Skip to main content

Department of Civil, Environmental and Construction Engineering

UCF College of Engineering and Computer Science

BUILD YOUR CAREER AT UCF

Your journey starts here, with one of our undergraduate or graduate programs in civil engineering, environmental engineering or construction engineering. 

group of students talking
UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS
two students talk in front of the L3Harris building
GRADUATE PROGRAMS

EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION

Our abbreviated name, CECE, stands for more than civil, environmental and construction engineering. It also stands for continuous evolution and consistent excellence, two goals we strive for every academic year. With our highly funded faculty, our cutting-edge facilities and our innovations in both the laboratory and the classroom, we offer a world-class education at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. 

No. 64

UCF is ranked the No. 64 best graduate school for civil  engineering education

No. 68

UCF is ranked the No. 68 best graduate school for environmental engineering education

No. 75

UCF is ranked the No. 75 best graduate school for overall engineering education

Top 100

UCF is ranked among the top 100 schools for undergraduate engineering and computer science education

Apostolakis Wins Best Paper Award

The research journal Engineering Structures has awarded the 2023 Best Paper Award to Assistant Professor Georgios Apostolakis and his students. The winning article, "SVD-Enabled Data Augmentation for Machine Learning-Based Surrogate Modeling of Nonlinear Structure," was authored by Siddharth S. Parida, an assistant professor at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Co-authors on the paper include Apostolakis, Megan Butcher and Prashant Shekhar from ERAU and Supratik Bose from the University of Buffalo.

NEWS

Research
Gold May Be Key Element for Cleaner Drinking Water
Gold may be a coveted precious metal, but it could also be the key to cleaner drinking water. A team of UCF researchers is exploring…
Students
Civil Engineering Students Win Multiple Awards at Southeast Student Symposium
While many UCF students spent spring break at the beach, a group of more than 50 civil engineering students participated in a regional event that…
Alumni
Inside One Knight’s Network to the White House
It takes some enticing to convince Ricky Ly ’08 to talk about himself. Ly been called “one of the most powerful people in Orlando,” but humility…
Research
UCF Expertise Tapped to Help Combat Land, Ecological Losses in Mississippi River Delta
The University of Central Florida is part of a new $22 million project to help understand the future of the Mississippi River delta and ways…
News
Plug and Play Partners with UCF for New Orlando Office Focused on Smart Cities
Plug and Play, a global innovation platform that supports startups, is excited to announce the opening of its new office in Orlando dedicated to advancing…
READ MORE

UPCOMING EVENTS

Events
No events found.