List of the Top Universities for Environmental Engineering

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

• One of the best environmental engineering programs in the nation is located at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The 2010 "U.S. News & World Report" rankings of environmental engineering departments placed the university at third in the nation compared to all other environmental engineering schools. The environmental and engineering science program at Illinois offers graduate degrees at both the master's and doctoral levels in many different research specializations. Some of these include structural engineering, geo-technical engineering, construction materials, transportation engineering, environmental hydrology and hydraulic engineering. Research is focused on topics related to water use and improvement, urban development, aquatic ecology, antibiotic treatment and resistance, and manufacturing and design in an environmentally friendly manner.

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

University of California-Berkeley

• The University of California at Berkeley is home to one of the nation's top engineering programs across several engineering disciplines. Within the field of environmental engineering, "U.S. News & World Report" ranked UCB in a virtual tie for first place with Stanford University in 2010. Similar to the program at Illinois, the environmental engineering program encompasses a plethora of research interests and sub-disciplines within the environmental engineering field. Some of these include water-quality engineering, engineering and project management, air-quality engineering, transportation engineering, environmental fluid mechanics, geo-engineering, hydrology, mechanics, and materials and structural engineering.

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

Stanford University

• Long regarded as one of the top schools in the nation for math and science, along with engineering, Stanford University joins UCB atop the list of the best environmental engineering programs in the United States. Ranked tied for first in 2010 by "U.S. News & World Report," Stanford's environmental engineering program offers both a master's and doctorate degree in the field. Areas of research and specialization include environmental fluid mechanics, hazardous substance control, energy and the atmosphere, hydrology and pollution studies.

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