Advance your career in civil engineering
Take the next steps in your career with a Master of Science in Civil Engineering from UCF. Florida is among the top states with the highest employment of civil engineers, and UCF is conveniently located near top civil engineering employers such as the St. Johns River Water Management District, the Florida Department of Transportation and the City of Orlando.
UCF’s civil engineering graduate students can choose two between two degree paths: the M.S.CE or the M.S. The M.S.CE offers a broader curriculum for students with a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering or construction engineering, while the M.S. allows students with a closely related bachelor’s degree to pursue one of four tracks in either transportation, smart cities, water resources or structural and geotechnical engineering.
PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
- UCF is consistently ranked among the top schools for civil engineering graduate education by U.S. News and World Report.
- UCF is ranked the among the top five U.S. transportation science and technology programs, and is consistently ranked among the top civil engineering programs, by ShanghaiRanking.
- UCF is located near major civil engineering employers such as the St. Johns River Water Management District, the Florida Department of Transportation and the City of Orlando.
- The program can be completed fully online.
- Thesis and nonthesis options are available.
- Choose to pursue an M.S.CE or an M.S. with tracks in structural and geotechnical engineering, transportation systems engineering, water resources engineering or smart cities.
- The Smart Cities track is the first of its kind in the nation.
CURRICULUM AND PROGRAM ADMISSIONS
The M.S.CE and the M.S. in Civil Engineering requires 30 credit hours beyond the bachelor’s degree. Admission to the master’s program is based in part on undergraduate GPA, letters of reference, a CV or resume, and a statement of intent. Several factors are considered that point to the potential for success in the graduate program before final admissions decisions are made.
Both thesis and nonthesis options are available. The thesis option requires 24 credit hours of formal graduate-level course work and six credit hours of thesis. The nonthesis option requires 30 hours of formal course work and completion of a culminating experience. For nonthesis master’s students, the culminating experience is submission of a portfolio that satisfies program requirements. It is strongly suggested that part-time students pursue the nonthesis option.
View the UCF Graduate Catalog for more information on the M.S.CE degree program and the M.S. degree program, which includes tracks in structural and geotechnical engineering, transportation systems engineering, water resources engineering and smart cities.
LICENSURE AND CERTIFICATION
This program has potential ties to professional licensure or certification in the field. For more information on how this program may prepare you in that regard, please view the licensure disclosure for the Master of Science in Civil Engineering.
CONTACT
Andrew Randall
Professor and program coordinator
andrew.randall@ucf.edu
Sadia Afrin
Graduate program coordinator
sadia.afrin@ucf.edu