Other career options with civil engineering

I understand that most engineering degrees develop soft skills that are transferable to other careers, and was wondering if it’s the same with civil engineering and what other sort of careers are available with the degree

Reply 1

Smack

Volunteer Team

Original post by Sbeyahusu

If you're looking at careers outside of engineering it doesn't matter which engineering degree you study. Many of the potential options will view a degree as a degree, even.

Reply 2

University of Bath

Official Rep

Hi there,

This is absolutely true with civil engineering, along with all degrees really ! Civil engineering will develop a lot of your skills including mathematical, analytical, physics, IT software, etc. Any degree will help you with general skills such as time management, communication, team working and more so you can utilise your degree in whichever direction you pursue.

In general civil engineering can be transferred to a job which doesn't require a specific degree to do. This does actually include other engineering job titles for example you may go into mechanical engineering with a civil engineering degree. As long as there is not dedicated route to take (such as needing a medical degree for nursing/doctors etc) then you can transfer a lot of your skills into a different career path.

Good luck with all,
-Sophie (uni of Bath)