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• Branches of Civil Engineering


  • Materials Science and Engineering
  • Coastal Engineering
  • Construction Engineering
  • Earthquake Engineering
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Geotechnical Engineering
  • Water Resources Engineering
  • Structural Engineering
  • Transportation Engineering
  • Surveying
• Materials Science and Engineering


  • Studies fundamental characteristics of materials, and deals with ceramics, strong metals, and polymers
  • Involves protection and prevention (paints and finishes)
  • Alloying combines two types of metals to produce another metal with desired properties
• Coastal Engineering


  • Concerned with managing coastal areas
  • Deals with coastal and marine structures like groynes and embankments
  • Ensures structures are erected correctly without disturbing the coastal regions
• Construction Engineering


  • Deals with the planning, construction and maintenance of structures
  • Ensures plans are executed based on the plans and specifications
  • Supervises field work during the entire project and sometimes acts as the project manager
• Earthquake Engineering


  • Involves designing structures to withstand hazardous earthquake exposures
  • Studies the seismic forces and earthquake resistant structures
  • Designs and constructs structures based on how well they will react within an earthquake situation
• Environmental Engineering


  • Deals with the study of environment friendly designs, pollution and their resolutions, and sewage management
  • Specialties include ecological engineering, fire protection engineering, sanitary engineering, wastewater engineering, and municipal or urban engineering
• Geotechnical Engineering


  • Studies soil, foundations, and bearing capacities
  • Evaluates pre-existing structures that are showing signs of problems with the earth materials under or near the structure
  • Specialties include mining engineering and foundation engineering
• Water Resources Engineering


  • Deals with the design and construction of hydraulic structures such as dams, canals and water distribution system
  • Specialties include hydraulic engineering, river engineering, coastal engineering, and groundwater engineering
• Structural Engineering


  • Encompasses the structural analysis and design of structures
  • Responsible for analyzing and designing a structure that will safely bear or resist the stresses, forces and loads
• Ecological engineering, the design, monitoring and construction of ecosystems
• Fire protection engineering, the application of engineering to protect people and environments from fire and smoke
• Sanitary engineering, the application of engineering methods to improve sanitation of human communities.
• Wastewater engineering, is a type of engineering that comes from civil engineering and environmental engineering.
• Municipal or urban engineering, civil engineering applied to municipal issues such as water and waste management, transportation networks, subdivisions, communications, hydrology, hydraulics, etc.
• Geotechnical engineering, the engineer studies soil, foundations, and bearing capacities. The engineer study the behaviour of the earth materials and how they affect a structure to be constructed;
• Mining engineering, the exploration, extraction and processing of raw materials from the Earth
• Foundation engineering, the engineering of below ground foundations that support superstructures
• Water Resources Engineering - Water resources engineers deal with the design and construction of hydraulic structures such as dams, canals and water distribution system
• Hydraulic engineering, concerned with the flow and conveyance of fluids, principally water; intimately related to the design of pipelines, water supply network, drainage facilities (including bridges, dams, levees, channels, culverts, storm sewers), and canals
• River engineering is the process of planned human intervention in the course, characteristics, or flow of a river with the intention of producing some defined benefit—to manage the water resources, to protect against flooding, or to make passage along or across rivers easie
• Coastal engineering, the study of the processes ongoing at the shoreline and construction within the coastal zone, often directed at combating erosion of coasts or providing navigational access
• Groundwater engineering involves the analysis, monitoring and often modelling of groundwater source to better understand how much remains and if the water can be used for e.g. recharging reservoirs and irrigation.
• Structural Engineering This branch of civil engineering encompasses the structural analysis and design of structures.
• Earthquake engineering, the behavior of structures subject to seismic loading
• Wind engineering, the analysis of wind and its effects on the built environment
• Architectural engineering, application of engineering principles to building design and construction;
• Ocean engineering, the design of offshore structures;
• Transportation Engineering Civil engineers that specialize in transportation engineering work with the planning, construction and management of transportation facilities
• Traffic engineering, a branch of transportation engineering focusing on the infrastructure necessary for transportation
• Highway engineering, a branch of engineering that deals with major roadways and transportation systems involving automobiles. Highway engineering usually involves the construction and design of highways
• Surveying This type of civil engineering branch handles the surveying and leveling of land by using different instruments to map and contour the terrain.
• Remote sensing is the science of obtaining information about objects or areas from a distance, typically from aircraft or satellites
• Geographical Information system is a system designed to capture, store, manipulate, analyze, manage, and present all types of spatial or geographical data.
• Do the Right Project The principle explains that a proposed project in terms of economic, environmental and social effects must be understood and clearly laid out. The project must meet the needs of the community and must serves its purpose.
• Do the Project Right Civil engineers must secure the approval of a certain project’s economic, environmental and social cost and benefits. Projects must be built with respect to sustainable development from the concept, design, implementation, use and demolition of the project.
• Civil engineers shall be committed to the principles of sustainable development: Do the Right Project and Do the Project Right