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Civil engineers participate in modifying the aspects of our changing world. Whereever civil engineers finish their work, the appearence and the outlook of nature have changed, natural forces are tamed, new means of communications and networks are created, men find apartments and economy and culture develop.
No matter the constructions - tower buildings or industrial facilities, towers, hangars, bridges or power plants, buildings or constructions at the ocean, close to rivers on the continent or downhole, earthworks or supply lines, water supply or waste water treatment, investigation et development of new building materials ... Civil engineers have to manage allover the world tasks in almost all domains of construction. Striking constructions in all countries of our world are the best demonstration of this activities.
For safe and economic constructions you must know how to calculate. Therefore you need besides mathematics mainly engineering mechanics, statical calculations, structural dynamics, science of strength of materials and hydraulics. In the domain of constructive engineering (i. e. industrial facilities, bridges, towers, hangars and more), the civil engineer has responsability for design and calculation in his field of work. On constructions exceeding simple residential buildings, i. e. complex building constructions like theatres, hotels or administrative buildings, the civil engineer can be considered as an equal partner of the architect as a structural engineer, designer, project manager or building contractor. Furthermore, he is an expert for solutions in terms of calculation, operation scheduling, cost management, building site facilities and construction progress.
As a student, the future engineer can get solid foundations for his professional career. He can acquire knowledge for leadership positions in the domains of construction or planning but also in construction management, management or research.
If you are interested in this, if you enjoy a creative teamwork combined with technical and logical reasoning and if you are self-confident in your capacities - as a student of Civil Enineering you are on the right track to start an ambitious, various and satifying professional career, which opens you a lot of perspectives and possibilities for an independant and a responsible job in the first years already.
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