After completing your Master’s degree
Whether you pursue a career in research or in industry, your studies prepare you for diverse professional paths. Learn more about different career fields, mentoring programs, and support services.
Career opportunities
Civil engineers plan, design, and operate structures and hold leadership roles in companies, government agencies, transportation and utility companies, as well as in the environmental and planning sectors. They are used wherever expertise in civil engineering, transportation, or hydraulic engineering is required.
Every construction project is unique: You prepare calculations and plans, consider a wide range of requirements, and develop creative solutions to new challenges.
They work in a variety of sectors, including construction companies, engineering and consulting firms, government agencies, public transportation companies, industry, real estate, software development, and research. This field also offers excellent international career opportunities.
Career pathways
- Working in Stuttgart
Getting off to a successful start on the German job market - TRACES
The Transfer Centre TRACES offers students from all disciplines a wide range of services in the areas of entrepreneurship, career services and alumni management. - Career Service
The Career Service supports students in identifying, finding and getting the right job for them. - Start Science
Mentoring Program for Female Students - Femtec – Empower. Connect. Inspire.
Career support for women in STEM during their studies
Career pathways in science
- Doctoral Studies at the University of Stuttgart
Find detailed information about doctoral studies and requirements - The Graduate Academy of the University of Stuttgart (GRADUS)
A diverse range of training, information, counseling, and mentoring opportunities for early career researchers.
Contact
Vivien Langhans
M. Sc.Academic Staff
Dipl.-Ing. Hartmut Kuhnke
M.Sc.Central Programme Manager (Civil Engineering)
