Its up to you, how you take this. Only the condition is you should have a sound knowledge of civil engineering basics and concepts as well their practical application.

In respect of India

1.If you are interested in Research and innovations in the civil engineering field you have the opportunity to appear for GATE examination after your B.Tech and apply for the M.Tech(and After that PhD) courses in IIT’s,NITs etc. as these are the best institutions of our country for engineering. Some of them have an imprint in the worlds context.

2. If you are interested in doing a Job. You have the opportunities to work for the various private as well as governmental organisation.

You can start after cracking JEE exam after 12th and get into one of the known Engineering institutions like IITs/NITs/State Engineering Institutions.

After your B.Tech you will be having many options which you can opt for-

(i) Crack GATE examination for applying for the various public sector units (PSU’s) through GATE. such as NHAI,NBCC, NHPC,IOCL,HPCL,ONGC etc

(ii) You can prepare for Indian Engineering Services/State Engineering Services for vaious govt. jobs in CPWD,Indian Railway Services, IRSS, MES,CWC etc

(iii) You may have the chances to be placed through your campus placement interviews. If companies coming to your institutions are not enough , then you can apply for offcampus to various companies.

(iv) Various state governmental organisations notifies vacancies for various departments for civil engineers from their own examination procedures. Govt organisations such as Housing Board etc

(v) You can become a IAS/IFS officer with civil engineering as an optional subject with your perseverance and smart work.

3. If you are interested in starting your own business, then you have great opportunities for becoming a entrepreneur. You can be a Builder/Contractor/Consultant.

I tried to include all the aspects of civil engineering but as i said it is a vast field i might have skipped a large. I hope you will have some idea of scope of civil engineering.