Official website for Carnegie Mellon University's Civil and Environmental Engineering Department. Learn about our academic programs, research, and more.

Carnegie Mellon’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) is reimagining the field through innovative leadership in education and research and by integrating systems thinking with new technologies. The department aims to empower a diverse community of socially conscious problem solvers to lead the world to a sustainable ...

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CEE offers a diverse range of degree options tailored to your interests and career aspirations. Explore the following programs, all of which offer the opportunity to specialize in one of our four focus areas. Choose a concentration in one of our focus areas and enjoy the flexibility to personalize your course selection.

Carnegie Mellon’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) is shaping highly skilled engineers through the expertise of its esteemed faculty and by utilizing state-of-the-art research facilities and advanced technologies. Students are characterized by technical excellence, social consciousness, ethical conduct, innovative ...

To earn your master’s degree, you'll need to complete 96 units successfully including 60 core CEE courses. Students, with the guidance of their faculty mentor, have the flexibility to design a personalized schedule within one of our CEE focus areas or create their own unique graduate journey that aligns with their career goals and aspirations.

Civil and Environmental Engineers (CEEs) engage in the planning, design, construction, operation, retrofit, demolition, and reuse of large-scale infrastructure that forms the backbone of all societies and economies. CEEs work at the dynamic interface of the built environment, information environment, and natural environment.

Burcu Akinci, the Paul Christiano Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, has been appointed the new head of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), effective July 1, 2022. Akinci will succeed Dave Dzombak, Hamerschlag University Professor of CEE.

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The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering as well as the College of Engineering and the University consistently rank among to nation’s best in US News and World Report analysis.