation CVENDS8538
8539 Engineering Science (Ext) Specialisation CVENDS8539
   

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Groundwater Studies can be studied in the following Programs 

Program Code & Name At the Level of Plan
8612 Civil Engineering Specialisation CVPGKS8612
8617 Civil Engineering Specialisation CVPGPS8617
8702 Groundwater Studies Specialisation GEOGJS8702
   

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Hydrology and Water Resources can be studied in the following Programs 

Program Code & Name At the Level of Plan
8612 Civil Engineering Specialisation CVPGMS8612
   

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Infrastructure Management can be studied in the following Programs 

Program Code & Name At the Level of Plan
8612 Civil Engineering Specialisation CVPGDS8612
8617 Civil Engineering Specialisation CVPGDS8617
   

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Project Management can be studied in the following Programs 

Program Code & Name At the Level of Plan
5338 Engineering Science Specialisation CVENQS5338
7338 Engineering Science Specialisation CVENQS7338
8538 Engineering Science Specialisation CVENQS8538
8539 Engineering Science (Ext) Specialisation CVENQS8539
8612 Civil Engineering Specialisation CVPGAS8612
8617 Civil Engineering Specialisation CVPGAS8617
   

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Structural Engineering can be studied in the following Programs 

Program Code & Name At the Level of Plan
5338 Engineering Science Specialisation CVENUS5338
7338 Engineering Science Specialisation CVENUS7338
8538 Engineering Science Specialisation CVENUS8538
8539 Engineering Science (Ext) Specialisation CVENUS8539
8612 Civil Engineering Specialisation CVPGFS8612
   

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Transport Engineering can be studied in the following Programs 

Program Code & Name At the Level of Plan
7336 Civil Engineering Specialisation CVPGHS7336
8612 Civil Engineering Specialisation CVPGGS8612
8617 Civil Engineering Specialisation CVPGFS8617
   

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Waste Management can be studied in the following Programs 

Program Code & Name At the Level of Plan
8612 Civil Engineering Specialisation CVPGOS8612
8617 Civil Engineering Specialisation CVPGOS8617
   

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Water Engineering can be studied in the following Programs 

Program Code & Name At the Level of Plan
8617 Civil Engineering Specialisation CVPGHS8617
   

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Water Quality Management can be studied in the following Programs 

Program Code & Name At the Level of Plan
8612 Civil Engineering Specialisation CVPGNS8612
   

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Water Resources can be studied in the following Programs 

Program Code & Name At the Level of Plan
5338 Engineering Science Specialisation CVENSS5338
7338 Engineering Science Specialisation CVENSS7338
8538 Engineering Science Specialisation CVENSS8538
8539 Engineering Science (Ext) Specialisation CVENSS8539
   

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Water and Wastewater Treatment can be studied in the following Programs 

Program Code & Name At the Level of Plan
8612 Civil Engineering Specialisation CVPGJS8612
8617 Civil Engineering Specialisation CVPGJS8617
   

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Water, Wastewater & Waste Eng can be studied in the following Programs 

Program Code & Name At the Level of Plan
5338 Engineering Science Specialisation CVENTS5338
7338 Engineering Science Specialisation CVENTS7338
8538 Engineering Science Specialisation CVENTS8538
8539 Engineering Science (Ext) Specialisation CVENTS8539
   

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