MS Program Requirements
If you have received a degree from an accredited undergraduate engineering curriculum (or equivalent) you are eligible to apply for a Masters in Civil and Environmental Engineering degree.

If your undergraduate degree is not in engineering you may still be eligible to apply. You can get more information about Graduate Students with a Degree Outside Engineering make up requirements on our website.

A Masters in Civil and Environmental Engineering degree requires that you complete 96 units. Each unit generally requires one hour of work per week (96 units are equivalent to 8 semester-length graduate courses). From the 96 units, 60 units must be completed within the department, and the remaining units can be coursework from other academic units at the university.

Semester length graduate courses are 12 units each. CMU also offers mini courses that run for half of a semester and are 6 units each. As a Civil and Environmental Engineering graduate student, you have the option to mix and match semester length courses and mini courses to complete your 96-unit degree requirement. 

You will need to maintain a 3.0 GPA to receive your degree. 

For detailed information regarding degree requirements, please visit MS Program Requirements. 

Our Civil and Environmental Engineering graduate degree programs allows you to develop deep knowledge in a specialized concentration of one of our focus areas, while rounding out your education with challenging interdisciplinary course work. Our foucs areas include:

Advanced Infrastructure Systems (AIS)
Environmental Engineering, Sustainability and Science (EESS)
Mechanics Materials and Computing (MMC)
Other degree title options are also offered if you are interested in a more specialized curriculum.

Our program is flexible to accommodate your individual career and academic goals, a unique feature that allows you to explore your interests fully.