What are the job prospects in India as well as overseas for Civil Engineering?

manpreet Best Answer 2 years ago

Civil Engineering is a great branch but over the years, it's popularity has been decreasing. Even in reputed colleges like IITs and NITs Civil Engineering has much lower placements than other branches. But if you are genuinely interested in the branch you can surely get a job. Start by getting into one other premier institutions like IITs and NITs. Then study hard and maintain a great CGPA and you surely will get a good job. Career opportunities in Design field are in following sectors - 1) Structural engineering - related to design of buildings (industrial and residential) 2) Transportation engineering - related design of roads, bridges, tunnels 3) Infrastructure engineering- related to design of water tanks, sewage pipes, road transit systems, dams, canals 4) Marine engineering - related to design of docks, harbors and other structures inside sea for oil industries 5) Geo technical engineering: designing retaining walls, diaphragm walls to retain soil Career opportunities in planning field are in following sectors- 1) Infrastructure planning - planning the infrastructures which is talked about earlier. 2) Town planning - planning of a specific area might be a city or a private township If interested in research, 1) GIS engineering (Geographic information system). It deals with collecting and analysing geographic data and using it for remote sensing, crime mapping, minerals searching etc.

manpreet 2 years ago

The scope of civil engineering is very good in India but you have to be patient enough for it because it will need time and practical experience for you to come up to a level for high grant. It is the branch if engineering which deals with the design, structure, and development of infrastructure, Construction, Urbanization, for development of structure that will help to boost the development of the nation. It has a good scope as you will be responsible for creating design and structure which will further be used for further process like road, bridges, buildings, towers, housing society, complexes, etc. with hands on experience in the field. You will be able to make the most of practical use of the knowledge. So, keep in mind, the more you work, the more you learn then it will be able to compete in the list of successful civil engineer. The scope in the following profile is their - NHAI, RAILWAYS, DEFENCE, PRIVATE sector construction COMPANIES. The salary ranges from about 25000 per month to upto 1 lakh per month with experience only. So, keep it in mind that you will be dealing with the real time construction with high tech machine. So, be handy and be creative because creativity is the key to success in the field of civil engineering. All the best.