Top Environmental Engineering Universities

Stanford University

• The top environmental engineering university in the nation, according to the 2010 "U.S. News & World Report" rankings is Stanford University, which was tied for the No. 1 ranking overall. Students at Stanford can pursue either a master's degree in environmental engineering or the Ph.D program. In either case, Stanford offers a number of research specializations within the field: hydrology and pollution studies, environmental fluid mechanics, atmospheric and energy studies, hazardous substance control and land and air pollution. One of the major concerns of the Stanford department across several of these specializations is the movement and control of both surface and underground water.

  Stanford University
  Terman Engineering Center
  Room 214
  Stanford, CA 94305
  650-723-4291
  stanford.edu

University of California--Berkeley

• Tied with Stanford as the best environmental engineering school in the nation, the University of California at Berkeley (UCB) is world-renowned for its top engineering programs. UCB has been ranked No. 1 for two consecutive years. Like the Stanford program, UCB offers various areas of study within the environmental engineering program. These include hydrology, water-quality engineering, structural and materials engineering, geo-engineering, engineering and project management, transportation engineering and environmental fluid mechanics.

  University of California at Berkeley
  College of Engineering
  320 McLaughlin Hall, No. 1700
  Berkeley, CA 94720
  510-642-7405
  berkeley.edu

University of Illinois

• Third on the 2010 "U.S. News & World Report" rankings, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign offers a wide variety of degree programs in engineering and a number of concentrations within the environmental engineering field as well. Offering both master's and doctoral degrees in the field, Illinois offers concentrations in the areas of hydraulic engineering and hydrology, structural engineering, transportation engineering, geo-technical engineering and construction materials. The research of the various programs throughout the department is focused in areas such as environmentally friendly construction and manufacturing, water improvement and usage, antibiotic resistance and treatment, urban development and water ecology.

  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  1308 W. Green St.
  Urbana, IL 61801
  217-333-2151
  illinois.edu