Professional Sectors of Graduates of the Department of Civil Engineering and Regional Design

Graduates of the Department of Civil Engineering and Regional Design and its predecessor the Architectural Engineering Course are primarily active in occupations in the following fields. After completing their undergraduate studies, students may also choose to enter a graduate program for a master's degree in a more advanced or broadly specialized field of application.
Graduates of the Department of Civil Engineering and Regional Design who go on to the master’s program at Utsunomiya University primarily major in the Division of Social Design's civil engineering program.
You can get the application guidelines for the Utsunomiya University Graduate School from here.

Career Destinations up to 2019

Public Service

National and local public servants, including central government offices such as the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT); prefectural governments such as Tokyo, Tochigi, Miyagi and Ibaraki; city and town halls such as at Utsunomiya and Sendai; and public corporations such as Japan Highway Public Corporation, Metropolitan Expressway Public Corporation, Urban Renaissance Agency, Narita International Airport Corporation, etc.

*The Japan Highway Public Corporation has been divided and privatized into the East Nippon Expressway Company, Ltd., Central Nippon Expressway Company, Ltd., West Nippon Expressway Company, Ltd., and Japan Expressway Holding and Debt Repayment Agency.
*The Metropolitan Expressway Public Corporation has been divided and privatized into the Metropolitan Expressway Company, Ltd. and the Japan Expressway Holding and Debt Repayment Agency.

Construction Companies

General contractors such as Kajima Corporation, Shimizu Corporation, Obayashi Corporation, Taisei Corporation and Penta-Ocean Construction Co., Ltd.

Manufacturers

Manufacturers such as IHI, Taiheiyo Cement Corporation, Asahi Kasei Corporation, Kawada Industries, Inc. and Yokogawa Bridge Corporation.

Public Utilities

NTT, JR East, TEPCO, Nippon Express

Consulting

Consulting in planning and design, including for Oriental Consultants Co., Ltd., CTI Engineering Co., Ltd., Chodai Co., Ltd., TEPSCO and Pacific Consultants Co., Ltd.

Other: housing, real estate, finance, etc.

Sekisui House, Tokyo Interior, Resona Bank, Ltd., Ashikaga Bank, Ltd., etc.

Graduate Schools:

Utsunomiya University Graduate School, Hokkaido University Graduate School, Tohoku University Graduate School, University of Tsukuba Graduate School, Tokyo Institute of Technology Graduate School, Saitama University Graduate School, Kyushu University Graduate School, etc.

Qualifications that can be attained after graduating from the Department of Civil Engineering and Regional Design

The department offers programs to obtain the following qualifications.

◆Assistant Surveyor (national qualification)
Students who graduate having earned all of the required credits in surveying can apply for and receive a qualification as an assistant surveyor.

◆Surveyor (national qualification)
Students who graduate having earned all of the required credits in surveying can apply for and receive a qualification as a surveyor if they have at least one year of practical experience in surveying.

◆Assistant Professional Engineer (national qualification)
Students who have studied the basic and specialized knowledge of science and technology in this department and passed the first Professional Engineer examination can obtain the qualification of Assistant Professional Engineer.

◆Professional Engineer (national qualification)
Those who have attained the qualification as Assistant Professional Engineer, gained the prescribed amount of experience, and passed the second Professional Engineer examination can obtain the qualification as Professional Engineer by registering themselves.

◆1st and 2nd class Civil Engineering Works Execution Managing Engineer (national qualification)*
Graduates who have attained the prescribed amount of practical experience can qualify to sit for the qualification examination.

◆Authorized Concrete Engineer, Authorized Chief Concrete Engineer, Authorized Concrete Diagnosis & Maintenance Engineer (private qualification)*
Students who have graduated, having completed the courses related to concrete technology, can qualify to sit for the qualification examination after they have gained the prescribed amount of practical experience.

◆Registered Civil engineering Consulting Manager (RCCM) (private qualification)*
Graduates who have gained the prescribed amount of practical experience can qualify to sit for the qualification examination.

*Graduates of this department may shorten the prescribed number of years of work experience required after graduation because they will be recognized as already possessing some of the expertise required for the qualification.