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.
You’ll become familiar with construction management, structural engineering, materials technologies, building information modelling, construction systems, productivity improvement and waste reduction strategies.
Most of your first-year courses are shared between the majors in the Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) and the Bachelor of Engineering Technology, making it easy for you to switch between our engineering degrees and majors*.
If you’re already studying at AUT and have any questions about the courses you should enrol in, email engineer@aut.ac.nz
*Cross-credits between different engineering majors and degrees are assessed on a case-by-case basis, and you may not be able to gain cross-credits for all your first-year courses.
In Year 4 you choose four level 8 optional courses from those listed below.
If you started your studies in the Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) before 2024, the courses you need to complete are a little different. Find out what courses you need to take to complete your qualification if you started in 2023 or earlier.
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:
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Workplace experience in AUT programmes
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