Undergraduate program
Civil engineers make the grade
We set the standards, measure up (and sideways) and stand strong on stable foundations. Dedicate yourself to creating a safer and healthier world through the infrastructure that makes daily life possible.
Work where people, systems and the environment intersect.
UNB has trained engineers for 170 years - the first lecture in Canada took place here in 1853. And we have only improved with age, now training engineers for a climate-adapting world.
As a civil engineer you could:
- increase access to drinking water
- adapt our communities for climate change
- empower communities for disaster mitigation
- reduce global impact of material use
- extract natural resources ethically
- create an accessible built environment
- design and build affordable housing
- create agile transportation networks
- develop net-zero solutions for transportation and buildings
Our program prepares you for many options in civil engineering with a number of specializations to give you a path to a great career. Co-op career advancement work terms give you real-world experience, a chance to try new things, and confirm your learning choices.
Areas of specialization
Customize your learning and target what is important to you. Civil engineering offers six specializations so you can choose to focus on your dream career.
Construction
Geotechnical
Materials
Structural
Transportation
Water and environmental
Geological engineering
This collaborative program between civil engineering and the department of earth sciences is another great option. You can really dig deep in this program.
The four-year Bachelor of Science in Engineering degree is the only program of its kind in Atlantic Canada. Choose from three learning streams: geoenvironmental, geotechnical, and mineral resources. You can build a career where you:
- investigate and design in rock and soil for stability on site for varied types of projects
- develop sustainable water supplies
- protect and treat water supplies
- do environmental audits and impact statements
- investigate and design remediation systems for contaminated sites
- explore for mineral and energy resources
Geological engineering program
We have two diploma options and work opportunities to enhance your skills.
- Diploma in Construction
- Diploma in Technology Management and Entrepreneurship (TME)
- Co-op designation with work terms in the Co-op Program
- construction companies
- water utilities
- transportation companies
- landfill and sanitation management
- an airport
- a port
- a railroad
- all levels of government
- private consulting firms
