Department Of Civil Engineering

Founded: 1955

Brief History

INTRODUCTION/HISTORICAL BACKGROUND

The Departments in the Faculty of Engineering were founded in the Nigerian College in 1955 and became the Faculty of Engineering of the University College, Ibadan. Students were then trained for the B.Sc. (Eng.) degree of the University of London under the scheme of Special Relation. The first London Degrees were awarded in October, 1960. The courses for the Special Relation and examinations for the University of London Degree came to an end in June 1965. Civil Engineering Department was one of the first three Departments that began in the Faculty of Engineering in October 1962. Students registered thereafter, followed courses of study for honors degree in Civil Engineering. Departments such as Water Resources and Environmental Engineering, Land Surveying now known as Geomatic Engineering were created out of Civil Engineering Departments.
Post-graduate studies in the Department of Civil Engineering Started in the late 1960’s with the first set graduating in 1968. Since then, the programme has regularly been reviewed and restructured to meet the needs of the nation and at the same time to conform to changes in the Civil Engineering Profession.

General Objectives
The general objectives of the faculty of engineering are geared towards the realization of the national needs and aspiration for Industrial Development and Technology take off. Subsequently, the Faculty sets out to produce well qualified graduates who will:
1. Operate and develop engineering and related service;
2. Initiate and carry out engineering design;
3. Engage in industrial management; and
4. Pursue engineering development and research.

Objectives of Civil Engineering
The objectives of Civil Engineering Department are to;
1. To produce Engineers for a wide range of professional activities (planning, design, execution and administration of Civil Engineering projects in the fields of Structural, Geotechnical, Highway, Materials and Water resource)
2. Training experts, engineering teachers and researchers in each of the field mentioned above.
3. Conducting research and consultancy services leading to the development of indigenous industry.

PROGRAMMES
Bachelor of Engineering (Civil) Programme (Curricular)
The Department operates a five-year degree programme. The course units are organized on the course credit system per semester. The curriculum is design in such a way as to give a sound basis in Mathematics, Engineering Science and design. The first two years of the programme are considered foundation years while the last three years are professional years during which the creative designs, construction techniques and research peculiar to the course are emphasized particularly at the final year. The existing course structure of the B. Eng (Civil) is shown below for the foundation years and professional years respectively.
New Courses Introduced:
From the year 1988 to date, the Bachelor of Engineering (B. Eng.) programme was reviewed a number of times in order to make the graduands face current local and global challenges of construction industry and research.
In the year 1988, the semester system was introduced by the University in order to improve the quality of teaching and research in the programme. Course Codes were changed from CE to CVEN and course content updated. Recently the programme was reviewed with the introduction of some new courses. These are:
(a) Civil Engineering Contract Management
(b) Transportation Planning
(c) Entrepreneurship and Innovation, and
(d) Business Creation and Growth.
Similarly, the contents of all Design Courses were extended to include new Design Codes of Practice such as the Eurocodes, to allow our graduands compete favourably in the global market. Similarly, our structural analysis courses have been extended to include the use of modern computer software.


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Registration Guidelines

Graduation Requirements:
B.Eng Civil
For graduation, a registered student must complete all Departmental requirements. In addition, the student must satisfy the following:
a. Satisfactory completion of core and cognate course requirements including practical and industrial trainings;
b. Satisfactory completion of restricted and unrestricted electives course requirements;
c. Completion of Final Year Project;
d. Any additional requirements as may be specified from time to time.

Total minimum credit units requirement for B.Eng. (Civil) degree is 170 credit units.

M.Sc. (Civil)

For graduation, a registered student must complete all PG and Departmental requirements. In addition, the student must satisfy the following:
a. Satisfactory completion of coursework requirements;
b. Completion of Thesis and Project meeting the requirements of internal and external examiners as well as to the PG Board and Senate;
c. Any additional requirements as may be specified from time to time.

Total minimum credit units requirement for an M.Sc.(Civil) degree is 30 credit units for coursework and 16 credits units for thesis and projects, making a total of 46 credit units.

Ph.D. (Civil)
To successfully complete the programme leading to the award of Ph.D. (Civil) programme, a registered student must complete all PG school and Departmental requirements. In addition, the student must have:
a. Enrolled for a minimum of three (3) for a full time Ph.D. (Civil) programme, or five (5) years for a part-time programme;
b. Presented at least three (3) seminars including the final seminar;
c. Completed Thesis and Project meeting the requirements of internal and external examiners as well as to the PG Board and Senate;
d. Any additional requirements as may be specified from time to time.

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