What changes should we bring in civil engineering education system?

I think, in most of the times we learn things “on job” but I feel,  we can be one step ahead other than having their regular curriculum students should spend most of their time with professional architects and do more and more practicals so that by the time they are passed out, they are well prepared and always updated with the market demand and in their future life also they don’t just rely on text books but use their already having experience so that better

There is a lack of Professional Role Clarity among Civil Engineering Students...

i.e. students aiming for an IT job are aware of the possible roles in the field like :

JAVA Developer, SQL , .NET Framework, Team Leader, Fucntional Consultant etc..this aids them in tuning themselves in a particular area of interest as well makes them search for resources to enrich further knowledge in that particular field..

Were as no graduating CIVIl engineer have a clear view of the Civil Engineering Roles..

I.e Design (Structural / Architectural / Services / MEP / Interiors), or in Construction (Project Manager, PLanning, Quantity Survey, Site Survey, Site Engineer, MEP Engineer, Time Office, Admin, Accounts, Store Management, Procurement Incharge, Site Coordination etc.)

Even in degisn it could further lead to Hydro, Environmental, Foundation, Soil Mechanics, Heavy Engineering etc..

When students are graduating without industry interaction or without defining course structure with TAGs indicating which professional domain of Civil Engineering this particular course falls in, students may be not getting the right direction or purpose of studying...

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I think industrial training for a period of 6 MONTHS to ONE YR should be given to engineering students as part of their course. This will of great use to students.

Civil Engineering course in every semester should have dedicated module, exercise and case studies to develop application of common sense to solve day to day civil engineering problems faced at site.

  in site execution & on field work we can improve lot of process , but in every proffetional organistion there no scope for resarch & development , & if process are modified it not expos properly & rapidaly.

I partly agree with Pragya and partly with Nitin.Practical exposure is a must for all budding engineers. What is happening today is that engineers spend around 4 yrs in college doing their BE after that they require atleast 3-5 yrs exposure on field so that they can be termed as responsible engineers. As Nitin mentions their should be specialisation fields that is true, but we already have some fields but not as exhaustive as mentioned by Nitin, something can be done on that front too. As of today we have BE which is very basic any person interested in a particular field needs to do their Masters in their respective field but then that person should be competent enough to gain and achieve his masters, also it doesnt solve the problem of having practical knowledge.

I would suggest we should have a more dynamic education system which should incorporate lots of case studies apart from what we are already teaching. It should be able to take them through a series of steps to achieve the desired results. Like, To tackle a particular case/event they tell them what are the possible ways, what are the economic considerations involved with each way, which of them is sure shot the most practical way, what tools/skills you require to achieve it etc.... By creating such an education sytem combined with Pragya's and Nitin's idea we should be able to get good Civil Engineers.

Actually in classes they are taught theoretically,as soon as the candidate joins the job he experience that what taught is not being used except designing any section,

I have come to conclusion by experience that while teaching in class one professor should take a class in final year who has retired from any civil engineer job.

providing industrial training in each semester we improve the knlodge in civil engg.

BRAMHA the god who created this universe,similarly civil engineering is.unless road,building and bridges no one  can even think of any developement,where will he do these engineering.

WITH OUT CIVIL ENGINEER  HOW  THE  WORLD  LIVES  HAPPILY. IN ENGINEERING  CIVIL DEPARTMENT  HAV TOP  PLACE . NOW  SOFTWARE  COMPANYS  ARE  GIVING  HIGHLY SALARIES .SO  PEOPLES  INTRESTING AND TAKING  THE  COURSE.

BRAMHA the god who created this universe,similarly civil engineering is.unless road,building and bridges no one  can even think of any developement,where will he do these engineering.

Hi freinds, I feel that, in most of the colleges have only one project work in the final semister. Instead of that, in each semister have a live project work in different areas like 'roads', 'buiildings', 'bridges', 'land development', 'industrial construction', 'contracting' etc., will give the edge to the student when he comes out from colleges.

It should made compulsary that every student should participate in debates, seminars and exhibitions etc., in related to Civil Engg. activities.