Bachelor of Engineering - Civil (Structural Engineering)

Structural engineers are responsible for the design of major structures such as high-rise buildings, industrial buildings, bridges, stadiums, and sporting and exhibition centres. The Sydney Harbour Bridge, the Sydney Aquatic Centre at Homebush Bay and the Glebe Island Bridge are some of the major structures that involved structural engineers who studied and taught at the University of Sydney.

Structural engineers need to be able to show innovation, and apply artistic, creative and technical skills to design. They must understand how forces (such as the weight of a building, its contents and environmental loads such as wind and earthquake loads) are resisted by and transferred through structures and buildings to the ground. Structural engineers must therefore know the strength and properties of materials such as steel, concrete and timber.

Located at The University of Sydney are the Centre for Advanced Structural Engineering and the largest structural engineering laboratory of any Australian university. Structural engineering is one of four areas of specialisation within the University’s Civil Engineering Bachelor degree.

Structural engineers are responsible for the design of this curved spine truss being used in the roof of the new Spencer St railway station in Melbourne