The emphasis in the first two years is on the basic engineering subjects such as fluid, rock and structural mechanics; construction materials; structural analysis and design; basic environmental and transportation engineering.  Students will then take elective courses to study in-depth the subjects under construction, environmental, geotechnical, structural and transportation engineering.  In the final year, students will conduct a group-based Capstone Design Project where they need to integrate all the knowledge they have learnt and work on a real-life civil engineering projects from preliminary design up to the detailed design stage.

Final year students also undertake a dissertation style project by handling a practical engineering problem.   They need to conduct research on the topic, apply their engineering knowledge and present the findings in a report. Contemporary technologies such as building information modeling, modular integrated construction, and artificial intelligence are incorporated into the curriculum, enabling graduates to offer innovative solutions to practical problems through planning, design, construction, management, and control.

Three focus areas including Environmental Engineering, Smart Transport & Logistics and Urban Informatics are provided for students’ specialization.