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The Department of Civil Engineering is one of the first academic
departments set up under the Faculty of Engineering. It currently offers two
academic programs at undergraduate level and post graduate research
qualifications at Master of Engineering Science and Doctor of Philosophy
levels.
The department is sub-divided into six major sections within the
Department namely, Structural and Materials Engineering, Environmental
Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering, Transportation Engineering and
Surveying, Water Engineering, and Construction Management and
Mathematics, and is actively engaged in R&D works with financial support
from the University, Government and other industrial grants. Many
academic members of the Department are also pursuing engineering
consultancies requiring expertise in multidisciplinary areas.
The BEng (Civil) programme was introduced in the year 1956 as a 4-year
programme under the Term System. The programme was recognised by the
Malaysian Public Services Department (JPA) and the Board of Engineers
Malaysia (BEM). In the 1996/97 academic session, a major change was
undertaken in the programme where the BEng (Civil) programme was
offered as a 3-year degree programme under the Semester System (Sistem
Pengajian Tiga Tahun, SPTT).
In the same academic session,
the BEng (Environmental)
programme was introduced as a
3-year degree programme under
the Semester System. Both the
programmes were accredited by
the Board of Engineers Malaysia
on the 21 August 2000.
Starting from the academic
session of 2000/01, under the
instructions from the Ministry of
Education of Malaysia, both the
degree programmes were
offered as a 4-year degree
programme under the Semester
System (Sistem Pengajian Empat
Tahun, SPET). The first batch of
graduates from these
programmes graduated in August
2004.
BRIEF PROFILE
DEPARTMENT OF
CIVIL
ENGINEERING