Seth2T:
opp u forgot it's involves the study of water, public health, surveying, mining, programming etc

asamaigho:
first of all, I laff at most the comments,cos they show gross ignorance of what civil engineering is all about,back then in Uniben,as a civil engineering student,we write a single exam for 9hrs and no two answers can ever b thesame, while other departments exams go for about 2-3hrs,the truth is that chemical engineering is more of a child's play when compared to civil engineering in all ramifications.
U cannot to design a single storey building in less than 12hrs, not to talk of a bridge or multi storey building.
WITHOUT BEING SENTIMENTAL,CIVIL ENGINEERING IS BY FAR HARDER THAN ANY ENGINEERING COURSE

zionmade:

Chemical? chemistry and little maths? u know nothing at all. The day u go near biochemical engineering u will know that structural engineering is still learning. Have u ever started a solution by guessing the values of the parameters and after spending 30mins the result doesn't converge u come back and guess again? then welcome to mass transfer. Can u generate 5 simultaneous equations in one problem welcome to optimization, Can u dissect a reaction using integration by parts, welcome to Reaction engineering, I can go on and on not forgetting polymer engineering. Lest I forget Analysis where second ODE is a child's play

adanny01:


You need to be corrected.

Let me remind you that in building Burg el Arab, several structural engineering firms didnot accept the challenge of designing the structure. If the calculations were such straight forward, who will reject it.

It seem you underestimate civil engineering analysis and design. Those are not straight forward calculations you saw in 200l if youare an engineer.

Golden75:
after reading a lot of comments. sitting on d existing protocol permit me to add mine. first of all I will lyk to say am a graduate of Chemical Engineering.d truth is comparing Chemical Eng with Civil is lyk comparing Maths and Eng.it depend on d perspective u re looking at it from.if u re gud in drawing Civil will be easier for u but if u re better in analyzing complex calculstive problems chem eng will b better for u.both no easy sha....sharrout to my eng boys and baby guys back then at MAUTECH Yola

asamaigho:


bro u got me wrong.....what I was trying to say was that non of the chemical engineering reaction comes close to any of the listed civil engineering design calculations I mentioned...

apache77:
Chemical engineering is very abstract..lots of mathematics, computations and calculations..forget chemistry..it has nothing to do with chemistry except at the base or elementary level as science is its foundations. You are hardly able to conceive in your mind what is being said, where as in civil, immediately they talk trusses, [b]you see them in your mind, [/b]immediately they call a unistrut, you see it, you see materials, you see projects, you see structures.
In chemical engineering, yku have to think in 4 dimensions- x, y,z and the last cordinate, which is an abstraction.
So in transport, thermodynamics, chemical kinetics, etc etc, you are just solving mathematicsl models, maths maths maths.. while engineering is derived science, chem engr is derived engineering.

Golden75:
after reading a lot of comments. sitting on d existing protocol permit me to add mine. first of all I will lyk to say am a graduate of Chemical Engineering.d truth is comparing Chemical Eng with Civil is lyk comparing Maths and Eng.it depend on d perspective u re looking at it from.if u re gud in drawing Civil will be easier for u but if u re better in analyzing complex calculstive problems chem eng will b better for u.both no easy sha....sharrout to my eng boys and baby guys back then at MAUTECH Yola

SpaceAngel:
I don't understand why threads like this always show up on this forum. Difficulty could be relative , someone might find something easy while another sees it as very difficult ,so these funny comparisons are not necessary . �

asamaigho:
first of all, I laff at most the comments,cos they show gross ignorance of what civil engineering is all about,back then in Uniben,as a civil engineering student,we write a single exam for 9hrs and no two answers can ever b thesame, while other departments exams go for about 2-3hrs,the truth is that chemical engineering is more of a child's play when compared to civil engineering in all ramifications.
U cannot to design a single storey building in less than 12hrs, not to talk of a bridge or multi storey building.
WITHOUT BEING SENTIMENTAL,CIVIL ENGINEERING IS BY FAR HARDER THAN ANY ENGINEERING COURSE

hinograce:
Well I think it differs based on d university. For Uniben 2:1 in Mech eng is the highest any scholar aimed at. To all the Geologists in the house greetings. We Rock

Scholar212:
are you for real? Mechanical graduated 8 First Class last year, my friend was among them in Uniben,Get your info rights.

ayenitre:


Chemical engineering attracted nationwide highest scoring UME/SSCE students in my time. In fact, my class was the most competitive in the whole of my university at that time, producing record number of first class in a year, including university valedictorian. Oil boom of the 80s made it so, because civil used to attract the best students in the past.

You have no idea about what chemical eng entails if you think it is just maths and chemistry. Look at it this way, chemical eng is about every field of science there is, from controlled drug delivery, tissue engineering, genetic engineering to advanced functional materials.

Energy and bulk chemicals are the traditional areas, and even that has evolved. In the past, most chemical engineers would work in oil and gas related energy fields like the upstream and downstream facilities, nowadays, more chemical engineers develop efficient photovoltaic cells from silicon or organic perovskites to harvest sunlight for electricity, you'll find chemical engineers working on electrocatalysts to split water into oxygen and hydrogen, and making electrodes for lithium ion batteries, designing batteries including new ones, like flow batteries.

The name chemical engineering is somewhat a misnomer, and some departments in the US are making changes to reflect this.

adanny01:


If not for the computer and its processing powers, a building like burg el arab would still be under design processes.

sirqeeboi:



after they have built the computer did u think the person that program the computer to do the work is not a civil engineer, that is why civil engineering students learn programming language.

zionmade:

Yes
did u study any of them so we can start from there?

adanny01:


Also very funny. Civil engineers dont draw.

First is analysis, then design and lastly drafting. Drafting is the easiest part where laymen can. Most top engrs employ draftsmen for that part.

Infact design has been made easy with softwares. However, experience is needed for the input on the software else the output will lead to a failure. Experience is also needed to know that the output will lead to a failure.

Am sure you know math well, have you ever seen moment distribution in math? Am sure you will see figures flying here and there but you will never in your life know what it means. Yet you call it math. Besides, the math is just analysis and the design is yet to start.

mejai:
bros... chemical engineering is dangerous. Our motto in FUTO..... WARHEADS!!!
Dat alone, plus d complex nature will drive u crazy.












U are asked to solve a question..... after solving, u can't differentiate btwn d question and the answer.

asamaigho:

u did elementary strength of materials and statically determinate structure, and u concluded that u did civil engineering......u are really funny.
so u really want to compare heat and mass transfer,polymer and biochemistry to theory of structures,structural mechanics,prestresses and reinforced concrete design,foundation design,hydraulic structure designs?.....I pity u..by the time bending moment hit u, u can never walk straight.

drakespearz:
Civil Engineering calculations are more straight forward but chemical engineering is more complex.
So I'd say chemical engineering is more difficult.
Never underestimate any department in faculty of Engineering.
Before you start quoting me Upandan I have degrees in both.
Never knew this untill I tasted chemical engineering.Hello bro

drakespearz:
Civil Engineering calculations are more straight forward but chemical engineering is more complex.
So I'd say chemical engineering is more difficult.
Never underestimate any department in faculty of Engineering.
Before you start quoting me Upandan I have degrees in both.
Never knew this untill I tasted chemical engineering.

hardon1:
All na dasme. Engineering have same basics in 100 and 200 levels. Changes begin to take place from 300 level. An intelligent student who does well at those levels will also do well at further levels in any engineering discipline. They all have same prerequisites

kingjahjah:
go and study Architecture n know how hard it's.

mujibson:
After meticulously following this thread from the beginning to the end. Now as a Civil Engineering student, I feel like crying for myself in advance.

My uncle advised me to opt for Civil because according to him it's simple. With what I've read here so far, I can conclude my gullible self have been misled by an uncle who doesn't know much a Civil Engineering course.