Your degree in Civil Engineering

While studying Civil Engineering, you're learning to design and build complex infrastructures such as transportation systems, water supply networks, and energy systems. You’ll develop important skills to create reliable structures and sustainable communities. 

These skills may include:

• Analysis, design, and assessment of physical structures such as buildings, roads, bridges, dams, and their foundations
• Development of construction plans and schedules that meet specific building codes and regulations
• Conducting feasibility tests, capacity assessments, and environmental impact studies to determine project requirements and identify potential technical risks and public safety issues
• Carrying out geotechnical investigations relating to slope stability, preferential flow, liquefaction, settlement, seepage and deformation, etc.
• Ability to work in multi-disciplinary teams to plan, design, and construct municipal water, stormwater, and wastewater systems and facilities
• Technical skills to perform air, water, and soil quality audits, and analyze topographic, soil, and hydrological field data
• Usage of a wide range of computational tools and software including S-Frame, MATLAB, Excel VBA, Python, CAD, and EPANET

Your experiences will open doors to new opportunities and clarify your values and interests.

• UBC Civil Engineering Clubs and Chapters
  Check out networking events and professional development opportunities organized by the Civil Club, ITE, CSCE, and ASCE.
• UBC Steel Bridge
  Apply your technical knowledge to a unique steel design challenge and make connections with industry members.
• UBC Earthquake Engineering Research Institute Seismic Design Team
  Apply complex theories of seismic design to a hands-on project and compete in the annual Seismic Design Competition.
• UBC Third Quadrant Design
  Develop your technical skills and work in a team to design high performance buildings and green infrastructure.
• UBC BC Water & Waste Association, Student Chapter
  Attend the annual conference to connect with industry professionals and learn about the latest in water developments.
• Common Energy UBC
  Join a community of students dedicated to making real positive impacts at UBC to achieve a sustainable future.
• Departmental research opportunities
  Reach out directly to faculty members to ask about potential research positions.
• UBC Engineering Co-op
  Gain work experience in civil engineering between study terms.
• UBC Sustainability research opportunities
  Participate in research and project-based roles to advance sustainability at UBC and in the region.
• AMS Sustainability
  Access resources and funding of up to $15,000 to support your sustainability-related initiative or project.
• Ecocity World Summit
  Join over 1,000 delegates worldwide at this biennial event to share knowledge on ecological and sustainable city designs.
• Engineering job board
  Check out engineering employment opportunities.

From your Applied Science degree, you’ll develop skills and experiences that can translate into many career paths. Check out other things you can do with your Engineering degree.