Requirements of the construction industry with regard to the university education and training of graduates in geo-engineering

The number of students at German Civil Engineering Universities amounts to about 40,000. This is the number of students trained annually in Civil Engineering at the two types of universities the Universities of Applied Sciences or Fachhochschule and the Technical Universities or Technische Hochschule/Technische Universitat (Fig. 2). The universities give priority to the education of generalists and therefore only a. part of the students become geotechnical engineers by gaining experience as trainees within the industry. To compensate for the lack of geotechnical experts, BILFINGER BERGER AG has established their own training and education program which is presented in this paper.