Welcome from Jean-Pierre Bardet, Professor and Chairman

The USC Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering just celebrated 100 years of engineering excellence! Established in 1906, it hosts one of the premier engineering programs in the United States. It is part of the Viterbi School of Engineering, which has been systematically ranked by US News World Records in the top ten engineering schools of the United States. The faculty of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering includes 23 professors and 43 lecturers. The Department has approximately 420 students (225 undergraduate 195 graduate). It has strong research programs that attract $5 million in annual research funding from government and industry.

The Department offers Ph.D. degree programs in Civil Engineering and Environmental Engineering, and a broad range of Master's programs in Structural Engineering, Structural Mechanics, Environmental Engineering, Earthquake Engineering, Construction Engineering, Construction Management, Water Resources Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering,  Transportation Engineering, Computer-Aided Engineering and Environmental Quality Management.

The Department also offers undergraduate BS degree programs in Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Structural Engineering, Construction Engineering, Building Science (Architectural Engineering), Water Resources Engineering.

You will find in our department an educational experience second to none. We encourage you to apply to one of our academic programs. You may request information and applications for undergraduate and/or graduate programs from this website. Please contact us by phone (213 740 0603) and email (ceedept@usc.edu) if you have any have any questions about the Department.