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Admission to our undergraduate degree programs usually requires successful completion of a senior secondary school qualification similar to the Higher School Certificate (HSC), the highest educational award in New South Wales schools.
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Newcastle
Face to Face
5 years full-time or part-time equivalent up to 12 years maximum.
AUD38,430 (indicative annual fee, 2021)
Indicative annual fees are based on a full year full time load (80 units) Find out more about fees
5 years full-time.
Face to Face
Civil engineering. A firm foundation for your career.
At the University of Newcastle we educate our engineers to meet the global challenges of the future. You'll learn to engineer energy-efficient buildings using the latest nano-materials and, help develop sustainable and resilient infrastructure in developing countries. Perhaps your study will lead you to design Australia’s first high-speed train network to connect communities and reduce carbon emissions. Your degree could even build a revolutionary water recycling plant to tackle water security issues.
What is civil engineering? Civil engineers are responsible for the physical infrastructure that enables modern societies to function. As a civil engineering student you will study buildings, highways and railways, tunnels, airports, power generation facilities and harbour facilities. Your courses will focus on preparing you to design, build and manage these structures as a fully qualified civil engineer.
Why combine civil engineering and surveying? Broaden your engineering expertise to open up a wider range of career opportunities. The surveying courses will allow you to specialise in the measurement, management, analysis and display of spatial information describing the Earth and its physical features.
Build critical technical engineering skills by studying courses in:
Connect with industry through guest lectures and interdisciplinary projects solving real world problems. Gain invaluable practical experience through your industry placement.
Become job-ready through our professional practice courses. You'll learn to tackle ‘wicked problems’ and develop essential workplace skills in finance, project management, sustainability, communication and entrepreneurism.
Develop your surveying skills in:
Download a program plan for further details on your degree's structure and what courses you will study.
These program plans are applicable to new students. Current students should refer to the program handbook to access the plan relevant to the year they commenced.
Civil engineers work for construction companies, consulting firms, project management companies, transport companies and governments. You could specialise in:
Civil engineering is flexible and diverse. You might prefer to work onsite, in design and development, or a leadership role managing people and projects. Typical positions include:
Remarkably, engineering is the most commonly held degree among the highest performing Fortune 500 CEOs – the CEOs of companies such as Google, Microsoft, Amazon and Tesla Motors are all engineers.
The combined degree advantage: Surveyors work on a local as well as a global scale, working on projects as diverse as the planning of local facilities, to the prediction of earthquakes and mapping of the ocean floor. A shortage of surveyors in Australia will make finding a job easy.
Professional recognition through Engineers Australia and the Washington Accord qualifies you as a professional engineer. You can work in places such as:
This degree program is accredited by the Board of Surveying and Spatial Information of NSW (BOSSI) and meets the requirements of the Council of Reciprocating Board of Surveyors of Australia and New Zealand (CRBANZ). This degree program is also accredited and recognised by the Malaysian Land Surveyors Board.
All University of Newcastle engineering students have the opportunity to 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.