Civil engineers design, construct, operate and maintain facilities and systems that serve the basic needs of society.
Environmental engineers design solutions to protect the environment and create a more sustainable world.

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Designing Solutions for a Better World

UMass Lowell Advantages

  • Specialty areas. Focus your studies in Environmental Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering, Geoenvironmental Engineering, Structural Engineering or Transportation Engineering.
  • Career flexibility. Gain technical training and problem-solving skills for an engineering career in local industry, consulting firms and state/federal agencies. Our graduates have also built careers in law, financial analysis, software development and business.
  • Dedicated faculty. Our Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) classes are taught by full-time faculty and class sizes are small.
  • ABET-accredited. Our undergraduate degree program in Civil Engineering is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission (EAC) of ABET.

By the Numbers

  • 265

    Civil Engineering Undergraduate Enrollment, Fall 2023 

  • 75
    Civil Engineering Undergraduate Degrees, 2023 l
  • 45
    Environmental Engineering Undergraduate Enrollment, Fall 2023 
  • 13

    Environmental Engineering Undergraduate Degrees, 2023

Meet Our Students and Alumni

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Sadrac Noel
Civil Engineering

When Sadrac Noel graduated with his bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, he could look back on many twists and turns in his path – and one professor who was always there for him.

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Tiana Robinson works with another student to conduct ultrasonic testing of sidewalk concrete slabs to check their thickness and condition
Tiana Robinson
Civil Engineering

Tiana Robinson is working on a research collaboration with the city of Lowell to help inspect and monitor the city’s aging infrastructure.

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Christopher Ingemi works on a model of a bridge
Christopher Ingemi
Civil & Environmental Engineering

A former carpenter sidelined by the recession, Christopher Ingemi went back to school at Middlesex Community College and then transferred to UML. Now, thanks to his job in a lab, he’s completed his master’s in civil engineering and found a great job as a bridge designer.

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Sofia Savoca with her mom outside O'Leary Library on South Campus
Sofia Savoca
Civil Engineering

Sofia Savoca chose UMass Lowell for the opportunity to be in the Honors College and to study civil engineering. She’s found a dozen new opportunities since arriving on campus.

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    Fire Safety Innovation Wins Engineering Prototyping Competition

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    Roberts Brings New Perspective as Engineering Dean

    New Francis College of Engineering Dean Susan Roberts, a chemical engineer with a distinguished career advancing interdisciplinary research and graduate education, is excited to lead the college through a new era of research, innovation and collaboration.