The graduate program in the Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering is known worldwide for developing students into leaders in engineering practice, research, and education. We welcome applications from highly qualified and motivated students for the M.S.E. and Ph.D. degrees.
The complex problems surrounding the nexus of cities, water and energy demand that engineers have increased breadth and depth of knowledge. CAEE strives to provide students with the educational background and teamwork needed to innovate future solutions, technologies, and sustainable systems. We are dedicated to creative, comprehensive teaching and research that ranges from fundamental to applied.
Our many research centers provide graduate students with the opportunity to explore their areas of interest and to be a part of a supportive, intellectually stimulating community. With state-of-the-art facilities, the CAEE graduate program is designed to educate engineers who will be at the forefront of the profession in industry, academia, civil service, and beyond.
Applicants are expected to have an undergraduate degree in engineering. However, exceptional candidates with other undergraduate degrees can be considered for admission, but will be required to complete additional undergraduate leveling courses prior to beginning graduate work. The typical leveling courses required will depend on the student's background.
The department offers the Master of Science in Engineering degree in Civil Engineering and Environmental and Water Resources Engineering. The Doctor of Philosophy degree is offered only in Civil Engineering. Applicants interested in graduate studies in Architectural Engineering should apply to Civil Engineering.
The core value of our program is to inspire, nurture, and produce the next generation of transportation leaders through performing dedicated mentoring and conducting cutting-edge research. While many of our former graduate students hold academic positions in major universities in the U.S. and around the world, many others have become leaders in the transportation industry worldwide. We are proud of the transforming impacts our program, through our graduates, has made on people's daily lives and the general well-being of our society. We have rich research programs through the Center for Transportation Research (CTR), where our faculty members conduct a wide range of research sponsored by various funding sources, including the National Science Foundation (NSF), U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT), National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP), Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), and many others. These research programs not only allow our graduate students to work on intriguing real-world problems, but also provide financial support in the form of research assistantships to many of them. Undergraduates interested in a career in Transportation Engineering major in Civil Engineering. CAEE also offers graduate degree programs in Transportation Engineering.
