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The BSc in Civil Engineering program is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission (EAC) of ABET, , under the commission鈥檚 General Criteria and Program Criteria for Civil and Similarly Named Engineering Programs.
The BSc in Civil Engineering program lays the foundation for core civil engineering disciplines while engaging students to study and understand the overall global civil engineering profession and industry. Principles of science and engineering are applied to the design and analysis of problems in civil engineering in well-designed course sequences to ensure that students gain hands on and problem-based learning experiences. The mission of BSc in Civil Engineering program at the Khalifa University of Science and Technology is to provide a high-quality education and prepare students for successful careers in this field.
| Number of Enrolled Students | |
|---|---|
| TERM | COUNT |
| Spring 2024 | 65 |
| Fall 2023 | 75 |
| Fall 2022 | 83 |
| Fall 2021 | 97 |
| Fall 2020 | 101 |
| Fall 2019 | 89 |
| Fall 2018 | 64 |
| Number of Graduates | |
| Academic Year | Count |
| 2024 | 4 |
| 2023 | 20 |
| 2022 | 20 |
| 2021 | 35 |
| 2020 | 22 |
| 2019 | 9 |
| 2018 | 6 |
Students graduating with a BSc in Civil Engineering will attain the following:
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An ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics. |
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An ability to apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors. |
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An ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences. |
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An ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts. |
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An ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives. |
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An ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions. |
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An ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies. |
Due to the broadness and versatility of the Civil Engineering Profession, Civil Engineers are employed by a large variety of private companies as well as by government, national, and local authorities throughout the public sector. Examples of private sector employers are structural and geotechnical engineering consultancies, infrastructure construction and contractor firms, architectural design offices, urban and transportation planning & consulting companies, project management firms, and environmental engineering consultancies. In the public sector, civil engineers are found in all the centralized (governmental) and local technical engineering agencies and authorities which, decide, authorize, and overlook the planning, the construction, and the maintenance of public civil engineering works, structures, and infrastructure (e.g. buildings, roads, bridges, airports, seaports, highways, public transportation systems, power plants, energy and environmental infrastructure etc.) as well as regulating the design and construction of private civil engineering works and structures to the standards of construction and building codes of practice. In every case, Civil Engineers work indoors to plan and design engineering systems, structures, and infrastructure in close collaboration with other engineering disciplines and architects, while interacting with clients, local councils & authorities, and government agencies. Invariably, Civil Engineers conduct on-site inspections of existing infrastructure facilities and systems in operation as well as attend construction sites.
The current employability prospects for Civil Engineers are quite positive in the UAE and beyond as governments and the private sector rely on Civil Engineers to facilitate the sustainable development of communities towards circular and net-zero economy while ensuring their resilience to natural hazards.
Career specializations with in the civil engineering field include and are not limited to:
ASCE Student Chapter
The mission of American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Student Chapter is to provide an enriching experience to its members and to build academic, social and professional relationships in addition to developing leadership, advocating lifelong learning and promoting professionalism. The Student Chapter conducts regular meetings with speakers from a variety of civil engineering fields on professional issues and technical topics. It organizes field trips in different related domains: Geotechnical, Structural, Construction and Environmental. Also, it participates in community service projects, ensures entries in national and international competitions, helps students participate in the ASCE Student Conferences and sends potential members to workshops for Student Chapter Leaders. The ASCE Student Chapter offers students an excellent opportunity to learn more about the civil engineering profession and to meet with the civil engineering professionals and learn from them.
Course Description of Civil Engineering
CIVE 180 听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Engineering Graphics and Visualization (3-0-3)
Prerequisite: 听听听听 ENGR 113
This course is an introduction to graphical communication concepts and tools used by engineers. It covers visualization and technical sketching skills, implications related to manufacturing processes, computer-aided design methods, and development and interpretation of drawings of civil engineering structures.
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CIVE 200 听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Statics (3-0-3)
*(Cross listed with AERO 200; MEEN 200)
Prerequisite: 听听听听 PHYS 121
A vector treatment of force systems and their resultants: equilibrium of trusses, beams, frames, and machines, including internal forces and three-dimensional configurations, static friction, properties of areas, and distributed loads and hydrostatics.
CIVE 225听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 Mechanics of Solids (3-3-4)
(Cross listed with AERO 225 and MEEN 325)
Prerequisite: 听听听听 CIVE 200
The course is an introduction to the mechanics of deformable solids applied to basic engineering structures. It covers the concepts of stress and strain at a point; factor of safety in design, deformation of axially loaded members; symmetric and unsymmetric bending of elastic and elastic-perfectly plastic beams; torsion of open and closed section; beam deflection; stress and strain transformations, and elastic buckling of columns.
CIVE 238听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 Geology for Civil Engineering (3-0-3)
Prerequisite:听 听 听 PHYS 121
This course focuses on concepts of physical geology and the geologic processes relevant to civil and environmental engineering practices. Topics include: the nature and structure of earth, earth鈥檚 history, formation of rocks, chemical and physical properties of minerals, and basic techniques for geologic field and site characterization. This course satisfies the requirement for a Science Elective for Civil Infrastructure and Environmental Engineering students.
CIVE 310 听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Geomatics (2-3-3)
Co-requisite:听 听 听CIVE 180
The course is an introduction to Geomatics.听 It covers Plane and topographic surveying; distance, angle, and elevation difference measurement; error theory; traverse computations; topographic mapping; horizontal and vertical curves; CADD applications; GPS and GIS.
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CIVE 332 听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Fundamentals of Construction Engineering & Management (3-0-3)
Prerequisite:听 听听听 ENGR 111
This course offers a sampler of the broad construction engineering and project management topics. It covers the project management tools and practices as performed throughout the construction processes, including bidding; contract format and construction administration; construction documents; reading and interpreting contract plans; project planning and scheduling; resource management and project control; cash flow analysis; risk management and safety in construction.
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CIVE 335 听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Fluid Mechanics (3-3-4)
Prerequisites: 听听 PHYS 121; MATH 231
This course introduces students to concepts of fluids and examines the forces on them. Conservation of mass, momentum, and energy are fundamental to the physics. Various mathematical representations are considered, including differential and integral formulations. The complexity of fluid dynamics motivates the notions of simplifying assumptions, dimensional analysis, and boundary layers among others.
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CIVE 336 听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Civil Engineering Materials (3-3-4)
Prerequisites: 听听 CHEM 115; CIVE 225
The course is an introduction to scientific concepts of civil engineering materials. It covers relationship between macroscopic material properties and response and microscopic properties; physical, mechanical, surface, fracture, and rheological properties of civil engineering materials including metals, composites, polymers, and Portland cement concrete.
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CIVE 338 听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Geotechnical Engineering (3-3-4)
Prerequisite:听听听听听 CIVE 225
This course is an introduction to the basic principles that govern the behavior of soils, foundations, and other geotechnical engineering works. The central concepts to be covered in this class are: engineering properties of soils, soil classification, permeability, stresses in soil due to applied loads, consolidation, compaction, shear strength and applications to engineering design.
CIVE 340听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Behavior and Analysis of Structures (3-0-3)
Prerequisite: 听听听听 CIVE 225
This course is to study behavior and analysis of statically determinate and indeterminate beams, frames, and trusses. It covers displacement calculations using the method of virtual work, analysis of statically indeterminate structures by consistent displacements and slope-deflection equations, and the basic fundamentals of using the direct stiffness method for analyzing structures.
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CIVE 341听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Design of Steel Structures (3-0-3)
Prerequisites: 听听 CIVE 336; CIVE 340
This course is to understand the fundamentals of the design of steel structural members such as beams and columns and their connections based on the Load and Resistance Factor Design method. It covers design of structural members for tension, flexure, shear, compression, and combined loads, and design of bolted and welded connections.
CIVE 370听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Introduction to Environmental Engineering (3-3-4)
Prerequisites: 听听 CHEM 115; MATH 112
This course introduces environmental problems and their resolutions including water and wastewater treatment, air pollution and control, and solid and hazardous waste management. It covers the fundamental theory, principles, and preliminary design of unit operations in environmental engineering. Laboratory classes illustrate analytical techniques used in the analysis of environmental samples, and demonstrate the mechanisms involved in the treatment processes.
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CIVE 380听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Transportation Engineering (3-0-3)
Prerequisite: 听听听听 CIVE 310
This course is an introduction to transportation engineering with emphasis on operation, design, and planning of transportation infrastructure including highway and arterial roads, signalized intersections.听 Various issues related to transportation such as congestions, public transit, smart intersections, and autonomous vehicles are also discussed.
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CIVE 391听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Independent Study I (Variable course credits from 1 to 3)
Prerequisites:听听听 Approval of department and junior standing
This course gives an upper level undergraduate student the opportunity to participate in an individual or group project, study, or research activity under the supervision of a faculty member.听 A formal report is required.
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CIVE 442 听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Design of Concrete Structures (3-0-3)
Prerequisites:听听听 CIVE 336
听This course is a basic understanding of the analysis and design of reinforced concrete structures. It covers properties of reinforced concrete, behavior and ultimate strength design of reinforced concrete beams, slabs, columns, and footings, and design for flexure, shear, compression, bond, and anchorage.
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CIVE 450听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Coastal Engineering (3-0-3)
Prerequisites: 听听 CIVE 335; CIVE 370
This course is designed to give an overview of the analysis and design procedures used in the field of coastal engineering. The course covers basic wave properties in the near shore region, coastal sediment transport processes and the preliminary design of shore and harbor protection structures.
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CIVE 455 听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Blast Effects and Modern Protective Infrastructures (3-0-3)
Prerequisites: 听听 CIVE 341; CIVE 442听听
Threat and Hazard Assessment.听 Conventional and Nuclear Environments.听 Conventional and Nuclear Loads on Structures.听 Behavior of Structural Elements.听 Dynamic Response and Analysis.听 Connections, Openings, Interfaces, and Internal Shock.听 Structural Systems-Behavior and Design Philosophy.
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CIVE 463 听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Water and Wastewater Treatment Technologies (3-0-3)
Prerequisites: 听听 CIVE 335; CIVE 370
Analysis of unit operations for coagulation, sedimentation, filtration and disinfection for treatment of drinking water.听 Introduce the chemistry of drinking water treatment processes. Analyze facilities for physical, chemical, and biological treatment of wastewater; and treatment and disposal of sludge. Coverage of advanced wastewater treatment and land treatment systems.
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CIVE 465 听听听听听听听听听听听听 Water Resources Management (3-0-3)
Prerequisites: 听听 CIVE 335; CIVE 370
A comprehensive introduction to hydraulics, groundwater, and surface water hydrology, statistical hydrology, deterministic hydrology, climatology, GIS, remote sensing, fundamentals of planning and management as well as other courses dealing with the general field of water resources.
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CIVE 469 听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Air Pollution Control (3-0-3)
Prerequisites: 听听 CHEM 115; AERO/CIVE/MEEN 335
An in-depth instruction into air pollution covering such topics as the causes, sources, and effects of air pollution.听 Topics include: legislative standards (ambient and source) for pollutants, regional and global air pollution issues, indoor air pollution, air pollution instrumentation and gas flow measurements, basic meteorology, and design of facilities for air pollution control.听
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CIVE 470 听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Foundation Engineering (3-3-4)
Prerequisite: 听听听听 CIVE 338
This course focuses on geotechnical design of shallow and deep foundations, including spread footings, mats, driven piles, and drilled piers. Coverage includes bearing capacity, settlement, and group effects of the various foundation types. Additional topics include geotechnical proposal and report writing, subsurface exploration, and construction of deep foundations.
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CIVE 472听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Pavements Design and Maintenance 鈥� TE (3-0-3)
Prerequisites: 听听 CIVE 336
The course will focus on the (i) basic characteristics of a pavement structure, (ii) modes of failure for flexible and rigid pavements, (iii) fundamental properties of pavement materials for structural design purposes, (iv) heavy vehicle loads and analysis of the stress and strain distribution in multilayer pavement systems, and (v) fundamentals of the state-of-the-art pavement design methodology.
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CIVE 473听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Structural Design of Buildings (3-0-3)
Prerequisites: 听听 CIVE 341; CIVE 442
This course is to understand the design of multi-storey buildings in reinforced concrete and steel building by means of computer-aided analysis and design. It covers the response of multi-storey buildings to vertical and horizontal loads and includes a computer-aided design of a 3D multi-storey concrete building.
CIVE 475 听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Earth Structures: Embankments, Slopes & Buried Structures (3-0-3)
Prerequisites: 听听 CIVE 338
Analysis of lateral earth pressures, slope stability, and stresses on buried structures, design of cantilever retaining walls, mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) walls, sheet piling, and slurry walls.听
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CIVE 480 听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Project Management and Contract Administration (3-0-3)
Prerequisite: 听听听听 CIVE 332
Students take an owner鈥檚 project requirements through stages of scope definition, budgeting and planning, conceptual design, scheduling, and construction contract administration. Students apply engineering standards and consider realistic issues including engineering economics, constructability, environmental requirements, sustainability, and safety. The course addresses and applies management topics and concepts of planning, organizing, leading, and controlling in the context of a capstone engineering project. The course concludes with a project competition involving construction industry professionals.
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CIVE 482听听听听 听听听听听听听听 Project Control and Life Cycle Execution of Constructed Facilities (3-0-3)
Prerequisite:听 听听听 CIVE 332
This course continues an introduction to construction management and engineering concepts for future engineers, contractors and owner representatives involved at different stages in the life-cycle of constructed facilities.听 This course introduces further awareness of analytical tools and extends the basic foundation for advanced topics in construction engineering and management.
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CIVE 484听听听听听听 听听听听听 Project Planning, Scheduling and Control (3-0-3)
Prerequisite:听 听听听 CIVE 332
This course emphasizes the fundamental principles of modern management methods of planning and scheduling for construction projects. Covered topics include pre-bid planning; construction project planning using WBS; project network; estimating activity duration, CPM scheduling; resource management using resource allocation and leveling; project time-cost trade-offs; project monitoring and control; and, earned value analysis integrating cost and schedule.
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CIVE 485 听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Construction Project Management (3-0-3)
Prerequisite: 听听听听 CIVE 480
This course emphasizes the methods and materials of construction as well as the management practices required to run a successful construction project. Topics include construction materials, project planning, scheduling, cost estimating, and field engineering. A semester project, in the form of a detailed study of a major construction project, complements the classroom experience.
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CIVE 488听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Advanced Construction Management (3-0-3)
Prerequisite:听 听听听 CIVE 485
This course will cover construction methods, equipment, and cost estimation of construction materials, excavation, foundation, retaining walls, formwork, pavements and other aspects of civil engineering construction projects by integrating geotechnical reports, materials specifications, quality control, equipment, estimation, scheduling, and design details.
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CIVE 491听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Independent Study II (Variable course credits from 1 to 3)
Prerequisite:听听听听听 Approval of department and senior standing
This course gives an upper level undergraduate student the opportunity to participate in an individual or group project, study, or research activity under the supervision of a faculty member.听 A formal report is required.
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CIVE 492 听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Urban Transit Planning and Operations (3-0-3)
Prerequisite:听听听听听 CIVE 380
The objective of this course is to introduce the fundamentals of urban transit planning and operations. The course will cover several topics, including public transit planning, role of transit in urban areas, classification of transit modes, fundamentals of transit performance and operational analysis, capacity analysis, scheduling, network design, transit economics, and mode selection.
CIVE 493 听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Airport Planning and Traffic Management (3-0-3)
Prerequisite:听听听听听 CIVE 380
听This course introduces students to the fundamentals of airport systems, airport operations, and airport administrative management.听 The course topics includes the history of airport systems, planning, operations of airfields, airspace and traffic management, terminals and ground access, security, economic perspectives, and capacity/delay analyses.
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CIVE 495听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Special Topics in Civil Engineering
Prerequisite:听听听听听 Topic specific
This course mainly deals with new trends in Civil Engineering and emerging technologies. Course is repeatable if title and content differ.
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CIVE 497听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Senior Design Project I (1-6-3)
Prerequisite: 听听听听 Senior standing and (CIVE 332/ CIVE 335/ CIVE 338/ CIVE 341/ CIVE 370/ CIVE 380)
Participation in team projects dealing with design and development of a component or a structural system, in accordance with project-specific objectives and constraints. Number of projects will be offered by the different engineering departments, some of which will be multi-disciplinary in nature. This will provide an opportunity to exercise initiative, engineering judgment, self-reliance and creativity, in a team environment similar to the industry environment. The design projects require students to use engineering standards in their design process, developing suitable criteria for selection based on their acquired engineering skills, experience, and other pertinent resources. Oral and written presentations are required.
CIVE 498听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Senior Design Project II (0-9-3)
Prerequisite: 听听听听 CIVE 497
听Continuation of CIVE 497.