Graduate Field
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Program Description
The graduate field of civil and environmental engineering (CEE) is an interdisciplinary program that covers an extensive field bound within the context of public works and service. The research conducted in CEE benefits the public good and is at the cutting edge of technological and scientific developments. Students in the M.S. program may select one area of concentration. Additional information is available on request from the graduate field office.
Concentrations
Complex Systems Engineering
Complex systems engineering investigates how systems-level behavior emerges from interactions among components in both engineered and natural systems. This interdisciplinary field combines mathematical modeling, nonlinear dynamics, data science, numerical simulation, optimization, and stochastic processes with domain-specific knowledge grounded in physical, chemical, and biological principles.
Environmental Processes
Environmental processes is concerned with the protection and management of the quality of the environment for the benefit of society. The concentration emphasizes biological, chemical, and physical phenomena and engineering principles; laboratory and computational skills; and their application to the analysis of relevant problems.
Environmental Fluid Mechanics and Hydrology
Environmental fluid mechanics and hydrology involves the study of fluid mechanics of the environment and the associated application to hydraulics, hydrology, coastal oceanography, and meteorology as related to the wet earth and atmosphere.
Environmental and Water Resources Systems Engineering
Environmental and water resources systems engineering addresses the development and application of scientific principles, economic theory, and mathematical techniques to the management and planning of public infrastructure and environmental and water resource systems.
Structural Engineering
Structural engineering concentrates its considerable expertise in materials, computational and probabilistic mechanics, structural health monitoring, and high-performance computing to model, analyze, simulate, and design complex systems that are characterized by multiphysics processes that transcend several time and length scales.
Transportation Systems Engineering
Transportation systems engineering embraces policy, planning, design, and evaluation of transport systems and the relationships among transport supply and demand, land use, and regional development. The approach is multimodal and systems-oriented; it emphasizes the use of quantitative and analytical techniques of operations research and economics.
Program Information
- Program Mode of Delivery: In Person
- Program Location: Ithaca, NY
Program Requirements
- Minimum Semesters for Degree: 4
Graduate School Milestones
- Responsible Conduct of Research Training: Required
- Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID): Required
- Student Progress Reviews (SPR) begin: First Year
- Masters Exam (M Exam): Spring of second year
- Masters Thesis: Spring
Course Requirements
The field of Civil and Environmental Engineering suggests the following courses, but requirements are set by the student’s Special Committee. Twelve graded graduate level credits strongly encouraged.
Year 1
- CEE 5025 Civil and Environmental Engineering Seminar for First-Year Research Students (Two enrollments)
- Coursework dictated by committee chair and special committee
Year 2
- Coursework dictated by committee chair and special committee
Graduate School Enrollment Requirements
Course Requirements
- Course requirements are determined by the student’s Special Committee.
- Enrollment in a GRAD research course or the equivalent field specific research course is expected of all students each semester through graduation. These courses include:
University Graduation Requirements
Requirements for All Students
In order to receive a Cornell degree, a student must satisfy academic and non-academic requirements.
Academic Requirements
A student’s college determines degree requirements such as residency, number of credits, distribution of credits, and grade averages. It is the student’s responsibility to be aware of the specific major, degree, distribution, college, and graduation requirements for completing their chosen program of study. See the individual requirements listed by each college or school or contact the college registrar’s office for more information.
Non-academic Requirements
Conduct Matters. Students must satisfy any outstanding sanctions, penalties or remedies imposed or agreed to under the Student Code of Conduct (Code) or Policy 6.4. Where a formal complaint under the Code or Policy 6.4 is pending, the University will withhold awarding a degree otherwise earned until the adjudication process set forth in those procedures is complete, including the satisfaction of any sanctions, penalties or remedies imposed.
Financial Obligations. Outstanding financial obligations will not impact the awarding of a degree otherwise earned or a student’s ability to access their official transcript. However, the University may withhold issuing a diploma until any outstanding financial obligations owing to the University are satisfied.
Admissions
Application Requirements and Deadlines
Application Deadlines
Fall, January 4; Spring, November 2
Requirements Summary
Admissions Contact Information
Email: cee_grad@cornell.edu
Phone: 607-255-7560
Campus Address: 219 Hollister Hall
Website: https://www.cee.cornell.edu/cee/programs/graduate-programs/ms-program
