Your career opportunities will be exceptionally broad if you have completed the Master’s in Civil Engineering & Management with a specialisation in Integrated Civil Engineering Systems. There’s a great variety of roles you could fulfil within consultancy, industry or governments. Another option is to continue with a PhD- or EngD programme. Or you could become an entrepreneur and start up your own business.
Type of degree
When you have completed this Master's with the specialisation in Integrated Civil Engineering Systems, you will receive a Master’s degree in Civil Engineering & Management. Also, you can title yourself Master of Science (MSc) or use the Dutch title Ingenieur (Ir.). Your specialisation will be mentioned specifically on your diploma supplement, highlighting your specialised knowledge and skills.
Job opportunities
What your future career will look like, highly depends on the profile you have chosen. Graduates of this specialisation can be found across the entire civil engineering sector. Generally speaking, just like the other specialisations, you could take on a job within a consultancy or engineering firm, contractors, governmental institutions, or research. But of course, the type of projects you will work on depends on the expertise you will have gained in this Master’s.
For example, if you focus your studies on sustainability, you might work on projects on climate adaptation, energy transition, water footprint assessments or smart mobility – to name just a few of the many examples. The technical knowledge you will have gained in the profile on civil engineering structures is relevant in virtually all domains within the civil engineering sector – whether you want to focus on dike enhancement, road construction or building skyscrapers, to name a few. Whichever profile you choose: you can be sure of great career opportunities!
POST-MASTER OPPORTUNITIES
Instead of pursuing a professional career right away after obtaining your Master’s degree, you can also opt for a more academically oriented career, by pursuing a PhD or EngD. An EngD programme is more practically oriented, aligned with the direct problem-solving or design needs of the industry, whereas a PhD programme is more focused on research. You can follow both types of programmes at the Twente Graduate School (TGS).
CONTINUE AS A RESEARCHER: OBTAIN A PHD
A PhD (Doctor of Philosophy) involves spending four years of in-depth studying and researching in a particular area. You can do this within one of our research groups or in one of our structured PhD programmes. An integral part of a PhD is writing your PhD thesis at the end and then presenting and defending your research in public. Obtaining your PhD earns you the title of Doctor (Dr).
FOLLOW AN ENGD PROGRAMME
Other than obtaining a PhD, you can also opt to follow an EngD programme after graduation. Such a programme usually takes two years and is aimed at you becoming a high-level technological designer. Upon successful completion, you will receive a certified diploma and the academic degree Engineering Doctorate (EngD).
Start a business
Do you have a great business idea? At the University of Twente, you can turn it into reality! At UT, we highly encourage entrepreneurship. In fact, UT has been voted the most entrepreneurial university in the Netherlands four times in a row. We have a unique approach of putting scientific knowledge to practical use and turning our expertise and yours into solutions that people and society actually need. As a catalyst for meaningful entrepreneurship, we offer you the Novel-T foundation and the start-up hub on campus.
