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 (complete all)

  • MENG 540  Management of High Tech Industries

  • MENG 570  Business Fundamentals for Engineers

• Internship/Project and Assessment (complete all)

  • MENG 550  Master of Engineering Internship/Project

  • MENG 551  Master of Engineering Internship/Project Assessment

• Seminar (complete any)

  • CEE 701  Graduate Colloquium 

  • CEE 702  Graduate Colloquium 

• Departmental Requirements (complete 5 subrequirements)

  • Applied Mathematics, Statistics, and Data Science (3 credits): CEE 501, CEE 502, CEE 628, CEE 675, ENVIRON 764, STA 601, STA 601L, STA 611, CEE 690 (topics: ENV SPATIAL DATA ANALYSIS; HEALTH AND ENV DATA SCIENCE; RISK AND RESILIENCE IN ENGR; UNCERTAINTY QUANTIFICATION)

  • Atmospheric and Hydrologic Processes (3 credits): CEE 575, CEE 581, CEE 683, CEE 684, CEE 688, ENVIRON 603, ENVIRON 604, ENVIRON 734L, CEE 690 (topics: AIR POLLUTION ENGINEERING; HYDROLOGY; TURBULENCE)

  • Biosciences (3 credits): CEE 562, CEE 562L, CEE 566, CEE 661L, CEE 690 (topics: MODEL ENV CHEM BIO ENERG PROC; MODELING ENV CHEM BIO PROCESS)

  • Chemistry (3 credits): CEE 561L,CEE 563,CEE 565,CEE 666,CEE 667 

  • Engineered Systems (3 credits): CEE 562, CEE 562L, CEE 564, CEE 575, CEE 690 (topic: AIR POLLUTION ENGINEERING)

  • Transport Processes and Modeling (3 credits): CEE 531, CEE 560, CEE 581, CEE 683, CEE 690 (topics: ENV FLUID MECH & SEDIMENT TRAN; MODEL ENV CHEM BIO ENERG PROC; MODELING ENV CHEM BIO PROCESS)

• Electives (9 credits)

  • CEE 501, CEE 502, CEE 531, CEE 560, CEE 561L, CEE 562, CEE 562L, CEE 563, CEE 564, CEE 565, CEE 566, CEE 575, CEE 581, CEE 628, CEE 642, CEE 661L, CEE 666, CEE 667, CEE 675, CEE 679, CEE 683, CEE 684, CEE 688, CEE 761

  • ENERGY 727, ENVIRON 502, ENVIRON 520, ENVIRON 531L, ENVIRON 552, ENVIRON 559, ENVIRON 563, ENVIRON 577, ENVIRON 603, ENVIRON 604, ENVIRON 638, ENVIRON 640, ENVIRON 711, ENVIRON 734L, ENVIRON 740, ENVIRON 741, ENVIRON 764

  • MATH 561

  • ME 536, ME 537, ME 631, ME 632, ME 639

  • PUBPOL 577, PUBPOL 811, PUBPOL 813

  • STA 601, STA 601L, STA 611

  • CEE 690 (topics: AIR POLLUTION ENGINEERING; ENV FLUID MECH & SEDIMENT TRAN; ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMINFORMATICS; ENV SPATIAL DATA ANALYSIS; HEALTH AND ENV DATA SCIENCE; HYDROLOGY; INTRO TO DEEP LEARNING; MODEL-BASED DATA SCIENCE; MODEL ENV CHEM BIO ENERG PROC; MODELING ENV CHEM BIO PROCESS; RISK AND RESILIENCE IN ENGR; TURBULENCE; TURBULENCE II; UNCERTAINTY QUANTIFICATION)