The Kentucky Transportation Center, Kentucky Water Resources Research Institute and Environmental Research and Training Laboratories are all housed within the Department of , which also offers one of the nation’s few railroad engineering programs. Our graduates are properly equipped to meet the infrastructure challenges of today and tomorrow.

Career Prospects in Civil Engineering:

From the water in your faucets to the roads and bridges that you use for transportation to the electric distribution systems that power your home, civil engineers help make modern life possible. What’s more, thanks to the development of technologies like clean water treatment plants, civil engineers help improve the quality of life around the world. 

Civil engineers are employed by the construction industry, engineering or architectural firms, utility companies, energy companies, telecommunications businesses, manufacturing companies, consulting firms, railroads and state and federal governmental agencies.