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civil engineering

engineering discipline specializing in design, construction and maintenance of the built environment
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Summary

civil engineering is a branch of engineering[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of branch of engineering entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,676 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: field of work[3], academic discipline[4], academic major[5], field of study[6]
  • Subclass of: engineering[7], civil and environmental engineering[8]
  • Commons category: Civil engineering[9]
  • Has part(s): transportation engineering[10], geotechnical engineering[11], structural engineering[12], foundation engineering[13], construction engineering[14], construction management[15]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Civil engineering[16]
  • Topic has template: Template:Civil engineering[17]
  • Stack Exchange tag: https://engineering.stackexchange.com/tags/civil-engineering[18]
  • Different from: structural engineering[19], mechanical engineering[20], design engineering[21], civil engineering[22]
  • Studied by: civil engineering studies[23]
  • Practiced by: civil engineer[24], State Public Works Engineering Corps (France)[25], engineer of the French Corps of Bridges and Roads[26], Q138546726[27]
  • Relevant qualification: Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec[28]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[29]

Why It Matters

civil engineering has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] It is known by 46 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8w ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wordnet 3.1 synset id → 06137134-n
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  2. 12w ago · Bencemac · 2026-07-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Eurovoc id → ['221691', '1145']
    Harper's tag → ['civil-engineering', 'municipal-engineering']
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  3. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0009094-stavitelstvi
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  4. 19w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Thésaurus de la désignation des œuvres architecturales et des espaces aménagés id → 980
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  5. 20w ago · Rémi sim · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Thésaurus de la désignation des œuvres architecturales et des espaces aménagés id → 980
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  6. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Studied by → civil engineering studies
    Eurovoc id → ['221691', '1145']
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Image last checked license → —
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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