Cornell Civil & Environmental Engineering

What Cornell Civil & Environmental Engineering does

Cornell Civil & Environmental Engineering (Cornell CEE) is an academic department within Cornell University's David A. Duffield College of Engineering, operating as a private, nonprofit, degree-granting unit in Ithaca, New York. The department serves undergraduate and graduate students through a portfolio that includes B.S. degrees in Civil Engineering and Environmental Engineering, a Smart Cities undergraduate minor, M.Eng. programs (in Civil and Environmental Engineering on campus, and in Engineering Management both on campus and via Distance Learning), an M.S. program, and a Ph.D. program. Its strategic research priorities are Civil Infrastructure, Environmental Engineering, and Engineering Systems and Management, supported by physical infrastructure including structural testing labs, environmental laboratories, hydraulics labs, and information and decision systems labs.

Underlying academic infrastructure consists of faculty-led research groups, affiliated centers, and educational facilities accessed through the Duffield Engineering umbrella. The department distributes its offerings through Cornell's centralized admissions and registrar channels, with marketing conducted primarily via Cornell institutional news, the departmental website, video content, and academic events such as the Cheng Distinguished Lecture Series.

The business model follows standard academic department economics: tuition revenue from degree programs, university budget allocations, and externally funded research grants. Specific tuition rates and department-level financial figures are not publicly disclosed; pricing follows Cornell's institutional academic fee structure. The department does not have traditional ownership, external investors, or independent revenue reporting as a non-revenue-reporting academic unit of a private nonprofit university.

Name

Cornell Civil & Environmental Engineering

Legal name

Cornell University

Website

https://cee.cornell.edu

Company type

Private

Founded year

1865

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Cornell Civil & Environmental Engineering is an academic department within Cornell University offering undergraduate and graduate degree programs in civil engineering, environmental engineering, and engineering management, supported by research in infrastructure, sustainability, and engineering systems.

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Product category

Higher Education Engineering Programs

NAICS

Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services (5413)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711)

akta.pro primary industry

Technical Universities with Architecture, Built Environment & Design Engineering (EDAHAEAJ)

Keywords

• Civil engineering education
• Environmental engineering programs
• Graduate engineering degrees
• Infrastructure research
• Engineering management programs

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D

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Core offering

Cornell Civil & Environmental Engineering is an academic department within Cornell University's David A. Duffield College of Engineering that offers undergraduate majors (Civil Engineering B.S., Environmental Engineering B.S.), an undergraduate minor (Smart Cities), and graduate degree programs including M.Eng. (on-campus and distance learning), M.S., and Ph.D. programs. The department conducts research across three strategic priorities—Civil Infrastructure, Environmental Engineering, and Engineering Systems and Management—and maintains dedicated centers, labs, and educational facilities including structural testing labs, hydraulics labs, and information and decision systems labs.

Product overview

Cornell Civil & Environmental Engineering is an academic department within Cornell's David A. Duffield College of Engineering offering a comprehensive portfolio of educational programs. The portfolio includes undergraduate majors (Civil Engineering B.S., Environmental Engineering B.S.), an undergraduate minor (Smart Cities), and graduate programs including M.Eng. (On Campus and Distance Learning for Engineering Management; On Campus for Civil and Environmental Engineering), M.S., and Ph.D. programs. The department focuses on three strategic research areas: Civil Infrastructure, Environmental Engineering, and Engineering Systems and Management. The programs collectively prepare students to tackle pollution, manage natural resources, drive innovation in city planning, and shape sustainable communities.

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Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Civil Engineering (B.S.)

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Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Recent moves5 records

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Direct peers

• MIT Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering: Peer CEE academic department within MIT's School of Engineering offering comparable B.S., M.Eng., M.S., and Ph.D. programs with leading research groups in structural, environmental, and transportation engineering.
• Princeton Civil and Environmental Engineering: Princeton's CEE department offers an ABET-accredited B.S. in Civil Engineering alongside master's and Ph.D. programs with research in environmental engineering, structural engineering, and architecture/engineering.
• Purdue University Civil Engineering: Purdue's Lyles School of Civil Engineering offers BS, MS, and PhD programs with research thrusts in environmental, structural, geotechnical, and transportation engineering closely paralleling Cornell CEE.
• Columbia Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics: Columbia's department offers BS, MS, and PhD programs in civil engineering and engineering mechanics with research in structural, environmental, and construction engineering — overlapping Cornell CEE's scope.
• UC Berkeley Civil and Environmental Engineering: Top-ranked CEE department at Berkeley offering undergraduate majors in Civil Engineering and Environmental Engineering along with graduate research programs directly comparable to Cornell CEE.
• Stanford Civil & Environmental Engineering: Stanford's CEE department offering parallel undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degrees with research strengths in environmental engineering, sustainable infrastructure, and urban systems.
• Georgia Tech Civil and Environmental Engineering: Georgia Tech's School of Civil and Environmental Engineering delivers parallel BS, MS, and PhD programs with similarly named research thrusts in environmental engineering, structural systems, and transportation.
• University of Michigan Civil and Environmental Engineering: UMich's Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering delivers parallel undergraduate majors and graduate programs with research areas spanning environmental, structural, and transportation engineering.
• Carnegie Mellon Civil and Environmental Engineering: CMU's Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering offers parallel BS, MS, and PhD programs with strengths in environmental engineering, structural engineering, and engineering management.
• University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Civil and Environmental Engineering: UIUC's CEE department provides undergraduate and graduate degrees in civil and environmental engineering with comparable structural, environmental, and infrastructure research thrusts.

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Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/school/ceecornelluniversity

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