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| Program start date | Application deadline |
| 2026-09-01 | - |
Program Overview
Introduction to the Civil Engineering Program
The Civil Engineering Program is a unique engineering discipline that is always interwoven with great civilizations and mankind's achievements. Through history, civil engineers have designed and built monumental structures such as the Great Pyramids in Egypt, Pont du Gard in France, the Iron Bridge in England, the Eiffel Tower in France, the Akashi Kaiky Bridge in Japan, the Petronas Twin towers in Malaysia, and Burj Khalifa in the United Arab Emirates.
About the Program
Civil engineering is all about people. It's the work that civil engineers do to develop and improve the services and facilities we, the public, all use. We rely on civil engineering every day for a variety of things: from supplying energy and clean water to our homes, to processing and recycling our waste, to finding solutions to problems like pollution. Civil engineers plan, design, construct, operate, and maintain the built environment for modern life. They help protect society from natural disasters, such as floods, earthquakes, and hurricanes, as well as manage natural resources.
Goals of the Program
The work of a civil engineer aims to satisfy the following goals:
- Improving the quality of life
- Providing functionality and serviceability
- Ensuring safety of the individual and the society
- Balancing time, integrity, and cost
- Protecting the environment
- Guaranteeing sustainability
- Delivering aesthetic and style
Program Structure
The Civil Engineering Program prepares graduates to seamlessly join the civil engineering profession and function successfully. The program offers a suite of common core courses that expose students to the width of civil engineering discipline. In addition, the program offers another suite of sub-discipline courses and electives to be selected by students to further expose them to the depth of civil engineering sub-disciplines. Major specializations are offered in areas of:
- Construction management
- Structural engineering
- Transportation sciences engineering
- Water resources and treatment engineering
Degrees
The Civil Engineering Program, with its four majors, is organized as a 4+1 academic program and complies with the Bologna Agreement to produce compatibility and comparability with the academic study programs in German and European Universities. This program organization allows students to finish 240 ECTS of their academic study at the end of the 8th semester by successfully completing all the required courses (210 ECTS), the bachelor thesis for 3 months (15 ECTS), and the internship of at least 3 months (15 ECTS). Accordingly, students of the Civil Engineering Program are qualified to earn an international bachelor degree, which is Bologna compliant, at the end of the 8th semester or 4 years.
Postgraduate Studies
By successfully completing the courses of the 9th and 10th semesters (1 year) - equivalent to 60 ECTS - students would be qualified for an international master degree, which is Bologna compliant, by completing a master thesis equivalent to 30 ECTS within the following 6 months.
Certification
After completing the 4+1 study program, students would earn a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering, with a specialty in one of the program's four majors, certifiable by the Supreme Council of Universities (SCU) in Egypt.