The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of California in Berkeley has consistently been ranked the top program of its kind, not just in the country but in the world. It offers a broad-based education in civil engineering with areas of specialization at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. The Golden Gate Bridge and the Chunnel both had UC Berkeley graduates working on them.
University of California - Berkeley
212 Doe Library
Berkeley, CA 94709
510-642-6657
berkeley.edu
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has a top ranked Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering. It offers students a bachelor's, master's or doctoral degree in civil engineering with different sub-specialties, such as structural engineering or water resources.
University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
601 E. John St.
Champaign, IL 61820-5711
217-333-0302
uiuc.edu
Georgia Institute of Technology, better known as Georgia Tech, offers undergraduate, graduate and research opportunities in civil engineering. A four-year track leads to a bachelor of science degree; students who choose graduate school begin to specialize in different civil engineering areas.
Georgia Institute of Technology
225 North Ave. N.W.
Atlanta, GA 30313
404-894-2000
gatech.edu?
For more than 100 years, the University of Texas at Austin has had a successful Civil. Architectural and Environmental Engineering Department. It has consistently been rated as one of the best and has approximately 1,000 students any given semester, representing more than 30 countries worldwide so far.
University of Texas - Austin
Austin, TX 78712
512-475-7440
utexas.edu
Civil engineering courses have been offered at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology--better known as MIT--since 1865. MIT is dedicated to balancing the built environment with the natural world.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Ave.
Cambridge, MA 02139
617-253-1000
web.mit.edu
Purdue University's School of Civil Engineering offers a bachelor's degree program in which engineering students immediately begin taking core classes their freshman year. Over time, students choose among the nine sub-specialties Purdue offers: architectural, construction, geomatics, geotechnical, hydraulics, hydrology, materials, structural and transportation engineering.
Purdue University
475 Stadium Mall Drive
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2050
765-494-1776
purdue.edu
It is Stanford University's hope that the students in its Civil and Environmental Engineering Department will use the program to start lasting friendships and create contacts in the field. It calls itself both an intimate and uniquely collegial environment.
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305
650-723-2091
stanford.edu
Cornell has a top-rated civil infrastructure program that is divided into three sub-specialties: structural engineering, computational solid mechanics and geotechnical engineering. The research done at Cornell is cutting-edge and the students get to experience being at the forefront of major technological and scientific developments.
Cornell University
410 Thurston Ave.
Ithaca, NY 14850-2432
607-255-2000
cornell.edu
Students in the University of Michigan's civil engineering program will get to participate in research and teaching, service and outreach projects. This department is focused on the highly challenging yet rewarding environment of the field.
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
2350 Hayward St.
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
734-764-8495
umich.edu
As one of the largest engineering programs in the entire world, Virginia Tech's civil and environmental engineering program employs more than 40 full-time faculty members and serves around 1,000 students in both graduate and undergraduate work.
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA 24061
540-231-6267
vt.edu