Our program will give you the flexibility you need when working throughout your career as a civil engineer and even pursuing graduate degrees and licensure. We encourage all of our students to become professionally licensed, and that starts with the Fundamentals in Engineering Exam, which you will take after graduation. The UL Lafayette Department of Civil Engineering's FE passage rate is between 80 and 100 percent each semester ? so you know we educate our students to the professional level.?

Here, you'll be able to conduct more than 270 hours of planning and performing experiments, plus interpreting that data and presenting it through lab reports. Our department consults with area firms and companies to research foundational, storm water, water and wastewater treatment, and pilot studies, and they regularly employ students to assist with these projects. Because of our proximity to the Louisiana coastline, we are also well versed in the region's common engineering challenges, which means you will easily find employment in the area ? but our curriculum is broad enough that you can work anywhere across the country.