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The civil and environmental engineering undergraduate major provides students with a rigorous academic curriculum from renowned MIT faculty. The undergraduate program prepares students for careers in a range of sectors from non-profit, government, private, to technology startups.
The program mimics the multidisciplinary nature of the civil and environmental engineering field and offers students a cross-disciplinary educational experience in a supportive environment. Students draw from diverse fields to tackle complex societal challenges. Whether it’s using machine learning in sustainable materials design, learning computational tools for optimizing complex societal systems, or using the planet’s natural resources to protect our air, sea, water, food security, and societies resilience to climate change – students gain engineering skills coupled with analytical and quantitative skills that are transferable to emerging careers in civil and environmental engineering.
The curriculum offers students specialized tracks of career interest and small class sizes that encourage curiosity and foster student, professor interactions.
Learn more about the program’s educational objectives and student outcomes that are consistent with the requirements of ABET.
View the degree chart and core requirements
Civil engineering is critically important as our communities’ strain to sustain limited natural resources, accommodate growth, and replace declining infrastructure. The Mechanics and Materials core focuses on creating innovative design built on strong fundamentals for the sustainability of existing structures, and for sustainable designs of new structures and materials. The Mechanics and Materials core ensures students learn the principles of mechanics necessary to understand how materials behave at scales from the nano to the macro. CEE students in the Mechanics and Materials core pursue careers in fields such as civil engineering, geomechanical engineering, structural engineering and design consulting.
Explore Mechanics and Materials TrackEnvironmental engineers help conserve and extend the planet’s natural resources to improve the lives of people everywhere. The Environment core introduces students to principles in environmental sustainability, chemistry, physics, microbiology, fluid mechanics and hydrology. Students receive a deep understanding of environmental engineering fundamentals, coupled with hands-on research to engineer innovative ways to protect our air, sea, water, food security, and societies resilience to climate change. CEE students in the Environmental core pursue careers in fields such as biotechnology and sustainability, clean energy jobs, environmental consulting, water resources engineering, policy, Argi-tech and climate-tech startups.
Explore Environment TrackSystems engineers design, analyze, optimize, and implement solutions that improve the safety and efficiency of complex urban systems such as transportation, supply chains, energy, and other societal networks. The Systems core focuses on mathematical methods in network science, energy systems, optimization, control theory, machine learning, and data analytics to address the problems of growing demand and limited resources in today’s urban systems. CEE students in the Systems core pursue careers in fields such as systems engineering, supply chain and logistics, transportation engineering, autonomous robotics, data science and analytics, and environmental sustainability.
Explore Systems TrackBachelor of Science in Climate System Science and Engineering (Course 1-12)
Jointly offered by CEE and the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Science (EAPS), the Course 1-12 bachelor of science combines scientific understanding of the Earth’s systems with engineering skills—as well as an understanding of human and institutional behavior—to prepare students for careers in the global response to climate change.
The program ensures a solid foundation of the necessary fundamental science, mathematics, physics, chemistry, and biology with advanced study in how to model and analyze complex climate and environmental phenomena. Students also work together with their advisor to select elective subjects in a broad range of social science disciplines to develop an understanding of the political and social issues tied to addressing climate change.
Learn more about the program and degree requirements at climate-major.mit.edu
MIT CEE undergraduates with a strong academic record have the option to pursue their graduate degree studies alongside their undergraduate studies to obtain a Master of Engineering. Students take additional subjects, project classes and thesis work that are required within each of the tracks.
For current MIT students, the program is a natural extension of the Institute’s four-year Bachelor of Science degree, providing them an opportunity to gain practical experience and preparing them for emerging fields in today’s job market.
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