Master of Engineering in Risk Engineering

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

Program Summary

Mitigating losses and human impacts to a range of extreme events, including financial, public health, environmental, and climatological crises is far more cost-effective than paying for recovery, remediation, and reconstruction.

Duke's Master of Engineering (MEng) in Risk Engineering emphasizes a systems approach and the use of statistical decision theory to assess the potential for extreme events, and the costs and benefits of their consequences.

Our students explore concentration areas including:

• Environment and Public Policy

• Materials and Structures

• Energy and Climate Systems

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

• Uncertainty, Risk, and Systems Engineering Requirements (2 courses)

  • CEE 690 (RISK AND RESILIENCE IN ENGR)

  • EGRMGMT 590 (SYSTEMS ENGINEERING)

• Methodological Requirements (3 courses)

  • Complete 1 course from 3 of the following areas:

    • Mathematical Modeling Optimization

    • Policy Analysis

    • Uncertainty Quantification and Data Analytics

    • Valuation, Assessment, and Decision Making

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

• Concentration Requirements (3 courses)

  • Complete 3 courses from 1 of the following concentrations:

    • Energy and Climate Systems

    • Environment and Population Health

    • Materials and Structures

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