Bachelor of Civil Engineering with Honours

This programme will provide you with a solid grounding in the design, construction, and management of civil engineering works and equip you with the technical knowledge, communication skills, and ability to operate as a civil engineer within the construction industry. Graduates will not only be multi-talented but also versatile in nature. 

Civil engineering is a branch of knowledge that deals with the planning, design, construction, operation, and maintenance of structures and infrastructures for the benefit of mankind. Civil engineering is one of the oldest engineering disciplines and, therefore, one of the most popular.

Is this programme for me?

• If you are a determined person, energetic, ambitious and willing to take challenges, then engineering is for you.
• If you like to create, innovate and improve, then engineering is definitely a right choice for you.
• If you like to create wealth, contribute to society and make life better, then engineering is the right profession for you.

What will I learn?

• You will learn very interesting things about what you always see around you. For example, you will study the characteristics of concrete, soil, water, rainfall, traffic, environment, etc.
• Then you will get to explore the design process either manually or using software tools. Lastly, you will explore how to design a project from the start until its completion.

What should I expect?

• Civil Engineering is a rewarding and challenging profession which aims at building and maintaining the physical infrastructure of our society for the benefit of humanity. The majority of the infrastructure that surrounds us is the work of a civil engineer. IUKL students are able to develop the technical knowledge, communication skills, and ability to operate as a future civil engineer.

What will I do?

• Civil engineers design and build bridges, roads, railways, and tunnels. They design and build tall structures and large buildings such as multi-storey car parks, train stations, ports and stadiums. Once completed, civil engineers are involved in the operation and maintenance of these structures.

Programme Educational Objectives (PEO)

• PEO 1: To produce graduates with sufficient knowledge and competency in various areas in civil engineering.
• PEO 2: To produce graduates with professional attributes, and readily adaptable to the global work environment.
• PEO 3: To produce graduates for work in the development of infrastructure.

Graduates of this programme are expected to demonstrate the following abilities (Programme Learning Outcome – (PLO))

• PLO1: Ability to acquire and apply knowledge of mathematics, science and civil engineering fundamentals to the solution of complex civil engineering problems.
• PLO2: Ability to critically identify, formulate, research literature and analyze complex engineering problems based on first principles of engineering knowledge.
• PLO3: Ability to design solutions for systems, components or processes for complex engineering problems.
• PLO4: Ability to conduct investigation and research into complex problems to provide valid conclusions.
• PLO5: Ability to create, select and apply contemporary skills, tools and techniques in complex civil engineering activities.
• PLO6: Ability to assess and apply social, health, safety, legal and cultural responsibilities relevant to professional engineering practice and solutions to complex engineering problems.
• PLO7: Ability to understand and evaluate the sustainability and impact of professional engineering work in the solutions of complex engineering problems in societal and environmental contexts.
• PLO8: Ability to acquire and commit professional and ethical responsibilities to the norms of engineering practice.
• PLO9: Ability to communicate effectively on complex engineering activities with the engineering community and with society at large.
• PLO10: Ability to function effectively as an individual or a member or a leader in diverse teams of multi-disciplinary settings to achieve common goals.
• PLO11: Ability to engage in independent and life-long learning consistent with technological change.
• PLO12: Ability to apply engineering and management principles, and business acumen and prepared to embark in entrepreneurship.

Year 1

• Engineering Geology
• Engineering Drawing and CAD
• MPU U1
• Engineering Mathematics I
• Principle of Statics and Dynamics
• Engineering Survey
• Engineering Survey Fieldwork
• Engineering Mathematics II
• Strength of Materials
• Construction Materials
• Fundamental Accounting & Finance
• MPU U1

Year 2

• Building Services
• Structural Analysis I
• Fluid Mechanics
• Soil Mechanics
• Economics for Engineers
• Computer Programming
• Introduction to Environmental Engineering
• Traffic and Transportation Engineering
• Engineering Statistics
• Concrete
• Fluid and Soil Laboratory
• Hydrology
• Structural Analysis II
• Hydraulics
• Technical & Professional Communication
• MPU Subjects (U4)

Year 3

• Reinforced Concrete Design I
• Geotechnical Engineering
• Highway Engineering
• Structure, Hydraulic and Traffic Laboratory
• Water and Wastewater Engineering
• Construction Technology
• Steel Design
• Foundation Engineering
• Environment
• Geotechnical and Highway Laboratory
• Timber Design
• Structural Analysis III
• Product Design & Innovation
• Industrial Training
• Operational Methods

Year 4

• Thesis I
• Thesis II
• Reinforced Concrete Design II
• Construction Project Management
• Infrastructure Design Project
• Entrepreneurship for Engineers
• Engineers, Society & Sustainability
• Estimating and Contract
• High Rise Design Project
• Technical Elective I
• Technical Elective II

Career choices

• Engineers

Who will employ me? Once you graduate, you can register yourselves with the Board of Engineers Malaysia (only for local graduates), to recognise you as a graduate engineer. You can then work as an engineer with:

• Consultants
• Contractors
• Developers
• Planning and Scheduling Firms
• Government Agency / Authority

The job could be related to towers, bridges, roads, railways and tunnels; airports and mines; dams, ports and harbours; water supplies and sewerage schemes; and irrigation systems and flood mitigation works.

Did you know?

• At IUKL, the Bachelor of Civil Engineering programme has the highest number of students. The programme’s academic curriculum is on par with some of the public universities in Malaysia. IUKL is a subsidiary of Protasco Berhad, which has various other subsidiaries providing services in Engineering & Consultancy, Construction, Property & Infrastructure, Trading & Manufacturing, and Maintenance. Students benefit from direct exposure to these companies.

A word of advice

• You should be prepared mentally and physically, starting from the learning process through to stepping into the working world.