High-speed rail, the Betuwe freight railway, dike improvements and the ?Manhattan on the Meuse? development project in Rotterdam are all technically feasible projects. Technology, however, is not the only determining factor for successful results.
?Many other factors need to be taken into account early in the planning phase of real estate and infrastructure projects: policy, political interests, participation and permits, land expropriation, environmental impact studies, costs, budgeting and price control, logistic efficiency and safety. All of these factors are addressed in the programme offered by .
Specialisations
- Integrated Civil Engineering Systems??
- Transport Engineering and Management??
- Water Engineering and Management??
- Construction Management and Engineering?
Careers
A degree in Civil Engineering and Management, or Construction Management and Engineering, will offer you excellent career prospects. In a recent survey among UT alumni, 100% of our graduates had found a job within three months of graduation and 58% within one month. Furthermore, 90% indicated that the CEM programme provided them with a very good basis from which to start their professional careers.
About 10% of CEM graduates opt for a PhD or PDEng programme, either in Civil Engineering at the University of Twente or in a different department or at a different university in the Netherlands or abroad.
Most Civil Engineering graduates find jobs with:
- Engineering consultancies, such as ARCADIS, Sweco, Royal HaskoningDHV, Goudappel Coffeng or HKV;
- Large construction companies, such as Ballast Nedam, Heijmans or BAM;
- Public organizations in the field of civil engineering, such as the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment (Rijkswaterstaat), other government departments and agencies, municipalities, water boards or research institutes such as TNO, Deltares or universities.
