How to study civil engineering

1. Civil engineering is a popular major, including structural engineering, geotechnical engineering, construction economy, municipal engineering, roads and bridges, etc. In the postgraduate stage, there will be more targeted majors such as spatial structure, airport, tunnel and reinforcement. You'd better know the industry you want to be in in the future. If you like to do design, you'd better study structural engineering to graduate students. If you want to engage in real estate, you can learn from construction economics. This will still have a great impact on the difficulty of your future courses.

2. First introduce the knowledge reserve: learn all mechanics well. Of course, if you find it difficult, you should learn the following main mechanics: theoretical mechanics (the mechanical foundation in the future is a little more difficult than college physics, and there are many concepts), material mechanics (introducing the concept of stress, focusing on learning), structural mechanics (the fundamental tool for structural stress analysis), and pay attention to learning reinforced concrete well and making good designs. This is helpful for considering complex and difficult things such as load combination and learning steel structure well in the future (different from the specific calculation principle, it is helpful to open up new ideas in the future). Of course, it is best to learn a building construction well, because it is terrible to know the theory and not know the construction. If it is the direction of building economy, without concrete design, the requirements for mechanical knowledge are not as high as those of other majors.

3. Application software: mainly CAD and PKPM. CAD should be learned next semester. If you want to adapt to the role of design as soon as possible in the future, you must learn to operate with shortcut keys. Generally, you press the command with your left hand and the mouse with your right hand. PKPM calculation program will be mainly studied and introduced in graduation design, and will not be taught in other stages of the university. If you study non-structural engineering and don't do structural graduation design, the probability of contacting PKPM is not great.

The following is my experience in designing for more than two years:

I graduated from a famous university with a bachelor's degree, majoring in structural engineering. I have been engaged in house design for two years. No matter what others think, I think graduation from design is enough, and more things can be accumulated in work. Of course, we must understand that the employer requires a postgraduate degree. After all, there are many people engaged in this industry. Under the same conditions, people with high academic qualifications are naturally more favored by employers.

This job is really a big responsibility, so you must be cautious. There used to be a saying that bold assumptions and careful verification may not be applicable here. Work is hard, too. There is basically no rest day when the project is busy. Therefore, you should be psychologically prepared to engage in this industry, not afraid of hardship, and be able to withstand pressure. The boss feels sick every day.

Personally, I don't think there is any problem with the industry prospects. There will be a market in at least 20-30 years. Our life will be much better if we can be admitted to the first-class registered structural engineer as soon as possible.

I hope it helps you. It is really important to choose a major that suits you.