Civil engineering is a diverse field involving the planning, construction, and maintenance of structures related to earth, water, and space. It encompasses various specializations such as structural, transportation, geotechnical, and environmental engineering, among others, and offers numerous career opportunities in research, management, and government jobs. Admission to prestigious institutions like IITs requires a high GATE score, with significant potential for lucrative job packages in the industry.

1. What is Civil Engineering?
 Civil Engineering is broad field
of engineering, which deals with
the planning, construction and
maintenance of structures or
public works as they are related
earth, water or in space.
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2. Why Civil Engineering?
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3. Specializations in Civil
Engineering
 Structural Engineering
 Transportation Engineering
 Geotechnical Engineering
 Water Resource/ Hydraulics/
Irrigation Engineering
 RemoteSensing/Geoinformatics
 Surveying
 Environmental Engineering
 Earthquake Engineering
 Geology/Geoscience
Engineering
 Project
Management/Construction
Management
 Maintenance Engineering
 And so on…!
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4. Definitions of degree-
 BE/BTech:
I know everything
 ME/MTech:
I know something
 PhD:
I know NOTHING.
 PDF:
I want to learn.
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5. Career Options: Research
IIT B • 6 specializations; 50 seats for MTech
IIT D • 6 specializations; 50 seats for MTech
IIT G • 6 specializations; 50 seats for MTech
IIT K • 6 specializations; 50 seats for MTech
IIT Kgp • 6 specializations; 50 seats for MTech
IIT M • 6 specializations; 50 seats for MTech
IIT R • 6 specializations; 50 seats for MTech
IISc B • 6 specializations; 50 seats for MTech
Why IITs and IISc
 Total seats in IIT’s and IISc = 400
 Admission procedure: GATE
Score+Written Test+Interview
 Min GATE Score: 95 percentile
 Avg. package: 5 lacks pa
 Max. package: 45 lacks pa
 Stipend: Rs 5,000 pm + Facilities
 World class environment
 Research jobs: ISRO, BARC, DRDO
etc.
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6. Career Option: Management
NICMAR
CET/GATE
NITIE
CAT/GATE
IIM’s CAT
MBA
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7. Career Options for Civil Engineer
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8. Career Options: Field Jobs
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9. Career Options: Government
Jobs
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Non-Engineering Engineering

10. Pre-requisite?
 Strong common sense
 Positive attitude
 Vision
 Honesty and dedication
 Ethics: ‘Chalata hain… nahi chalega…!’
 Management skills and teamwork
 Courage to face challenges.
 Good health: Physical capabilities
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11. Line of sight:
 Broad vision
 Be inspired from others
 Interact with others
 Remember: Excellence is a journey;
not destination.
 When U achieve success, U will face
challenge and again U have to achieve
success.
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Line of sight
Ur initial aim
Ur ultimate aim

12. Wish you all the best.
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