Civil and Environmental Engineering

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Embracing Complexity

Discovery and design at the planetary scale, balancing human needs with Earth's resources.

Innovation that Defies Convention

Solving today's biggest problems while pre-empting challenges of the future.

Building for the Next Generation

Princeton CEE opens pathways to a sustainable, adaptable and resilient world.

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Christine Blackshaw

CEE Graduate Student Christine Blackshaw wins a NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program Award

Get to Know Our Faculty

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#1

When the National Research Council compared 130 CEE doctoral programs, they ranked Princeton as number one.

60%

Six in ten undergraduate students who major in CEE travel abroad for work or study.

100%

All of our doctoral students get robust financial support: five years of funding, no tuition.

News

Orgami Class

Class Close-Up: Students in ‘Origami Engineering’ Connect Art and Science

March 2, 2023

Orgami engineering show

Art was folded with tech at the Origami Engineering show

March 2, 2023

Ignacio Rodríguez-Iturbe

Ignacio Rodríguez-Iturbe, hydrologist who forged a new science linking water to ecosystems, dies at 80

Oct. 27, 2022