If you're a huge fan (forgive the pun) of Megastructures on the National Geographic Channel and have a proclivity towards engineering the creation of similar entities, you might just be interested in pursuing a degree in Civil and Structural Engineering to prepare you for a career designing and overseeing the construction of bridges, roads, canals, dams, tall buildings, and other impressively large structures.

It is all about enhancing the environment we exist within and improving standards of living through the development of man-made structures. Civil and Structural Engineering encompasses related to building and maintaining the infrastructure, products and services that society needs - from researching on how to manufacture a product to building bridges and roads. Like the Romans, Egyptians and Chinese who built great civilizations before us, our civilization relies more than ever on teams of inventive Civil & Structural Engineering to continue building more amazing structures..

A Civil & Structural Engineering undergraduate will learn about the life cycle of engineering projects from conception and design to creation as well as the development and maintenance of national infrastructure - such as roads, bridges, railway lines, energy systems, flood defenses, water supply and sewage systems.

It is a vital area of engineering - without Civil Engineers it would be much harder to get to work in the morning, travel to see friends, heat your homes or get clean water from the tap.

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