Editing Civil engineer (section)

===Belgium ===
In Belgium, ''Civil Engineer'' (abbreviated '''Ir.''') ({{langx|fr|Ingénieur Civil}}, {{langx|nl|Burgerlijk Ingenieur}}) is a legally protected title applicable to graduates of the five-year engineering course of one of the six [[university|universities]] and the Royal Military Academy. Their speciality can be all fields of engineering: [[civil engineering|civil]], [[structural engineering|structural]], [[electrical engineering|electrical]], [[mechanical engineering|mechanical]], [[chemical engineering|chemical]], [[engineering physics|physics]] and even [[computer science]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.facsa.ulg.ac.be/cms/index.php?page=ingenieur-civil-2|title=Faculté des Sciences Appliquées – Ingénieur Civil|publisher=[[University of Liège]]|language=fr|access-date=2 January 2011|archive-date=6 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706132448/http://www.facsa.ulg.ac.be/cms/index.php?page=ingenieur-civil-2|url-status=live}}</ref> This use of the title may cause confusion to the English speaker as the Belgian "civil" engineer can have a speciality other than civil engineering. In fact, Belgians use the adjective "civil" in the sense of "civilian", as opposed to military engineers.

The formation of the civil engineer has a strong [[mathematics|mathematical]] and [[science|scientific]] base and is more theoretical in approach than the practical oriented [[industrial engineer]] ('''Ing.''') educated in a five-year program at a [[institute of technology#Belgium and the Netherlands|polytechnic]]. Traditionally, students were required to pass an entrance [[exam]] on mathematics to start civil engineering studies. This exam was abolished in 2004 for the [[Flemish Community]], but is still organised in the [[French Community of Belgium|French Community]].