Civil Engineering Programme
Civil engineering is a discipline that focuses on the planning, design, construction and maintenance of essential infrastructure for society, such as buildings, bridges, roads, airports, dams, among others.
Our program is focused on preparing students for careers in areas such as construction, project management, structural design and urban planning. Students will explore fundamental topics such as mechanics of materials, hydraulics, geotechnics, structural theory, project management and urban planning.

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Applicant Profile
- Person with interest in solving regional, national and international problems related to the conception, design, construction and operation of multidisciplinary civil infrastructure projects.
- With skills in mathematics, critical reading and aptitude to acquire knowledge in the use of computational tools, in order to process information to study, analyze, design, execute and maintain infrastructure works of different types.
- With good analytical, investigative, creative and innovative capacity; as driving forces for the generation of knowledge due to the need to understand specific topics.
- With logic and abstract reasoning capacity, because the phenomena in reality happen in spaces with three dimensions and the models that describe them also behave this way, so it is necessary to have the ability to visualize the effects on volumes and not on planes.
- Social responsibility, willingness to work in a team and verbal communication skills based on the concept of sustainable development and given the social nature of the profession, integrity, ethics and collective conscience are fundamental qualities for the applicant.
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Graduate profile
- Consultant in the areas of design, construction and auditing of civil works.
- Researcher in different areas of applied engineering such as construction materials, road infrastructure, transportation modeling, soils, water resources, sanitation and environmental management.
- Technical and/or administrative manager of civil works projects, with the ability to lead and interact effectively in interdisciplinary work teams.
- Teacher in technical, technological and university careers.
- Development in the different stages of projects: formulation and evaluation, execution, follow-up and control, both in the public and private sectors, within strict canons of ethical and social responsibility, and with an iron discipline of study.
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Albert Elkjaer De La Hoz Navas
Civil Engineering Program Director
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Honor Roll – Civil Engineering Program – Mejores Teachers 2025 – 2
En nombre del Ing. Luis Viecco Rivadeneira, Dean of the School of Engineering and the Ing. Albert De la Hoz Navas, Program Director of Civil Engineering expresamos nuestras Felicitaciones a los docentes del Civil Engineering program por su destacada labor académica en el periodo 2024-2. Su compromiso y excelencia son ejemplo e inspiración para toda nuestra comunidad.
- 30 agosto, 2026 1:44 pm
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Honor Roll – Civil Engineering Program – Mejores Teachers 2025 – 1
En nombre del Ing. Luis Viecco Rivadeneira, Dean of the School of Engineering and the Ing. Albert De la Hoz Navas, Program Director of Civil Engineering expresamos nuestras Felicitaciones a los docentes del Civil Engineering program por su destacada labor académica en el periodo 2024-2. Su compromiso y excelencia son ejemplo e inspiración para toda nuestra comunidad.
- 30 agosto, 2026 1:42 pm
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Honor Roll – Civil Engineering Program – Mejores Teachers 2024 – 2
En nombre del Ing. Luis Viecco Rivadeneira, Dean of the School of Engineering and the Ing. Albert De la Hoz Navas, Program Director of Civil Engineering expresamos nuestras Felicitaciones a los docentes del Civil Engineering program por su destacada labor académica en el periodo 2024-2. Su compromiso y excelencia son ejemplo e inspiración para toda nuestra comunidad.
- 30 agosto, 2026 1:41 pm
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Honor Roll – Civil Engineering Program – Periodo 2025 – 2
- 30 agosto, 2026 1:29 pm
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Honor Roll – Civil Engineering Program – Periodo 2025 – 1
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Honor Roll – Civil Engineering Program – Periodo 2024 – 2
- 30 agosto, 2026 1:21 pm
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Honor Roll – Civil Engineering Program – Periodo 2024 – 1
- 30 agosto, 2026 12:58 pm
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Honor Roll – Civil Engineering Program – Periodo 2023 – 2
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Resolution of Approval No. 007130 of 2023.
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Location
Block 6 - second floor
University of La Guajira
Riohacha Headquarters
Km 3 + 354 Via Maicao -
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Contact us now!
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