For Admission Rules, see the section for minimum admissions requirements under each of the programmes and qualifications in the department.

Credit Transfer

Students are allowed to apply for formal credits recognition for modules / courses attained from other institutions, according to the university’s policy on credit transfers.  Refer to requirements as per WSU General Prospectus  – Section 4, paragraphs 1.6 and 1.7

Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL)

Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) may be used to demonstrate competence for admission to this qualification in line with the university’s RPL policy. 

Refer to requirements as per WSU General Prospectus  – Section 4, paragraphs 1.6 and 1.7

Career Opportunities

In general, graduates from our programmes can work in the following branches of civil engineering:

Planning and design, Construction, Project Management and Maintenance of facilities and infrastructure.

Specialisation fields in civil engineering include positions in:

• Hydraulics/water resources engineering
• Irrigation/drainage engineering
• Municipal engineering
• Geotechnical/soil/geological engineering
• Water systems/pipeline engineering
• Waste and wastewater treatment engineering
• Structural engineering
• Transportation Engineering 
• Project Management
• Consulting firms in private practice, construction companies, government (nationaldepartments, provincial departments and local authorities), private and parastatalorganisations research organisations and tertiary education institutions.