Undergraduate Education

Berkeley's Civil and Environmental Engineering Department offers students many opportunties for rigorous academic learning, fellowship, hands-on experience, and leadership. Classes are relatively small for UC Berkeley so students have the chance to get to know both the faculty and fellow students.

U.S. News & World Report ranked CEE's undergraduate program in civil engineering #1 for 2010. CEE's undergraduate program in environmental engineering is ranked #2.

The department has very active student organizations that sponsor social events, peer advising, and community service. Students can join one of four top-ranked design teams that compete at regional and national-level competitions. Many students conduct undergraduate research with faculty mentors.

The department recently launched a Professional Development Certificate Program with the aim of providing undergraduates with more structured instruction on skills they will need as they enter their careers.

CEE offers a four-year curriculum leading to an ABET-accredited B.S. degree in civil engineering. The degree provides a fundamental background in engineering science, design, and practice for graduates to succeed in the civil and environmental engineering profession or as preparation for advanced graduate study.

Students are prepared to be engineering leaders who will contribute to solving societal problems such as improving the civil infrastructure, protecting resources, mitigating natural hazards, and creating efficient and sustainable functioning of engineered and natural systems in California, the U.S., and the world.

For complete information on the department's learning goals, how its core courses support those goals, how student learning is assessed, and goals for CEE students after graduation, see CEE's Response to the Campus Undergraduate Student Learning Initiative.

Questions about the undergraduate education in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Berkeley? Contact CEE's undergraduate advisor.