Graduate Employability and Skills
1. Ability to apply scientific and engineering principles to plan, design and supervise civil engineering projects;
2. Skills to convey technical material persuasively to clients, colleagues and subordinates;
3. Knowledge of contemporary issues and ability to keep up with emerging technologies relevant to executing civil engineering projects; and
4. Capacity to utilise the skills acquired in government (including regulatory and executing agencies), industry (including consulting, construction organisations) and academia.
The 21st century skills that the graduate would acquire include such innovative skills as:
1. Creativity and innovation;
2. Critical thinking/problem solving/decision making;
3. Communication;
4. Collaboration (team work);
5. Learning to learn/metacognition;
6. General computer literacy and mastery of relevant information technology;
The Unique Features of the Programme include:
1. Sound exposure to all areas of civil engineering, including environmental engineering;
2. Good exposure to allied areas such as law, economics and management;
3. Familiarity with general knowledge, including philosophy, entrepreneurial skills and history;
4. Ability to communicate ideas effectively using modern tools involving computers, internet and telecommunication; and
5. Capacity of graduates to establish their own businesses and go into paid employment with government or in industry; or pursue further studies.
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES:
Abundant career opportunities for graduates of Civil Engineering exist in such areas as the construction industries e.g., Buildings, Roads and Highways, Bridges, Dams, Irrigation scheme. Water-ways Harbors, Airports, Sewage, Water resources, drilling in the Oil and Gas Industries. Environmental Engineering, Coastal Protection, Public Health Engineering, Rail road construction, Foundation and soil engineering, Geotechnical engineering, Engineering consultancy services, Surveying-land surveying, Geodesy and Photogrammetry and quantity surveying etc. Job opportunities abound in Government Ministries and Parastatals, private companies, banks, educational institution at all levels. Indeed, the civil engineer is required everywhere because he provides the facilities which serve as vehicle to move services and goods to humanity.
