Civil engineers design, build, maintain, manage and oversee the operation of the infrastructure that keeps society functioning. The Civil engineer’s sphere of interest includes motorways and railways, buildings and structures, foundations, water and wastewater treatment plants, airports, harbour transport facilities, road systems, power generation facilities and tunnels.
With a
PhD in
Civil Engineering at
University of KwaZulu-Natal you will have engaged with a variety of core and optional modules including Civil Engineering Design Projects, Engineering Mathematics and Mechanics, an Introduction to Structural Analysis and Design,Ground Engineering, Structural Analysis and Design and Design and Construction Projects
phd students: you will have engaged in advanced study and research in such areas as Environmental chemistry, Environmental fluid mechanics and coastal engineering, Materials and structures and Transportation.
