Bachelor of Technology/Bachelor of Engineering in Civil Engineering imparts training to the students in supervising, designing, planning the construction of different projects like water supply system, harbors, tunnels, highways, dams, bridges, space satellites, etc…

Civil Engineer is responsible for designing and planning a project, constructing the project to the needed scale and maintenance of the project. A civil engineer needs high standard of engineering knowledge and administrative and supervisory knowledge as well.

In India, different colleges are offering civil engineering course in UG, PG and Ph. D levels and the list of government colleges offering this course in different parts of the country is given below:

Government Colleges for civil engineering in India:

• College of Engineering, Pune

• Indian Institute of Technology, Bhubaneswar

• Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi

• Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati

• Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur

• Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur

• Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai

• Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai

• Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee

• Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology

• Government Engineering College, Gandhinagar

• Government Engineering College, Modasa

• Government BTP College of Engineering, Devangere

• Kannur University Government College of Engineering, Kannur

• Government Engineering College, Trichur

• Government Engineering College, Kottayam

• Indira Gandhi Government Engineering College, Sagar

• APS University Government College of Engineering, Rewa

• Guru Ghasidas University Government College of Engineering, Bilaspur

• Government College of Engineering & Technology, Raipur

• Government Engineering College, Jodhpur

• Government Engineering College, Jagdalpur

• Government Engineering College, Jabalpur

• Government Engineering College, Aurangabad

• Government Engineering College, Satara

• Government Engineering College, Imphal

• Government Engineering College, Tirunelveli

• Government Engineering College, Salem

• Government College of Technology, Coimbatore

• Thanthai Periyar Government Institute of Technology, Vellore

• Jalpaiguri Government Engineering College, Jalpaiguri

Eligibility for getting admission to the civil engineering course:

The basic eligibility for entering into Bachelor of technology/engineering in civil engineering course is that candidates must have completed their 10+2 or equivalent examination with mathematics, chemistry and physics subjects. The duration of the course is four years and admission to the course is made based on the marks secured by the candidate in the higher secondary examination and in the entrance examination. There is also diploma course in civil engineering and for this course, candidates must have completed their 10th standard. For getting admission to the PG course in civil engineering, candidates must have completed their B.E/B. Tech in civil engineering and they can also take up Ph. D and M. Phil after completion of Master’s degree.

Entrance Examination:

In government colleges, admission to the UG course in civil engineering is done based on national-level entrance examinations like AIEEE, IITJEE and different state-level entrance examinations.

Career Prospects:

Civil Engineers can find placement in all major construction projects carried out by the central and state government organizations like military, railways and public works department. These graduates can also go for research and they can also take up teaching as their profession or they can also do independent consultancy services. They can also join the attractive Indian Engineering Services conducted by Union Public Service Commission.