The study program Civil Engineering at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) with the degree Master of Science (M.Sc.) provides a deepened and research-oriented qualification in all typical professional fields of civil engineering. The focus of the qualification in the Master's degree program is set on engineering applications based on developing solutions for exemplary problems in the framework of student projects. The qualifications acquired during the Bachelor's studies are accompanied by advanced and extended knowledge in at least two of the five study focuses 'Structural Engineering', 'Water and Environment', 'Mobility and Infrastructure', 'Technology and Management in Construction Operation' and 'Geotechnical Engineering'. The 'Subject-Specific Supplements' either deepen the technical qualifications of the selected study focuses or add other study focuses.

The graduates are able to independently apply their scientifically profound and interdisciplinary knowledge and methods in the fields of system analysis, measurement techniques, modeling and management, also across disciplines. They can evaluate a significance and scope for solving complex scientific and societal problems. They can develop innovative problem solutions beyond the application of established structurally engineered and scientific rules, and therefore enter new fields of engineering. Because of the increasing complexity of these problems they can develop overall economic, socially and ecologically acceptable solutions within an interdisciplinary team.

In particular, the graduates who 

• selected the study focus 'Structural Engineering' are able to design, plan and independently calculate buildings and constructions considering technological, ecological and economical aspects with their broad knowledge on properties of building materials and dimensioning approaches;
• selected the study focus 'Water and Environment' are able to develop efficient and adapted solutions for water management problems of any kind based on a deep understanding of fluid mechanical processes of water and matter fluxes as well as the methods of their quantification;
• selected the study focus 'Mobility and Infrastructure' are able to holistically plan, construct and operate transport systems under logistical, ecological and economical consideration based on deep knowledge of the relationships between town planning, regional planning, mobility behavior and required infrastructure;
• selected the study focus 'Technology and Management in Construction Operation' are specifically able to apply their deep knowledge of project management, construction process technology and construction economics as well as the knowledge of methods of project development and facility management for solving problems in order to realize buildings in all fields of civil engineering by their deep understanding of legal, economic and technical relationships;
• selected the study focus 'Geotechnical Engineering' are able to apply their broad expertise in materials science and constructive expertise at the interface between civil engineering and geosciences, solving problems on the preservation, usage and configuration of the earth as living environment and cultural space, particularly the planning, calculation and construction of underground buildings and infrastructures.

The graduates have the capability to present technically complex issues understandably and to perform convincingly which also prepares them very well for executive functions – and in an interdisciplinary team. They are qualified for responsible activities in planning offices and consultant companies, industrial enterprises, administration and science. They also acquire qualifications that allow pursuing doctoral studies.