Civil Construction Engineering Major - Bachelor of Engineering (Honours)

Study the Civil Construction Engineering major in the Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) degree and learn to build quality structures that enhance our living and working environments.

Designing safe, cost effective and environmentally sustainable buildings and infrastructure is essential to our society. Professional civil engineers and construction engineers are involved with the design, planning and construction of the physical infrastructure that surrounds us.

Whether the project is high-density housing or commercial construction, these engineers design reliable processes and build quality structures. AUT’s civil construction engineering programme will help you develop skills for these highly rewarding careers.


This is part of the Bachelor of Engineering (Honours).

Find out what it takes to build quality buildings and other structures, and develop the engineering skills for a future in this field.

You also need to complete 800 hours of planned, supervised work experience to graduate, in addition to completing all your courses. This experience exposes you to common engineering industry practices and helps you gain knowledge of engineering procedures, engineering responsibilities, and health and safety practices.

Workplace experience

Your industry-based research project in Year 4 is your opportunity to gain real-life industrial experience in a civil construction engineering environment, under the guidance of an experienced supervisor.

Organisations you could work with include:

  • Fletcher Building
  • Hawkins
  • Naylor Love Ltd
  • NZ Strong Ltd
  • Auckland Council

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  • Civil and construction site manager
  • Civil and construction sustainability consultant
  • Digital design specialist (civil and construction)
  • BIM coordinator/manager
  • Building performance analyst
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Key features
  • Tools to help construct essential housing and commercial buildings
  • Workplace experience with construction, planning and civil engineering companies
  • Includes an industry-based project in your final year
See yourself as
  • A problem-solver
  • Making a mark
  • An analytical thinker
  • Good at developing pragmatic, robust design solutions

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