Utilities and Infrastructure Program


Program Description

Utilities and Infrastructure Program (formerly Public Works Engineering) is the heart of public utilities and infrastructure development programs in cities as well as national levels. Utilities and Infrastructure engineers deal with providing effective, efficient and sustainable public infrastructure. The Utilities and Infrastructure program aims at providing well educated civil engineers with special expertise in sustainable Utilities and Infrastructure planning and infrastructure management, surveying engineering, water and wastewater networks, water and wastewater treatment, solid waste management, highway and airport engineering, transportation planning, traffic engineering and railway engineering. The program also aims at preparing its graduates to appreciate sustainable integrated Utilities and Infrastructure systems. This will support preparing engineers that can meet present and future challenges in Egypt, the Arab countries and world community are facing to provide sustainable and efficient Utilities and Infrastructure.

Career Prospects

Utilities and Infrastructure engineers use their expertise in areas such as surveying, structural engineering, environmental engineering, sanitary engineering, transportation planning, traffic engineering, highways and airport engineering, railway engineering as well as mathematics and computer analysis to solve problems associated with the planning, design, construction, operation and maintenance of Utilities and Infrastructure systems. These systems include roads, airports, highway networks, transport systems, railway systems, traffic management, water and wastewater networks, water and wastewater treatment facilities and solid waste management. Graduates of this program can work with:

  • Government authorities
  • Municipalities
  • Urban infrastructure organizations
  • Consulting firms in civil engineering and construction
  • Civil engineering contractors and project managers
  • Water and sanitation utility companies
  • Transport authorities and operating companies
  • Environmental engineering organizations
  • Water regulatory authority

Program Concentrations

There are no specified concentrations in this Program.

Agreements with another University

The program is not yet partnered with another university.

Program Competences

In addition to the competences for all Engineering Programs (A-Level) and the competencies for the Civil Discipline (B-Level), the Utilities and Infrastructure Program graduate must be able to (C-Level):

  • C1: Identify principles in the fields of surveying, geodesy, photogrammetry, remote sensing, roads and airport systems, traffic engineering, transportation planning, railway engineering, water and wastewater systems and their codes of practice and standards.
  • C2: Plan and design of roads and highways, railways, transport systems, traffic management systems, water and wastewater networks and treatment facilities and produce civil drawings.
  • C3: Consider environmental issues in transportation planning and traffic engineering, water and wastewater systems, solid waste management, conduct field and laboratory measurements, and assess environmental impact of public works engineering projects.
  • C4: Use wide-range of analytical tools, techniques, equipment, and software packages in the field of surveying, remote sensing, transportation engineering and water and sanitation facilities.
  • C5: Demonstrate knowledge and understanding and carry out maintenance of all elements for different types of roads, airports, pavements and traffic systems
  • C6: Demonstrate knowledge, understanding and application of transportation planning and traffic engineering models and systems at various planning scales.
  • C7: Demonstrate knowledge, understanding, and utilization of plane and topographic surveying techniques, processes and equipment, photogrammetry and the Global Positioning system (GPS) in engineering projects
  • C8: Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of railway engineering and train operations systems
  • C9: Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of water and wastewater networks and treatment facilities and demonstrate knowledge of environment pollution and solid waste management.

Required Courses

In order to get a Bachelor of Science Degree in this program, and to satisfy the Program Competences, the following set of courses need to be completed.

Table 26 List of Utilities and Infrastructure Program Requirements courses.

 

Code Course Title Credits and SWL Contact Hours
CH ECTS SWL Lec Tut Lab TT
University Requirements Courses 14 21 525 14 8 0 22
Faculty Requirements Courses 42 92 2300 36 25 14 75
General Civil Engineering Requirements Courses 68 116 2900 55 39 13 107
CEP212s Engineering Surveying 3 5 125 2 2 0 4
CEP311s Topographic Surveying (2) 2 5 125 2 1 1 4
CEP411s Geodetic Surveying 3 6 150 2 2 0 4
CEP321s Transportation Planning 3 6 150 2 2 0 4
CEP421s Traffic Engineering 3 5 125 2 2 0 4
CES425s Design of Civil Structures 3 5 125 2 2 0 4
CEP331s Roads and Airport Engineering 3 6 150 2 2 0 4
CEP431s Highway Construction Technology 3 5 125 2 2 0 4
CEP341s Railway Engineering (1) 3 6 150 2 2 0 4
CEP351s Water and wastewater Networks 3 5 125 2 2 0 4
CEP451s Water and Wastewater Treatment 3 5 125 2 2 0 4
CES464s Geotechnical Engineering for Infrastructures 2 4 100 2 1 0 3
Utilities And Infrastructure Group A Elective Course (1) 2 4 100 2 1 0 3
Utilities And Infrastructure Group B Elective Course (2) 2 4 100 2 1 0 3
Utilities And Infrastructure Group C Elective Course (3) 2 4 100 2 1 0 3
Utilities And Infrastructure Group D Elective Course (4) 2 4 100 2 1 0 3
CEP491s Utilities and Infrastructure Graduation Project 6 12 300 1 10 0 11
Total 172 320 8000 138 108 28 274
Utilities And Infrastructure Group A Elective
CEP412s Hydrographic Surveying 2 4 100 2 1 0 3
CEP441s Railway Engineering (2) 2 4 100 2 1 0 3
CEP452s Environmental Engineering 2 4 100 2 1 0 3
Utilities And Infrastructure Group B Elective
CEP413s Geographic Information Systems GIS 2 4 100 2 1 0 3
CEP422s Traffic Management Systems 2 4 100 2 1 0 3
CEP454s Solid Waste Management 2 4 100 2 1 0 3
Utilities And Infrastructure Group C Elective
CEP423s Traffic Studies and Analysis 2 4 100 2 1 0 3
CEP432s Maintenance of Roads and Airport 2 4 100 2 1 0 3
CEP453s Sludge Management 2 4 100 2 1 0 3
Utilities And Infrastructure Group D Elective
CEP414s Surveying using Satellite 2 4 100 2 1 0 3
CEP433s Airport Planning and Design 2 4 100 2 1 0 3
CEP442s Railway Signaling and Control System 2 4 100 2 1 0 3
Total 172 320 8000 138 108 28 274

Program Study Plan

Code Course Title Credits and SWL Contact Hours Prerequisites
CH ECTS SWL Lec Tut Lab TT
Semester 1
PHM012 Mathematics (1) 3 5 125 3 2 0 5
PHM021 Vibration and Waves 3 5 125 3 1 1 5
PHM031 Statics 3 5 125 2 2 1 5
MDP011s Engineering Drawing 3 6 150 1 3 2 6
PHM041 Engineering Chemistry 3 5 125 2 1 2 5
CSE031s Computing in Engineering 2 4 100 2 0 0 2
Total 17 30 750 13 9 6 28
Semester 2
PHM013 Mathematics (2) 3 5 125 3 2 0 5 ( PHM012 )
PHM022 Electricity and Magnetism 3 5 125 3 1 1 5
PHM032 Dynamics 3 5 125 2 2 1 5 ( PHM031 )
CEP011s Projection and Engineering Graphics 3 6 150 1 3 2 6
MDP081s Production Engineering 3 5 125 2 0 3 5
ENG011s Fundamentals of Engineering 2 4 100 2 1 0 3
Total 17 30 750 13 9 7 29
Semester 3
ASU112s Report Writing & Communication skills 3 4 100 2 2 0 4
ASU113s Professional Ethics and Legislations 3 4 100 2 2 0 4
PHM111 Probability and Statistics 2 4 100 2 2 0 4 ( PHM013 )
CES111s Structural Mechanics (1) 4 6 150 3 2 0 5 ( PHM031s )
CES151s Structures and Properties of Construction Materials 2 4 100 2 1 1 4 ( PHM031s )
CEP111s Plane Surveying (1) 2 4 100 2 1 1 4
CEI111s Fluid Mechanics 2 4 100 2 1 1 4 ( PHM031s )
Total 18 30 750 15 11 3 29
Semester 4
CES112s Structural Mechanics (2) 4 6 150 3 2 0 5 ( CES111s )
CES152s Properties and Testing of Materials 2 4 100 2 1 1 4 ( CES151s )
CEP112s Plane Surveying (2) 3 5 125 2 1 2 5 ( CEP111s )
CEI112s Hydraulics (1) 2 4 100 2 1 1 4 ( CEI111s )
CEI131s Civil Drawing 2 5 125 1 3 0 4 ( CEP011s )
PHM112 Differential Equations and Numerical Analysis 4 6 150 3 2 0 5 ( PHM013 )
Asu Elective B Course 2 2 50 2 0 0 2
Total 19 32 800 15 10 4 29
Semester 5
CES211s Structural Analysis (1) 3 5 125 2 2 0 4 ( CES112s )
CES221s Concrete Design (1) 2 4 100 2 1 0 3 ( CES112s )
CES251s Concrete Technology (1) 3 4 100 2 2 2 6 ( CES152s )
CEP211s Topographic Surveying (1) 2 5 125 2 1 1 4 ( CEP112s )
CEI211s Hydraulics (2) 2 4 100 2 1 1 4 ( CEI112s )
CES261s Geology and Geotechnical Engineering 2 4 100 2 1 1 4 ( CES112s )
CEI261s Engineering Economics and Management 2 4 100 2 1 0 3
Total 16 30 750 14 9 5 28
Semester 6
CEP212s Engineering Surveying 3 5 125 2 2 0 4 ( CEP211s )
CES212s Structural Analysis (2) 3 5 125 2 2 0 4 ( CES211s )
CES222s Concrete Design (2) 2 4 100 2 1 0 3 ( CES221s )
CES223s Design Principles 1 2 50 1 1 0 2 ( CES221s )
CES252s Concrete Technology (2) 3 4 100 3 1 1 5 ( CES251s )
CEI221s Irrigation and Drainage Engineering 4 5 125 3 2 0 5 ( CEI211s )
CES262s Geotechnical Engineering (1) 2 3 75 2 1 1 4 ( CES261s )
Total 18 28 700 15 10 2 27
Semester 7
CEP331s Roads and Airport Engineering 3 6 150 2 2 0 4
CEP341s Railway Engineering (1) 3 6 150 2 2 0 4
CES321s Design of Concrete Floors 3 5 125 2 2 0 4 ( CES222s )
CES341s Design and Behavior of steel Structures (1) 3 5 125 2 2 0 4 ( CES212s )
CES361s Geotechnical Engineering (2) 2 3 75 2 1 0 3 ( CES262s )
ASU114s Selected Topics in Contemporary Issues 2 2 50 2 0 0 2
ASU111s Human Rights 2 2 50 2 1 0 3
Total 18 29 725 14 10 0 24
Semester 8
CEP311s Topographic Surveying (2) 2 5 125 2 1 1 4 ( CEP211s )
CEP321s Transportation Planning 3 6 150 2 2 0 4 ( PHM111s )
CEP351s Water and wastewater Networks 3 5 125 2 2 0 4 ( CEI211s )
Asu Elective A Course 2 3 75 2 1 0 3
CES322s Design of Concrete Halls 3 5 125 2 2 0 4 ( CES321s )
CES342s Design and Behavior of steel Structures (2) 3 5 125 2 2 0 4 ( CES341s )
Total 16 29 725 12 10 1 23
Semester 9
CEP411s Geodetic Surveying 3 6 150 2 2 0 4 ( CEP212s ) AND ( CEP311s )
CEP421s Traffic Engineering 3 5 125 2 2 0 4 ( CEP321s )
CES425s Design of Civil Structures 3 5 125 2 2 0 4 ( CES322s )
CEP451s Water and Wastewater Treatment 3 5 125 2 2 0 4 ( CEP351s ) AND ( PHM041s )
CES271s Project Management Essentials in Construction 2 4 100 2 1 0 3 ( CEI261s OR CES171s )
Utilities And Infrastructure Group A Elective Course (1) 2 4 100 2 1 0 3
Utilities And Infrastructure Group B Elective Course (2) 2 4 100 2 1 0 3
Total 18 33 825 14 11 0 25
Semester 10
CEP431s Highway Construction Technology 3 5 125 2 2 0 4 ( CEP331s )
CES464s Geotechnical Engineering for Infrastructures 2 4 100 2 1 0 3 ( CES361s )
CEP491s Utilities and Infrastructure Graduation Project 6 12 300 1 10 0 11
Utilities And Infrastructure Group C Elective Course (3) 2 4 100 2 1 0 3
Utilities And Infrastructure Group D Elective Course (4) 2 4 100 2 1 0 3
Total 15 29 725 9 15 0 24