Structural and Civil Engineering Aalborg University

Overview

The Structural and Civil Engineering programme of Aalborg University  is for those who want to help design large buildings and facilities in Denmark and abroad. This can be high-rise buildings, bridges, harbour piers or offshore wind turbines.

Job and career

Skill set in the job market

With a Master's degree (Cand. Polyt.) in Structural and Civil Engineering you can develop and advance new analyses and solutions within civil and structural engineering. 

You are able to find solutions to a given problem within civil engineering and can manage work-related situations that are complex and unpredictable, and which require new solutions.

You will also have competencies within and can participate in the development of digitization of the built environment.

Problem based learning and working in groups during your study programme will give you many useful skills that make you an attractive candidate on the job market. You know how to approach a problem and solve it in collaboration with other people, which is often how things are done in the “real world”.

Jobtitles

Field of work

Your work tasks may include:

• Construction of e.g. bridges, roads, houses, ocean windmills etc.

• Planning and administration of construction process

• Project management

• Reducing energy consumption

• Foundations of large constructions

• Design of indoor air-conditioning systems

• Calculations in relation to the construction or the construction process

• Choice of building materials

• Optimising the work environment

• Quality control

• Inspection of the building site for security purposes

Workplaces

As a graduate from Structural and Civil Engineering, many professional fields are open to you. Your future workplace could be at

• a consulting engineering company

• a contracting company

• a manufacturer

• a university as a reseacher and/or teacher 

Aalborg University cooperates with external organisations - both private and public which gives you the opportunity to gain valuable contacts for when you have finished your degree.