Graduate Concentrations

The following concentration areas are available for students admitted to the MCE, MAS, MCE/MBA and Ph.D. degrees in Civil Engineering:

Students must meet the requirements for their specific concentration, in addition to meeting the general degree requirements for all master’s degree students. Study in two or more related concentrations is allowed, but students must complete the core course requirements for both programs as part of their 30-credit requirement.

Masters and PhD Civil Engineering Concentrations

grad student on coastal engineering project

Coastal Engineering

coastal engineering, sediment transport, and wave and fluid mechanics

Environmental Engineering Lab

Environmental Engineering

water and wastewater treatment, environmental chemistry and microbiology, soil remediation, and waste management

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Geotechnical Engineering

computational geomechanics, soil mechanics, foundation engineering, and earth structures engineering

hard-hatted workers on a structural engineering project

Structural Engineering

structural mechanics, dynamic, analysis, and design of structures; bridge engineering; computational mechanics; and structural engineering materials

Paul Imhoff

Transportation Engineering and Civil Infrastructure Systems

urban transportation, traffic engineering, systems engineering, logistics engineering, railway engineering, and engineering management, asset management, natural disaster risk analysis, and infrastructure vulnerability

grad students and researchers on a barge

Water Resources Engineering

groundwater hydraulics, groundwater contamination, watershed management, hydrology, and water quality control

How to Apply

  • Spring 2022 Deadline:
    November 30, 2021
  • Fall 2022 Deadline:
    February 1, 2022
  • Requirements:
    • Resume
    • Transcript
    • At least 3 letters of reference
    • Short answer questions
  • Optional GRE
  • Optional Essay