Bachelor of Engineering in Civil Engineering
Overview
- Duration: 4 years full time
- Location: On Campus (Taraka)
- Available to domestic students
- Start Year Intake: February
The course offered leads to the award of the degree of Bachelor of Engineering in Civil Engineering and it takes a minimum of four years to complete.
In the first year, students attend common lectures with students from other Engineering Departments. In the subsequent three years students learn all aspects of Civil Engineering. However, in the final semester (second semester of fourth year) students choose and study any three fields of Civil Engineering in greater depth.
Being several professions under one name, the students in Civil Engineering learn the basic skills of Surveying, Water & Water-waste engineering, Environmental Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering, Transportation Engineering, Structural Engineering and Construction Management.
These broad-base course subjects are taught on an ascending level and are examined on a semester basis. Students are required to satisfy all requirements before proceeding onto the next semester.
For admission into the first year Civil Engineering the students must have completed grade 12 education or equivalent and must have scored the following grades (as shown on the original National High School Certificate):
- Grade “A” in Mathematics A
- Grade “A” in Physics,
- Grade “A” or “B” in Chemistry
- Grade “A” or “B” in English.
Students seeking admission into Civil Engineering should make their applications in the following modes:
- Grade 12 School Leaver should enter Civil Engineering as their choice in the school-Leaver form and submit the form to their Guidance Officer in their school.
- Non-School Leavers should write and obtain an Application for Admission Form from the Admissions Officer. The application form should be completed and submitted together with documented evidence of qualifications attained and academic recommendations and other requested references.
Graduate Civil Engineers are widely employed in the community and examples of government associated employers are:
- Department of Works & Transport
- Department of Mining & Petroleum
- Department of Rural Development
- Electricity Commission (PNG Power)
- National Housing Corporation
- Civil Aviation Authority
- Environment & Conservation
- National Institute of Standards & Industrial Technology (NISIT)
- PNG Ports Authority
- PNG Water
- Provincial & Local Level Governments
- Universities and Technical Colleges
- Consulting Companies
- Pacific Island Governments
- Private Sector
In addition, they are employed in the private sector in engineering consultancy, construction and contracting organisations, mining and petroleum industries and in manufacturing.
The course is recognised by the Institution of Engineers PNG (IEPNG) as fulfilling the educational requirement towards the Registration as a Professional Engineer