Women in Engineering

Graduate Programs

An advanced graduate degree has been the foundation for the success of many of the leaders in the Civil and Environmental Engineering profession—in academia, research, and practice.

Grad Blog

FAQs

An increasing number of employers in consulting or industry consider the master's degree as the entry-level degree.  The Ph.D. degree emphasizes advanced study and participation in creative research that is at the leading edge of the field.  Our department offers one of the top-ranked Civil and Environmental Engineering graduate programs in the country.

The M.S. degree may be completed with or without a thesis.  The M.S. degree requires 32 credit hours of graduate course credit if a thesis is part of the program (with 8 of the 32 hours comprising the thesis), and 36 hours without a thesis.  It is possible to complete the M.S. non-thesis degree in one year or less.  The Ph.D. program requires 32 additional hours of coursework beyond the M.S. degree, plus a comprehensive research program and preparation of a dissertation for an additional 32 hours of thesis research credit.

The department offers M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in:

  • Civil Engineering
  • Environmental Engineering in Civil Engineering
  • Environmental Science in Civil Engineering

M.S. and Ph.D. degrees are available in a variety of specialized areas.  In addition to the department's established interdisclinary program in Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure Systems, students can also develop cross-disciplinary programs in consultation with their advisers.

Special Degree Programs and Options

For further assistance or to arrange a visit, please contact Mickey Peyton, mpeyton@illinois.edu. 

Students from Under-represented Groups may be eligible for an all-expenses paid visit under the College of Engineering's Multi-Cultural Engineering Recruitment for Graduate Education (MERGE) Program.

For more information about CEE graduate programs and courses, or to apply online, visit the Graduate Applications page.