Hello,

For a civil engineering student GATE is best competitive exam. Because there are lots of opportunity in our field after cracking GATE exam with good score which may not available for other field.

Now what is opportunities
1) you can directly join PSUs if you have goal to do job rather than further study.
2) you can do mtech program if you are intrested to study about your liked subject. many government posts give more preferences to mtech students and for professor jobs minimum mtech is required so good opportunity. And structure, cpm have also lots of opportunity in private sectors.
3) you have a choice to join as R&D or academic area as a professor

you can go for other exams like

ESE:- Gives you direct entry to various government positions.

CAT:- If you want to pursue MBA after your engineering, one of the best options. Helps get into IIMs,Management institutes of various IITs and private colleges

GRE/GMAT:- To Get into college in US either for MS or MBA.

L&T BIS:- L&T has tie ups with a few IITs and NITs, if you get selected by this exams you will get a seat in this colleges for Construction Management.

BARC:- Will help you get in as a scientific engineer in BARC.

UPSC

State govt exam PSC
PWD (Public Works Department)
Housing Board
PHED (Public Health Engg. Department)

Hope this helps you.

all the best

Hello Aspirant,

Civil engineering is the fanciest stream in the Engineering. I mean a civil engineer can give most of the exams. If any exams asked for B.tech as qualification then most of the time civil engineer can apply for that exam. Here is the list of some important government jobs for which a civil engineer can apply -

Civil services:- Most famous exam nowadays. You can see that in the results, most qualified students are the engineer and most of them are civil engineers. Civil Services exams such as  IAS (Indian Administrative Service) or IPS (Indian Police Service). It is one of the toughest exams to crack and there lies a huge competition. Need to be well prepared for this exam and  Believe in yourself.

State PSC:- State public service commission also conduct engineering examination, the candidates selected through these examinations get to work under the state governments departments like - PWD, road development corporations, irrigation, VVN.

SSC :- Staff service commission, again a famous option for a civil engineer.

Gate:- For higher studies like M.tech, GATE is compulsory, a candidate is awarded government colleges relevant to his/ her gate score. Many PSU recruits through Gate, here are some names - Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL), NTPC Ltd, GAIL India Ltd, ONGC, Power Grid Corporation Of India, NPCIL, POSOCO, DDA and many more. They also give a remarkable package.

IES:- Indian engineering service conducted by UPSC.

IBPS:- Banking is like an evergreen option for civil engineer. So many exams conducted by IBPS throughout the year. More exams more opportunities.

AEN/JEN :- Assistant engineer/ junior engineer in many state department.

AIRPORT AUTHORITY OF INDIA:- Airport authority also conduct exams for selection of engineers.

LECTURER:- Many exams are conducted for the selection of lecturer post in many Govt. Engineer College.

These are some Govt. Exams available for civil engineer. In my opinion, civil engineers have a wide scope for the selection of jobs.

Exams to sit for if you wish to pursue Higher studies:

MBA or M. Tech -

If you wish to go for management studies then, you have to attempt CAT (most preferred exam for MBA studies) with your engineering degree. If you are fortunate enough, you may get into some IIM. But there are some other exams too for management studies like MAT, SNAP, XAT, etc.

For M. Tech again you can get it through GATE. You can specialize in the following streams

Structural Engineering, Traffic and Transportation Engineering, Hydraulics and Water Resources Engineering, Environment Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering, Construction Management, Soil & Foundation Engineering.

The duration of the course is two years. For this, you need to prepare well for the GATE (Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering) to get admission in IITs, IISC or NITs.

Higher studies abroad: YOu can sit for exams like GRE, TOEFL, IELTS, etc. Then you can get a chance to do your MS from foreign universities.

Whatever you do be confident and believe in yourself.

All the best!