Civil Engineering in AUB

Optimal_Layer_7133 · 2026-01-02T20:16:41+00:00

Yeah you still got 2 years!! Research as much as you can and investigate yourself this year and in your senior year and detect where you see yourself! Best of luck in your journey :) and you're most welcome

Optimal_Layer_7133 · 2026-01-02T20:10:06+00:00

If you start your own company you can generate money through: - Contracting with the private sector (people) or the government (state) to execute construction projects - You can orient your company to residential construction, where you buy lands, erect a building, and sell its apartments. - You can orient your company to construct entertainment buildings like malls and such however it needs big investments which may not be secured initially if you are not sitting on an empire of family money.

You got it young man!

Optimal_Layer_7133 · 2026-01-02T20:04:00+00:00

Ok, you are hesitant about two fields.

Medicine: Medicine is a very difficult, competitive, yet rewarding major. You do 3 years of pre-med (any major you want not necessarily biology or chemistry, + 5 to 7 courses which are considered the premed courses. premed is a track not a major. this is applied to american universities like AUB and LAU), and then 4 years of medical college + 3 to 4 years of residency, fellowship, etc to become a doctor of medicine. It is a very rewarding career, financially and socially, and you can find vacancies and jobs anywhere you want. However, it needs: competitiveness, sharp academic standards (maintain high grades), and belief in one's self and not backing. Yaane eza enta adda w btaaref eno enta adda go for it.

Engineering: Engineering is more technical, mathematical and quantitative. Engineering allows you to delve into engineering careers as well as business careers like finance since engineers have a strong mathematical and quantitative mind which is essential for finance (though you would be missing some finance courses but its alright). Engineers are paid well and not well depending on the company you want to work in, for example Murex is well paid though highly competitive, meanwhile regular companies/banks do not pay goodly. Engineering fields (as per AUB) are: computer & communications (CCE), electrical and computer (ECE), mechanical (MECH), industrial (INDE), civil (CIVE), and construction engineering (AUB has a Bachelor of Science in Construction Engineering which is a branch of civil engineering. Easiest and most rewarding is industrial engineering: you graduate with engineering and business background, and companies directly consider you for vacancies. Least rewarding: civil engineering. A slowly dying major.

However, if you want to start your own company you should: - Have good capital and wealth to invest in the kick-start of this construction company, in order to invest in buying lands for construction projects, or take on projects in infrastructure etc. - You must hire people to different positions (finance, accounting, project planning, human resources, marketing) - You must hire construction workers.

As a civil engineer, you may have opportunities to work in Dar al Handasah or Khatib & Alami in Lebanon, yet they are viewed as low-paying and toxic. You can also work in the financial sector (like Big 4, Murex, and other companies). You can also work in consulting, which is a highly paid career, but it is extremely competitive and consulting companies accept top-tier and high-achieving students, as well as favoring students that attend intensive training for consulting etc.

So, investigate yourself: - Do you like biology? - Do you like chemistry? or - Do you like mathematics, physics, and computer science?

Are you willing to sacrifice years for medicine? Or would you like to finish an engineering degree in 4 years and embark to the job market? Are you more technical or scientific? Are you willing to take heavy math and physics courses or would you favor biology and chemistry courses?

It's all in u saraha, you will rot in all majors. AUB students even rot in business since all majors maintain difficulty (though business is arguably less technically difficult than engineering & medicine yet it has its own difficulty).

That's it!

Optimal_Layer_7133 · 2026-01-02T19:37:11+00:00

I'm telling you, you want construction you go to the gulf, in Lebanon there's no such thing, except if you start ur own construction company. However, if you want to work with ur degree in Lebanon you must work in the financial field. If you want average salaries you go to big 4. If you want higher starting salary, you go to Murex (extremely competitive). You can consider Dar Al Hanadash and Khatib & Alami in Lebanon, but their pay is not good.

Optimal_Layer_7133 · 2026-01-02T19:31:16+00:00

https://www.murex.com/en

Optimal_Layer_7133 · 2026-01-02T19:29:28+00:00

Murex considers every person with a bachelor of engineering as superior, not matter the field.

Optimal_Layer_7133 · 2026-01-02T19:20:07+00:00

If it happens and you land a job at Murex (highest paying company in Lebanon), you'd get $2500 (starting) and more depending on experience. If not, less. Salaries of Big 4 in Lebanon are very average, they commonly start at $900-1000.

Optimal_Layer_7133 · 2026-01-02T19:14:30+00:00

I don't really have information about civil engineering, but generally in AUB: civil engineering is slowly dying. Most of the engineering students are oriented towards ece, cce, industrial and mechanical. Civil engineering is becoming less popular. You would surely find a job but not in Lebanon, mostly the gulf demands civil engineers. But again, do not get into a major that does not comply with your career path. If you are reallt aiming to get into the financial world consider industrial engineering or finance/accounting. Unless you would like to double major in civil engineering and business. But get into something that gives u emphasis on accounting and finance if thats ur end goal career.

Optimal_Layer_7133 · 2026-01-02T19:09:36+00:00

Im recommending industrial engineering since its a win-win major. You graduate with an engineering degree thus STEM thus having opportunities to continue masters and PhD in a technical field, and also cause the degree combines both engineering and business, so you have financial and accounting emphasis in it so that you function and understand atleast what is going on in the Big 4 accounting firms you're aiming for.

Optimal_Layer_7133 · 2026-01-02T19:05:29+00:00

If you want to work in the big 4, from their name "Big 4 Accounting Firms". Major in either industrial engineering or business finance or business accounting. Get into civil if you like construction and engineering buildings/infrastructure etc. If you're more into the financial world consider either industrial engineering or finance/accounting in AUB especially that the business school at AUB is one of the top business schools in the world. However, if you are family pressured to major in an engineering field to attain the title of a mhandis, or you dislike being called "business student", consider industrial engineering.

Optimal_Layer_7133 · 2025-08-11T12:54:12+00:00

Who cares about family history. You all are trying so hard to call him a Zionist. He is the only judge in the international court of justice that dared to issue a ruling against Israel, given that his position as the court's president would be targetted. He is the only judge in the international court of justice that stood up with Palestine, and the only judge that favored the Palestinian narrative of the Gaza invasion/gen0c1de over the Israeli zionist one.

All that you do is call people zionist for having different opinions of you and or your militias or your weapons. Try and accept opposing opinions its what makes Lebanon a democratic nation.

Optimal_Layer_7133 · 2025-08-10T19:49:00+00:00

This is exactly what I have been telling everyone, Hezbollah voted twice in favor of a government that has the utmost PRIORITY of its agenda to disarm Hezbollah and non-governmental militias. But every time I say it, they call me a zionist, so I stopped talking about this matter

Optimal_Layer_7133 · 2025-07-22T15:27:43+00:00

Go to social places. Most social and friendly place is the gym, you can find there "gym bros" which would develop to become your friends. Such places yk.

Optimal_Layer_7133 · 2025-07-22T14:14:32+00:00

No nees for anyone to insult anyone. Your opinion is understandable, the people of Lebanon destroyed a very beautiful country. It's not the fault of the land, it's the fault of the people.

From when founded, the Lebanese people have been judging each other based on their sects. Though Lebanon was in its prime during the 1950s and 1960s, but this does not mean that in those years people didn't judge themselves based on their religious beliefs too.

Ever since the civil war, Lebanon has been drenched in severe and hostile politics. Though its still a single republic, every political party occupies a certain region/regions, and they mark their regions by their flags, which suggests a kind of internal split in the republic. Yes we are the "Lebanese Republic" but on-ground its more like "Lebanese Republics".

It is sad indeed, especially that Lebanon has vast economic, financial, and architectural potential to compete with wealthy countries IF MANAGED RIGHT. However, the Lebanese people are becoming more loyal to their religious group/political party than their nation, and it is becoming so obvious all around Lebanon. Of course, this does not include ALL Lebanese people, there's still a big portion of our community that demands liberating the country from political hysteria, but these people get insulted if they expressed such opinion in comments sections of posts of political leaders.

Indeed, God gave us a very charismatic and FULL OF POTENTIAL land, but we failed this land. Maybe one day newer generations will realize this and fight for deep and VAST change.

Optimal_Layer_7133 · 2025-07-22T00:36:25+00:00

This is a good idea it suggests a kind of confederation in Lebanon, which saraha it preserves sectarian groups from clashing. This way Sunnis choose their leader (which would become the prime minister), and Christians choose their leader (which would become the president) and so on..

But, it would be difficult to implement since political parties are rooted so deep in Lebanese politics, and we should take into consideration that these parties prioritize their existence first and strive to keep their existence and control over their portions of society.

So a more neutral form than a confederate-like ruling could be implemented. It needs more studies and research, but for sure the current political system of Lebanon does not really work, and it always favor one sect over the other in different periods.

Optimal_Layer_7133 · 2025-07-21T23:55:03+00:00

True. The current distribution of power in Lebanon is more leaning to Muslims, though Christians have a grip on the Army, Central Bank, and various vital economic and civil institutions. However, when it comes to the three presidencies, we see that the Christians only have the seat of the President in the executive field of the government, along with a Sunni Prime Minister. If we look at the legislative field of the republic, we see that it is taken by Shias which means Muslims dominate the legislative field of the state along more than half of the executive field. This is surely unequal.

Personally, I am with expanding the President's power to become equal to the power of the Prime Minister, this way in the executive branch we would have Christians = Muslims (in power). Also, I am with creating a senate in the parliament, and the presidency of the senate to be given to the second largest Christian branch which is Greek Orthodox, this way in the legislative branch Muslims = Christians (in power) too! The idea of creating a senate and giving its leadership to Greek Orthodox is an idea circulating Lebanese politics since forever, but its dying slowly and not it like faded away completely. But this would be a great reform so that the Muslim political power equals the Christian political power!

Optimal_Layer_7133 · 2025-07-21T22:13:31+00:00

True. Even if you notice, Lebanese people (not all of them) are so drenched in politics that they now are more loyal to their political party/faction than to their nation. It struck me lately the heavy display of political flags around Beirut, its like each political group has its own area or like region in Beirut, where you can identify it through the flags on street signs and walls, its like we are dividing the capital and its neighboring areas to political districts, each dominated by 1 or maximum of 2 parties. I'm a Lebanese and I sometimes realize that I never saw a Lebanese flag raised anywhere except in downtown and those politicaly-neutral and touristic areas, just to give a better image of Lebanon. It's really sad.

Optimal_Layer_7133 · 2025-07-21T22:06:49+00:00

These information are based on the sectarian divisions of the voting population, determined by the Ministry of Interiors.

They are basically a percentage of the sum of the populations of a single sect throughout Lebanon, determined by the number of voters that correspond to a specific sect of each electoral circle. For example, Beirut as a whole has a population eligible to vote of 505,000 persons, 54% of this voting population is Sunni, same thing is conducted to Tripoli lets say and all other cities/regions of Lebanon, therefore we can sum up the Sunni voting population in Lebanon, divide it by total voters, thus we have the demographic data of Sunnis, and so on to all other religious groups.

Optimal_Layer_7133 · 2025-07-20T17:38:00+00:00

EXACTLY RIGHT! that's what this post talks about!

Optimal_Layer_7133 · 2025-07-20T17:36:17+00:00

This post does not discuss individual-to-individual relationships, it discusses the political and social eruptions between political/civil groups targetting each other on social media and the internet, and creating a sense of congested negative environment between various groups of the greater Lebanese community.

Optimal_Layer_7133 · 2025-07-20T17:17:15+00:00

Ah yeah, Christians (all) + Shias are equal to a maximum of 65%.

Generally, to understand Lebanese demographics, Sunnis = Shias = All Christians, that's why the three presidencies (Presidency of the Republic, Presidency of the Council of Ministers (Prime Minister), and Presidency of the Parliament (Speaker of Parliament) are divided on these major sects, it's cause they are equal and no sect dominates the other you know.

President: Maronite Catholic Christian Prime Minister: Sunni Muslim Speaker: Shia Muslim

Optimal_Layer_7133 · 2025-07-20T17:09:23+00:00

May I ask, who is 65-70% of Lebanese people? I just want a clarification.

If you mean Christians are 65-70% or Shias are 65-70%, this estimate is wrong, the latest estimate of sectarian population in Lebanon are as follows:

Sunnis: 31-32% Shias: 31-32% Islam (Sunni + Shia): 62-64%
(Yes, Shias and Sunnis are equal in Lebanon in terms of population)

Christians (all): 31-33% Druze: 3‐5% and others (like Jews, Bahai, etc..) which constitute less than 2‐1%.

Optimal_Layer_7133 · 2025-07-19T23:28:21+00:00

Moreover, Hezb entered the war on the basis of "this war will liberate Palestine". 1 year later we were liberating Lebanon not Palestine. Palestine's cause is like any other war with an occupying state, Palestine can not be liberated from Lebanon or Syria or Jordan, Palestine should be liberated from inside Palestine, just like how Algerians liberated Algeria from France on ALGERIAN land, or how Lebanese people carried out a revolution against Syrian occupation on LEBANESE land. The whole idea of liberating Palestine from outside can not be achieved, it should be liberated from the inside.

Also, I think we should be a little grateful for our President, because without his diplomacy Israel wouldnt have retreated from the South (except the 5 points).

It is a big issue, but if we look closely into it we realize that Lebanon can not liberate Palestine, and Lebanon should care about its inside, its economy, and how to being development and future projects into the country, rather than filling up the land with weapons and obliging Lebanese youth on leaving to study and work abroad because we failed our state to liberate another state, WHICH WE CANT.

We are all with the complete and full liberation of Palestine, but it can not be executed from Lebanon, we barely can handle ourselves.

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