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. 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 Stream Type Stream
5341 Engineering Science Specialisation CVENAT5341
7320 Engineering Science Specialisation CVENGT7320
8338 Engineering Science Specialisation CVENZS8338
8621 Engineering Specialisation CVENYS8621
   

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Environmental Engineering can be studied in the following Programs 

Program Code & Name Stream Type Stream
5341 Engineering Science Specialisation CVENDT5341
8338 Engineering Science Specialisation CVENMT8338
8621 Engineering Specialisation CVENLT8621
   

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Geospatial Engineering can be studied in the following Programs 

Program Code & Name Stream Type Stream
5341 Engineering Science Specialisation CVENPT5341
7320 Engineering Science Specialisation CVENOT7320
8338 Engineering Science Specialisation CVENNT8338
   

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

Program Code & Name Stream Type Stream
5341 Engineering Science Specialisation CVENST5341
8338 Engineering Science Specialisation CVENRT8338
   

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Project Management can be studied in the following Programs 

Program Code & Name Stream Type Stream
5341 Engineering Science Specialisation CVENET5341
8338 Engineering Science Specialisation CVENFT8338
   

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Structural Engineering can be studied in the following Programs 

Program Code & Name Stream Type Stream
5341 Engineering Science Specialisation CVENWS5341
8338 Engineering Science Specialisation CVENXS8338
   

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Transportation Engineering can be studied in the following Programs 

Program Code & Name Stream Type Stream
5341 Engineering Science Specialisation CVENBT5341
8338 Engineering Science Specialisation CVENCT8338
   

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Water Eng:catchments to coasts can be studied in the following Programs 

Program Code & Name Stream Type Stream
8338 Engineering Science Specialisation CVENIT8338
   

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Water Engineering: catchments can be studied in the following Programs 

Program Code & Name Stream Type Stream
5341 Engineering Science Specialisation CVENHT5341
   

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

Program Code & Name Stream Type Stream
5341 Engineering Science Specialisation CVENJT5341
8338 Engineering Science Specialisation CVENKT8338
   

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 Civil and Environmental Engineering

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