Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering - Civil Engineering (Environmental Engineering)

Graduate school offers leadership and management opportunities. An advanced degree has the potential to open doors far wider than a bachelor’s degree. It allows you to move up and go far in your field. You also need an advanced degree to work in academia and research. Other benefits include more control over your career and the chance to follow different career paths.A sampling of our research areas: Microbial activities to improve environmental quality, bio mechanics, intelligent transportation systems, uncertainty analysis, and nanomaterials for structural composites. Please see the Research tab for additional information about the research being conducted in the department.

Students with an engineering degree in another field may be admitted directly to the program, provided they satisfy all other admissions criteria. However, they may need to take some undergraduate courses that are prerequisites for graduate courses in their field of study. This course sequence must be determined on an individual basis and will depend on the student’s background and intended program of study. The preparatory course sequence will be selected in consultation with the CE faculty in the student’s intended area of study.Students without an undergraduate engineering degree can be admitted to the program but must take a sequence of undergraduate classes with a cumulative GPA of 3.0 and no grade below a “C.” This sequence of classes is available on the department website.A minimum grade point average of 3.0 (on a U.S. 4.0 scale) or comparable grade point average in upper-division (junior and senior level) work and in any graduate work already completed