The Civil Engineering Graduates of University of Peradeniya are expected to have acquired the following attributes/characteristics upon graduation. These graduate attributes are based primarily on those of the International Engineering Alliance (IEA) and adopted by the Washington Accord (WA) signatory countries across the world for accreditation of engineering degree programmes. The Department of Civil Engineering has fortified the original set of IEA/WA attributes (Nos. 1 to 11) by adding two new attributes (Nos. 12 and 13) to further enhance the desired knowledge, skills and attitude profile of its graduates: