Program description
Civil engineers plan, design, supervise construction, manage, and maintain facilities that are familiar to most people. They are involved with infrastructure and environmental projects such as bridges, dams, highways, water and waste-water treatment plants, airports, and flood control systems. Civil engineers increasingly use new technologies such as Geographical Information/Positioning Systems, advanced materials, remote sensing and monitoring in their projects.
Courses include engineering materials, fluid mechanics, structural design, infrastructure engineering and construction management, finite element method, application of geographic information systems, economics, transportation planning, environmental analysis and design, hydrology, and technology and society.
Program options
Degree options
B.Sc. Bachelor of Science Civil Engineering - 4 years
B.Sc. Bachelor of Science Civil Engineering (Environmental Option) - 4 years
Interesting courses and unique opportunities
Interesting courses
- Engineering materials
- Fluid mechanics
- Structural design
- Infrastructure engineering
- Finite element method
- Application of geographic information systems
- Transportation planning
- Watershed processes
- Hazardous waste
- Geotechnical engineering
Co-op options
Co-op opportunities are available to Civil Engineering students
Professional opportunities
Civil engineers work as consultants, for government agencies, construction firms, and oil and gas companies, among others.
There are opportunities for international development and community work, and civil engineers find long-term employment in stable industries at the forefront of innovative applications of advanced technology.
Admission requirements & prerequisites
Direct entry option
- Manitoba high school graduation, with five full credits at the Grade 12 level, in courses designated S, G or U.
- A minimum 85% average over the following, with no less than 60% in each course:
- Pre-Calculus Math 40S
- Chemistry 40S
- Physics 40S
This entry option is open to high school students or high school graduates who have completed less than 24 credit hours of study at an accredited university or college. Specific program requirements will vary; details of these requirements are available on each program’s application page.
Advanced entry option
24 credit hours in U1 (or an approved bachelors program)
This entry option is open to students who have completed a minimum of 24 credit hours of university level study. Specific program requirements will vary; details of these requirements are available on each program’s application page.
High school prerequisites
High school prerequisites: Chemistry 40S, Pre-Calculus Math 40S, and Physics 40S (all min. 60%)
Many programs will require or recommend specific high school courses over and above their admission requirements. These high school prerequisites are not always required to enter the program, but they must be completed to enrol in certain university courses within it. If a student does not have a particular prerequisite when they enter the program, they may complete an equivalent upgrading course at university that will satisfy the prerequisite requirement.
More details on admission requirements, application dates and how to apply is available on the Faculty of Engineering apply for admission page.
What is unique about this program at the U of M?
The Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board has fully accredited the program, and this accreditation is recognized as equivalent in seven countries outside Canada. The U of M is the home of the National Centre of Excellence on Intelligent Sensing for Innovative Structures (ISIS Canada). Students have access to computer labs and well-equipped facilities such as the Hydraulics Research and Testing Laboratory. Students participate, and perform well in several technical society competitions, and have been successful in national scholarship and other competitions.
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