The objectives of the CE program are to see our graduates move on to become:

• Engineers who hold central positions in various sub-disciplines of civil engineering in local, regional, and international practice.
• Graduates who are admitted and successfully completing advanced degrees in leading universities around the world.
• Leaders in their profession and in the service of their community.

The graduates of the Civil Engineering Program will have acquired each of the following characteristics and abilities:

• An ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering.
• An ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems.
• An ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data.
• An ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability.
• An ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern tools necessary for engineering practice.
• The broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a local and global, economic, environmental, and societal context.
• An ability to function on multidisciplinary teams
• An ability to communicate effectively.
• An understanding of professional and ethical responsibility.
• Knowledge of contemporary issues.
• A recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in, life-long learning.
• Some experience in engineering practice or undergraduate research.