92% employed within four months of graduating.
Graduate Outcomes Survey 2021-2023 - Undergraduate Engineering
Degree overview
Deepen your technical skills and career prospects with this combined degree program. Complete both degrees in five years.
We educate our engineers to meet the global challenges of the future. Civil engineers are responsible for the physical infrastructure that allows society to function. Your studies will cover the three main civil specialisations in structural, water and geotechnical engineering.
The work of surveyors knows no bounds and could see you play an important role within your local community, across countries, and continents. Surveyors focus on the measurement, management, analysis and display of spatial information describing the Earth and its physical features.
When you study a Bachelor of Civil Engineering (Honours)/Bachelor of Surveying (Honours) you develop complex technical skills and experience that equips you for a wide range of exciting and rewarding careers across a range of industries.
12 weeks
of professional practice
World top 200
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for Civil and Structural Engineering
Career opportunities
This combined degree opens doors across a wide range of industries. Roles are flexible and diverse. You may prefer hands-on fieldwork or design and development. Or you might pursue a leadership role managing people and projects.
Professional outcomes:
- civil engineering designer
- geospatial specialist
- geotechnical engineer
- registered land surveyor
- structural engineer
- town planner
- transport systems engineer
- water engineer
- urban development engineer
Course overview
Build critical technical engineering skills by studying:
- structural engineering
- water engineering
- geomechanics
- transportation Engineering
- civil engineering materials
- engineering Management
Develop your surveying skills in:
- electronic surveying
- survey computing
- spatial data systems and remote sensing
- analysis of observations
- geodesy
- land boundary definition
- photogrammetry
- industrial surveying
- astronomy and satellite positioning
- town planning
Student experience
Demo Day: First Year Civil Engineering 1:26
Hear from Sophie about what our civil engineering students achieve during their water tower building project and testing at Demo Day.
Career-ready placements
All University of Newcastle engineering students complete 12 weeks of industrial experience during their degree. This can be completed in one block or as shorter placements of no less than two weeks.
Through your work placement you’ll build important professional networks and put your learning into practice.
Studying at Newcastle campus
Living in Newcastle
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Campus Life
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Scholarships
Our scholarships recognise achievement and support enthusiastic and dedicated students. If you are a current student, or planning to study with us, we encourage you to apply for all scholarships you meet the criteria for.
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Accommodation
Living on campus is an experience unlike any other. Whether you're from across Australia or around the globe, your home on campus is where you'll form lifelong friendships and harness your potential in a supportive and diverse community.
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Student showcase
Study Civil Engineering at the University of Newcastle 3:42
Are you looking to study something with impact? Build a better tomorrow? Help to keep our planet on the rails?
Changing the world with engineering: Surveying at The University of Newcastle 1:16
Our Bachelor of Surveying (Honours) degree is designed to train surveyors capable of meeting the biggest global surveying and town planning challenges
How to apply
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The University of Newcastle is one of only three Australian member institutions of the Global Engineering Education Exchange Program (Global e3).
This program is accepted by the Board of Surveying and Spatial Information of NSW (BOSSI) as a qualification for registration.
This program is accredited by the Council of Reciprocating Surveyors Boards of Australia and New Zealand (CRSBANZ)
This program has been granted full accreditation through Engineers Australia. Engineers Australia is the peak body for the engineering profession in Australia.
This program is accredited and recognised by the Land Surveyors Board, Malaysia.
This program is accredited by the Singapore Institute of Surveyors and Valuers (Land Surveying Division).
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