Employments Opportunity
Civil engineers are in high demand all over the world and are employed by various institutions, including:
- Consulting/design firms,
- Construction firms,
- Municipal services (as sanitary and public health engineers working with the local governments and private sector companies)
- National authorities and agencies like Ghana Highway Authority, Urban Roads Department, Feeder Roads, Ministry of Work and Housing,
- Research institutions (laboratories or research firms)
- Educational institutions (polytechnics/universities).
- Service sector as maintenance engineers (hotels, Commercial banks, insurance firms)
Below is a description of the various areas of specialization for civil engineers and to which graduates of the programme could secure employment:
- Environmental engineering
- Geotechnical engineering
- Structural engineering
- Transportation engineering
- Hydraulic/Hydrology/Water Resource civil engineering