Master of Engineering in Environmental Engineering

Program Code: E-EGR-ENV
Degree Designation: Master of Engineering
Department: Civil & Environmental Engineering
Website: cee.duke.edu/grad/masters#meng

Program Summary

The challenge of sustainable environmental quality requires innovative thinking, clear leadership, and strong technical expertise. Duke’s Master of Engineering in Environmental Engineering is ranked a Top 15 program in the United States. We will give you the comprehensive training you need to become a leader in protecting natural resources. Our program draws from Duke's Pratt School of Engineering and Nicholas School of the Environment—so you get the best of our renowned engineering and environmental research community. Coursework draws on recent research by our world-class faculty, many of whom are involved in major federally-funded research centers such as the Superfund Research Center at Duke.

Specializations include:

• Environmental Data Science

• Environmental Engineering and Public Policy

• Environmental Health Engineering

• Hydrology & Environmental Fluid Dynamics

Academic Requirements

• Core Industry Preparatory Courses (2 courses)

  • MENG 540

  • MENG 570

• Internship/Project and Assessment (2 courses)

  • MENG 550

  • MENG 551

• Seminar (1 course)

  • CEE 701

  • CEE 702

• Departmental Requirements (5 courses)

  • Choose 5 of the following:

    • 1 Applied Mathematics, Statistics, and Data Science course

    • 1 Atmospheric and Hydrologic Processes course

    • 1 Biosciences course

    • 1 Chemistry course

    • 1 Engineered Systems course

    • 1 Transport Processes and Modeling course

  • A comprehensive list of elective courses is available to students on the program webpage and the Stellic degree audit site.

• Electives (9 credits)

  • A comprehensive list of elective courses is available to students on the program webpage and the Stellic degree audit site.