The Civil and Environmental Engineering master's program educates students across and within the fields of environmental health, environmental and water resources engineering, geosystems engineering, and structural engineering and mechanics.

Program Highlights

We provide students with the best of both worlds: a student-centered experience at a top-notch research university. You'll join small classes and immerse yourself in cutting-edge, interdisciplinary research led by innovative faculty.

Through full and part-time options, students concentrate on areas like applied data science, environmental health, environmental and water resources engineering, geosystems engineering, and structural engineering and mechanics.

Master's degrees require a minimum of 30 SHUs and the fulfillment of at least 10 courses at the 100-level or above with grades of S (satisfactory) or at least a B-.

Career Outcomes

Civil and Environmental engineers use their training to help society anticipate and respond to the emerging challenges of our changing world by focusing on natural and built systems, and by working at the intersection of infrastructure, the environment, and people.

Students graduate with advanced level expertise in a civil and environmental engineering specialty, some technical breadth in a related specialty, and familiarity with engineering tools used by the profession. Those students who wish to pursue doctoral education and research or a career in engineering practice within the private or public sector can opt to complete thesis research work in addition to the course work required for a master's degree.

Participate in networking opportunities through the weekly CEE Seminar and other annual networking events. Learn to address key societal issues related to how and where we live, work, and interact.

Application Requirements

Admission into the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering generally requires course credits in science (biology, chemistry, physics), mathematics (through differential equations), and engineering sciences (fluid mechanics, statics).

Students admitted to the Environmental and Water Resources Engineering concentration are expected to have also completed at least one semester of college-level probability and statistics.

Students admitted for the Environmental Health concentration should also possess a suitable background in the biological sciences.

Students lacking one or more of these undergraduate preparations may be admitted on the condition that they complete the necessary coursework during their first year at Tufts. Credits resulting from the successful completion (i.e., a grade of B or better) of conditional coursework are required to obtain a degree but may not be used to satisfy graduate course requirements within the degree program.

Application Fee
Resume/CV
Personal Statement
Transcripts
Three letters of recommendation
Official TOEFL, IELTS, or Duolingo test scores (if applicable)
Official GRE scores (if applicable)
- GRE General Test scores not required for applicants who will have received a degree from a U.S. institution by time of enrollment. GRE scores required for all other applicants.
Portfolio (optional)

Tuition and Financial Aid

We recognize that attending graduate school involves a significant financial investment. Our team is here to answer your questions about tuition rates and scholarship opportunities.

Please contact us at gradadmissions@tufts.edu.

Faculty

Laurie Gaskins Baise

Professor and Chair of Civil and Environmental Engineering

geotechnical earthquake engineering, seismic hazard mapping, natural hazards

Brian Brenner

Professor of the Practice

structural engineering, concrete design, bridge analysis and design, structural analysis/design

Wayne Chudyk

Associate Professor

drinking water quality and toxic materials, groundwater monitoring

Anne Marie Desmarais

Lecturer

environmental health

Luis Dorfmann

Professor

Mathematical models of material behavior; Nonlinear magneto- and electromechanical interactions; Biomechanics of soft materials; Rubber elasticity and inelasticity

John Durant

Professor

Air pollution monitoring, mobile monitoring, air pollution modeling, ambient air quality, indoor air quality, air pollution control, air pollution exposure, air pollution epidemiology

John Germaine

Research Professor

geotechnical, laboratory testing, automation, soil behavior, physical properties, mechanical properties, material science

David Gute

Professor

environmental and occupational epidemiology, environmental health and safety

Eric Hines

Professor of the Practice and Kentaro Tsutsumi Faculty Fellow

Offshore Wind Energy Structural Design Earthquake Engineering

Neelakshi Hudda

Research Assistant Professor

urban air population, transportation emissions

Shafiqul Islam

Professor

Water Diplomacy, Principled Pragmatism, Data Driven Decision Making, Climate and Health, Remote Sensing, Flood Forecasting

Daniel Kuchma

Professor

design, behavior, and modeling of concrete structures

Jonathan Lamontagne

Assistant Professor

water resources, decision making under uncertainty, hydrologic statistics, integrated global change assessment

Daniele Lantagne

Professor

water, sanitation, hygiene, infectious diseases, developing countries, emergencies

James Limbrunner

Professor of the Practice

hydrology, water resources systems, IWRM

Babak Moaveni

Professor

Probabilistic system identification of structures, signal processing, Bayesian inference, model updating, structural dynamics, earthquake engineering, uncertainty quantification, verification and validation of computational models.

Academic Leave

Greses Pérez

McDonnell Family Assistant Professor of Engineering Education

brain and learning sciences, science education, engineering education, diversity and identity, technology and education, language and cognition, multicompetence

C. Andrew Ramsburg

Associate Professor and Associate Chair of Civil and Environmental Engineering

multiphase flow and transport in porous media, liquid-liquid and solid-liquid equilibria, sols and emulsions, surfactants and interfaces, mass transfer, biotransformation, emerging contaminants

Academic Leave