Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that is dedicated to improving the quality of life through sustainable design and construction.  Community, societal, and environmental needs are met through the planning, design, construction, and maintenance of public works and private facilities.

Civil engineers apply their technical knowledge and skills to diverse projects including:

• bridges,
• highways,
• dams,
• buildings,
• airports,
• foundations,
• water management systems, and
• environmental facilities.

Civil engineering career opportunities exist in industry, government, and the private sector. Practice areas include design, construction, project management, consulting, research, and teaching. 

The civil engineering curriculum prepares students to meet present and future challenges in the profession and develop insight into economic, physical, social, and political constraints affecting the engineering decision-making process.

Today's engineers must be adept at working in a global marketplace. To assist engineers in meeting that challenge, the University of Evansville provides students with an opportunity for an international experience at our British campus, Harlaxton College.

Other opportunities are periodically planned. In the fall of 2008, a group of civil engineering students travelled to the Dominican Republic to work with people from a different culture to design a church and sports complex. Participants agreed this experience was valuable and even life-changing.

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